The keel of the S-132, a Großes Torpedoboot (Design 1916Mob), was laid down in 1916 Schichau at Elbing. She was launched 19 May 1917 and commissioned into the Hochseeflotte on 2 October. She was 272' in length, with a narrow 21' beam, typical of a fast and maneuverable torpedo boat.

When the Armistice was signed in 1918, Article XXIII of the Armistice involved the turning over and internment of seventy-four specific warships, their fate to be determined by the peace negotiations. The S-132, along with the rest of the High Seas Fleet, steamed for Scapa Flow under escort. Due to extensions and delays with the Treaty of Versailles, it was not ready until mid-May of 1919. By this time, the skeleton crews left on the German vessels had grown extremely weary of Scapa. Finally, on 17 June, Rear-Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, commander of the fleet, signaled the fleet "Paragraph eleven. Confirm." -- the code for immediate scuttling. During the ensuing chaos, S-132 was not scuttled, but beached by its crew. Eventually salvaged, she was towed to the United States to be sunk at the Southern Drill Grounds along with several other former vessels of the Hochseeflotte.