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 | 738k | A collage of photos showing R-15 (SS-92) being launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Lt'd,
Union Plant, San Francisco on Dec 10, 1917. The left insert is a picture of
the ship's sponsor, Mrs. Thales S. Boyd. The right insert shows the R-15 sliding down the building ways.
| U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. |
 | 17k | R-15 (SS-92),
R-16 (SS-93) &
R-19 (SS-96) in Hawaii, circa 1918.
| Courtesy of Mike Baust. |
 | 87k | Beaver (AS-5)
at anchor off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, with six submarines alongside, circa late 1918.
R-17 (SS-94),
R-20 (SS-97),
R-15 (SS-92),
R-16 (SS-93),
R-18 (SS-95) &
R-19 (SS-96). | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 56366. |
 | 148k | R-15 (SS-92) in dry dock, probably at Mare Island for overhaul prior to her transfer to Pearl Harbor, circa June 1919.
| Text courtesy of DANFS. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org. |
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Tied up along the dock from right to left:
R-12 (SS-89), R-15 (SS-92) and R-13 (SS-90), probably in Pearl Harbor, circa 1920's.
| US Navy photo # 19-N-10261, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham. |
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Tied up along the dock from right to left:
R-12 (SS-89), R-15 (SS-92), 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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Circa early 1920's at Pearl Harbor. What looks to be the R-15 (SS-92) on the left, R-12 (SS-89) in the middle and R-19 (SS-96). The mast of what might be the former cruiser Chicago, now a barracks ship under the classification IX-5, lies to the right of the R-19.
| US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.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. |