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R-14 (SS-91)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - Lima - Tango
R-1 Class Submarine: Laid down, 6 November 1918, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 10 October 1919; Commissioned, USS R-14, 24 December 1919, at Boston, MA.; Redesignated USS R-14 (SS-91), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 7 May 1945, at Philadelphia, PA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 14 May 1945; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 28 September 1945, to Rossoff Bros, New York, resold to Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia, and scrapped in 1946.

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.
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R-14 110k R-14 (SS-91) launching, at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Plant, Quincy, Massachusetts, 10 October 1919.
US Navy photo # NH 41811, courtesy USNHC.
R-14 73k Ship's Sponsor, Miss Florence Gardner (holding flowers) with her party during R-14's (SS-91) launching ceremonies at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company's Fore River Plant, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 10 October 1919.
US Navy photo # NH 102848, courtesy USNHC. Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy.
R-14 55k R-14 (SS-91) underway, probably during trials in late 1919 or early 1920. Note that her deck gun has not yet been installed.
US Navy photo # NH 102849, courtesy USNHC. Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy.
R-14 45k One of the crew of the R-14 (SS-91) working on the port dive plane as the boat enters Pearl Harbor, circa 1920.
Photo courtesy of Ric Hedman.
R-14 29k During a search for the sea-going tug Conestoga (AT-54) in May 1921. R-14 (SS-91) ran out of fuel southeast of Hawaii. Sails were made from blankets and mattresses, and the submarine arrived at Hilo on 15 May after 5 days under sail.
Courtesy of Sid Harrison@sid-ss.net. US Navy photo courtesy of "The American Submarine" by Norman Polmar. Published by Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company, courtesy of Ric Hedman.
R-14 19k R-14 (SS-91) moored in the Panama Canal area, circa 1919-28.
 		US Navy photo courtesy of Hyperwar US Navy in WWII.
R-14 72k R-14 (SS-91) departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1930. The original photograph is in U.S. National Archives' Record Group 19N, Box 59, Folder A.
Photographed by Tai Sing Loo. US Navy photo # NH 102850, courtesy USNHC.
Sub Base Pearl Harbor152kThe 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.
R-14 116k R-14 (SS-91) in port, with the tug W.F. Dalzell beyond her bow, 1941.
Photographed by Ted Stone. US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org. Text courtesy of USNHC.
R-14 72k R-14 (SS-91) in port, with the tug W.F. Dalzell beyond her bow, 1941.
Photographed by Ted Stone. US Navy photo # NH 66367, courtesy USNHC. Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection.
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