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R-19 (SS-96)

R-1 Class Submarine: Laid down, 23 June 1917, at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA..; Launched, 28 January 1918; Commissioned, USS R-19, 7 October 1918; Redesignated USS R-19 (SS-96), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 15 May 1931, at Philadelphia, PA.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, League Island; Recommissioned, 6 January 1941; Decommissioned, transferred to the United Kingdom, under terms of the Lend-Lease Program, and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS P-514, 9 March 1942; Final Disposition, sunk resulting from a collision with HMS Georgian, with all hands, in the western Atlantic, 21 June 1942; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)

. 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
787k	Launching of R-19 (SS-96) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Lt'd. Union Plant, San Francisco, Calif. on 28 Jan 1918.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
516k	The R-19 (SS-96) is seen at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Lt'd. Union Plant, San Francisco, Calif. in Oct 1918.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
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.
17k	R-15 (SS-92), R-16 (SS-93) & R-19 (SS-96) in Hawaii, circa 1918.	Courtesy of Mike Baust.
64k	R-boats (SS-78/104) were in effect, costal equivalents to the *S-boats.* R-19 (SS-96) is shown here with her telescoping radio mast raised.	Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
21k	R-19 (SS-96) underway, date and place unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of Hyperwar US Navy in WWII.
117k	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.
25k	Commemorative first day issue & photo inset of the R-19 (SS-96) as the *HMS P-514*, 6 May, 1974.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.

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