United States R class submarine
- United States R class submarine
The first R class submarine was launched on 24 August 1918 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA, and commissioned 16 December 1918 at Boston. The British Royal Navy also had a fleet of R class submarines that entered service in 1918.
General characteristics
* Displacement: 495 tons surfaced, 598 tons submerged
* Length: convert|186|ft|m|0
* Beam: convert|18|ft|m|0
* Draft: 13 feet 11 inches
* Speed: convert|12|kn|km/h|0 surfaced, convert|9|kn|km/h|0 submerged
* Range: convert|4700|mi|km|-1
* Complement: 29 officers and men
* Armament: one three-inch (76 mm) gun, four convert|18|in|mm|0|sing=on torpedo tubes
hips
* SS-78 R-1 Commissioned 1918 Scrapped 1946
* SS-79 R-2 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1945
* SS-80 R-3 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1948
* SS-81 R-4 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
* SS-82 R-5 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
* SS-83 R-6 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
* SS-86 R-9 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
* SS-87 R-10 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
* SS-88 R-11 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
* SS-89 R-12 Commissioned 1919 Lost June 1943 in a training accident off Key West
* SS-90 R-13 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
* SS-91 R-14 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1945
* SS-92 R-15 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
* SS-93 R-16 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
* SS-94 R-17 Commissioned 1918 Scrapped 1945
* SS-95 R-18 Commissioned 1918 Scrapped 1946
* SS-96 R-19 Commissioned 1918 To UK, lost in collision June 1942
* SS-97 R-20 Commissioned 1919 Scrapped 1946
ources
* http://www.fleetsubmarine.com/sublist.html
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