USS R-24 (SS-101)

USS "R-24" (SS-101) was an "R"-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 9 May 1919 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat (R-21 through R-27) are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore River Shipbuilding (R-1 through R-14) and Union Iron Works (R-15 through R-20). She was launched on 21 August 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Edmund R. Norton, and commissioned 27 June 1919 with Lieutenant Commander Andrew C. Bennett in command.

After four months of coastal operations off southern New England, "R-24" got underway for her homeport, Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, on 1 November. Based there for her active service she was given hull classification symbol SS-101 in July 1920 and at the end of 1921 she returned to the United States for a shipyard overhaul. In the fall of 1922, she resumed operations out of Coco Solo and Balboa. A year later she again sailed to the United States for a shipyard overhaul and at the end of 1924 she returned for inactivation. On 25 January 1925, she arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and on 11 June she was decommissioned after only five-and-a-half years of service. "R-24" was berthed at League Island for the next five years. On 9 May 1930 she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and in July was sold for scrapping.

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