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 | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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38k | R-17 (SS-94) receiving a civilian dignitary.
This could possibly be Secretary of the Navy Denby who visited Pearl Harbor in 1922.
R-16 (SS-93) is moored outboard.
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99k | Kahului, Maui, Hawaii Territory.
U.S. Navy ships and aircraft at Kahului, circa 1922-1924. The ships are (from left to right):
Burns (DM-11, ex-DD-171), commanded by Lieutenant Commander Olaf M. Hustvedt;
Seagull (AM-30), with R-17 (SS-94) alongside; and
Two "Eagle" boats, with Eagle (PE-40) furthest to the right, wearing an aviation star insignia.
Two HS-2L flying boats are moored astern of the "Eagle" boats.
| U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 104548. Photographed by Tai Sing Loo. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
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R-17 (SS-94) diving off Hawaii. Circa 1925.
| US Navy photo courtesy of courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org. |
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R-17 (SS-94) underway with an Admiral aboard. His flag is flying from the bridge.
| US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org. |
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R-17 (SS-94) underway in a tinted colored photo.
| US Navy photo courtesy of National Archives via Ric Hedman. |
 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. |
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These World War submarines, [R-boats] tied up in the Navy Yard in Philadelphia for a dozen years, are being reconditioned and some are already in active service again, it was announced 10 Jan. 1941. This picture shows them as they appeared before the repair program began.
| Photo & text courtesy of A.P. Wire courtesy of philly.com. Photo added 06/09/09. |
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R-17 (SS-94) outboard & R-18 (SS-95) moored at Trinidad, Spring 1943. | US Navy photo courtesy of National Archives via Ric Hedman, Mike Green, & uscg.mil. |
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Commemorative issue & photo inset of the R-17 (SS-94) as the HMS P512, following the Lend - Lease Act in 1941.
| Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. |
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