United States R class submarine

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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.

  • Displacement: 495 tons surfaced, 598 tons submerged
  • Length: 186 feet
  • Beam: 18 feet
  • Draft: 13 feet 11 inches
  • Speed: 12 knots surfaced, 9 knots submerged
  • Range: 4,700 miles
  • Complement: 29 officers and men
  • Armament: one three-inch gun, four 18-inch torpedo tubes

  • 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



R-class submarine
Built by Fore River Shipbuilding

R-1 | R-2 | R-3 | R-4 | R-5 | R-6 | R-7 | R-8 | R-9 | R-10 | R-11 | R-12 | R-13 | R-14
Built by Union Iron Works

R-15 | R-16 | R-17 | R-18 | R-19 | R-20
Built by Lake Torpedo Boat Company

R-21 | R-22 | R-23 | R-24 | R-25 | R-26 | R-27
List of submarines of the United States Navy
List of submarine classes of the United States Navy
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