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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tied up along the dock from right to left:
R-12 (SS-89), R-15 (SS-092), R-13 (SS-90) with R-9 (SS-86) and an unidentifed R-boat, probably in Pearl Harbor, circa mid 1920's.
| US Navy photo # 19-N-10257, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham. |
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R-boats
of Submarine Division 9, circa late 1920. From outboard to inboard:
R-10 (SS-87) and
R-9 (SS-86)
are tied up at dock, most likely at New London, CT., or Portsmouth, ME.
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US Navy photo # 19-N-10260, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham. |
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Bow view of the R-9 (SS-86) & S-1 (SS-105) at the Portsmouth New Hampshire Navy Yard, Dec. 30, 1922.
| US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org. |
 | 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. |
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R-9 (SS-86) underway, possibly circa early 1940's.
| US Navy photo courtesy of Hyperwar US Navy in WWII. |