High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS S-13 (SS-118) was a second-group (S-3 or "Government") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 February 1920 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 October 1921 sponsored by Miss Mary Howe, and commissioned on 14 July 1923 with Lieutenant Wilder D. Baker in command.