"R" Class Submarine (1917): Difference between revisions
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Latest revision as of 13:29, 27 April 2018
Twenty-seven "R" class submarines were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1918 and 1919.
| Overview of 27 vessels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| R-1 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 16 Oct, 1917 | 24 Aug, 1918 | 16 Dec, 1918 | Sold 1946 |
| R-2 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 16 Oct, 1917 | 23 Sep, 1918 | 24 Jan, 1919 | Sold 1945 |
| R-3 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 11 Dec, 1917 | 18 Jan, 1919 | 17 Apr, 1919 | Transferred 4 Nov, 1941 |
| R-4 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 16 Oct, 1917 | 26 Oct, 1918 | 28 Mar, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
| R-5 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 16 Oct, 1917 | 24 Nov, 1918 | 15 Apr, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
| R-6 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 17 Dec, 1917 | 1 Mar, 1919 | 1 May, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
| R-7 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 6 Dec, 1917 | 5 Apr, 1919 | 1 May, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
| R-8 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 4 Mar, 1918 | 17 Apr, 1919 | 21 Jul, 1919 | Sank 1936 |
| R-9 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 6 Mar, 1918 | 24 May, 1919 | 30 Jul, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
| R-10 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 18 Mar, 1918 | 28 Jun, 1919 | 20 Aug, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
| R-11 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 18 Mar, 1918 | 12 Jul, 1919 | 5 Sep, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
| R-12 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 28 Mar, 1918 | 15 Aug, 1919 | 23 Sep, 1919 | Sunk 12 Jun, 1943 |
| R-13 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 27 Mar, 1918 | 27 Aug, 1919 | 17 Oct, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
| R-14 | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 6 Nov, 1918 | 10 Oct, 1919 | 24 Dec, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
| R-15 | Union Iron Works | 30 Apr, 1917 | 10 Dec, 1917 | 27 Jul, 1918 | Stricken 1946 |
| R-16 | Union Iron Works | 26 Apr, 1917 | 15 Dec, 1917 | 5 Aug, 1918 | Sold 1946 |
| R-17 | Union Iron Works | 5 May, 1917 | 24 Dec, 1917 | 18 Aug, 1918 | Transferred 9 Mar, 1942 |
| R-18 | Union Iron Works | 8 Jan, 1918 | Sold 1946 | ||
| R-19 | Union Iron Works | 23 Jun, 1917 | 28 Jan, 1918 | 7 Oct, 1918 | Transferred 9 Mar, 1942 |
| R-20 | Union Iron Works | 4 Jun, 1917 | 21 Aug, 1918 | 26 Oct, 1918 | Sold 1946 |
| R-21 | Lake Torpedo Boat Company | 19 Apr, 1917 | 10 Jul, 1918 | 17 Jun, 1919 | Broken up 1930 |
| R-22 | Lake Torpedo Boat Company | 19 Apr, 1917 | 23 Sep, 1918 | 1 Aug, 1919 | Broken up 1930 |
| R-23 | Lake Torpedo Boat Company | 25 Apr, 1917 | 5 Nov, 1918 | 23 Oct, 1919 | Broken up 1930 |
| R-24 | Lake Torpedo Boat Company | 9 May, 1917 | 21 Aug, 1918 | 27 Jun, 1919 | Broken up 1930 |
| R-25 | Lake Torpedo Boat Company | 26 Apr, 1917 | 15 May, 1919 | 23 Oct, 1919 | Broken up 1930 |
| R-26 | Lake Torpedo Boat Company | 26 Apr, 1917 | 18 Jun, 1919 | 23 Oct, 1919 | Broken up 1930 |
| R-27 | Lake Torpedo Boat Company | 16 May, 1917 | 23 Sep, 1918 | 3 Sep, 1919 | Broken up 1930 |
Design and Construction
Torpedoes
Electric Boat design:
- four 21-in tubes with 8 torpedoes
Lake design:
- four 18-in tubes with 8 torpedoes
Guns
- one 3-in/50
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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