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R-7 (SS-84)

R-1 Class Submarine: Laid down, 6 December 1917, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 5 April 1919; Commissioned, USS R-7, 12 June 1919; Redesignated USS R-7 (SS-84), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 2 May 1931, at Philadelphia, PA; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned in ordinary, 22 July 1940; Shifted to New London, recommissioned in full, 14 March 1941; Decommissioned, 14 September 1945, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; Struck from the Naval Register, 11 October 1945; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1946 to John J. Duane, Quincy, MA.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 569 t., Submerged: 680 t.; Length 186' 2" ; Beam 18'; Draft 14' 6"; Speed, Surfaced 13.5 kts, Submerged 10.5 kts; Depth Limit, 200'; Complement 2 Officers, 27 Enlisted; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes forward, 8 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel electric engines, New England Ship and Engine Co., diesel engines, 1200hp, Fuel Capacity, 18,880 gals., Electro Dynamic Co., electric motors, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
19k	R-7 (SS-84) probably taken after her launching, 5 April 1919.	US Navy photo courtesy of Hyperwar US Navy in WWII.
191k	*R & S boats* nested together, May 1920, alongside Submarine Tender Camden (AS-6). From inboard to outboard: R-4 (SS-81), R-5 (SS-82), R-6 (SS-83), R-10 (SS-87), R-9 (SS-86), R-8 (SS-85), R-7 (SS-84), R-3 (SS-80), S-4 (SS-109) and S-3 (SS-107). Note that all the *R-boats* have gun platforms, but that guns are fitted only on *R-10, and R-3. S-4* has a platform for a 4"/50 gun (but no gun is installed), while *S-3* still has no gun platform.	US Navy photo # 19-N-9936, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham. Text i.d. courtesy of USNHC photo # NH 41855.
87k	*R-boats* off New York City, circa 1920. from inboard to outboard (left to right): R-7 (SS-84), R-8 (SS-85), R-9 (SS-86), R-10 (SS-87), R-6 (SS-83), R-5 (SS-82), R-4 (SS-81).	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # NH 41746, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
79k	The Submarine Tender Camden (AS-6) off New York City with twelve submarines alongside, circa 1920. Submarines are, from inboard to outboard (left to right): R-1 (SS-78), R-2 (SS-79), R-4 (SS-81), R-5 (SS-82), R-6 (SS-83), R-10 (SS-87), R-9 (SS-86), R-8 (SS-85), R-7 (SS-84), R-3 (SS-80), S-4 (SS-109) and S-3 (SS-107).	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # NH 99892, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
100k	The Submarine Tender Camden (AS-6) off New York City with twelve submarines alongside, circa 1920. Submarines are, from inboard to outboard (left to right): R-1 (SS-78), R-2 (SS-79), R-4 (SS-81), R-5 (SS-82), R-6 (SS-83), R-10 (SS-87), R-9 (SS-86), R-8 (SS-85), R-7 (SS-84), R-3 (SS-80), S-4 (SS-109) and S-3 (SS-107).	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # NH 59972, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
132	This photo shows the submarines R-1 (SS-78), R-2 (SS-79), R-3(SS-80), R-4 (SS-81), R-5 (SS-82), R-7 (SS-84), R-8 (SS-85) & R-10 (SS-87) with *Mud Scow #8* in Mare Island's Dry Dock #2 between 8 May and 10 June 1922. Note: The scaffold for the construction of the Montana (BB-51) can be seen above and to the right of the head of the dry dock.	Seattle NARA photo; # USN photo 60-30, Record Group 181, 13th Naval District, Records of the Naval District & Shore Establishments, courtesy of Tracy White, submitted by Darryl Baker.
90k	San Pedro, Calif. submarine base. From inboard to outboard: F-2 (SS-21), L-6 (SS-45), & what appears to be H-6 (SS-149)?, H-4 (SS-147), R-7 (SS-84). Photo is at or after 30 June 1921 through 1 July 1922. The *R-7* had arrived from the Panama Canal then and the *L-6* was placed in commission, in ordinary, 24 March 1922; returned to full commission 1 July; and sailed for the east coast the same month. All the *H-class* boats left on 25 July 1922 for the east coast as well. Notice that the other boats seem higher out of the water, which is indicative of the *H-class* boats which had a higher beam than the *F & L-classes*. The boats behind this group are too far away to i.d. properly.	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. Photo i.d. courtesy of Ric Hedmen.
152k	The crews of Submarine Divisions 9 & 14 line the decks of their boats (20 in all) at the Submarine base at Pearl Harbor on 12 December 1930. R-1 (SS-78), R-2 (SS-79), R-3 (SS-80), R-4 (SS-81), R-5 (SS-82), R-6 (SS-83), R-7 (SS-84), R-8 (SS-85), R-9 (SS-86), R-10 (SS-87), R-11 (SS-88), R-12 (SS-89), R-13 (SS-90), R-14 (SS-91), R-15 (SS-92), R-16 (SS-93), R-17 (SS-94), R-18 (SS-95), R-19 (SS-96) & R-20 (SS-97). All the *R-boats* were to leave the base where they had been serving for upwards of 8 years and transfer to the East coast to be decommissioned over the next 3 years. The only identifiable boat is the *R-16*.	US Navy photo by Tai Sing Loo, courtesy of E. Little. Photo added 04/15/07.
95k	Port side view of the R-7 (SS-84), taken between 24 July 1943 & 3 April 1945, probably while the boat was going to the sub base in Groton, CT.	US Navy photo submitted by Peter Fernandez & taken by Lieutenant Junior Grade, Joseph A. Fernandez, Jr., while aboard the Schmitt (APD-76).
29k	R-7 (SS-84) underway, date and place unknown.	US Navy photo.
156k	Starboard view of the R-7 (SS-84) underway, date and place unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.

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