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Sixteen '''"O" class submarines''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1918.
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Twenty-seven '''"R" class submarines''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1918 and 1919.
  
 
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 27 vessels
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|-
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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|-
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! align=center | Name
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! align=center | Builder
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! align=center | Laid Down
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! align=center | Launched
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! align=center | Completed
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! align=center | Fate
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R1}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|16 Oct, 1917
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|24 Aug, 1918
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|16 Dec, 1918
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R2}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|16 Oct, 1917
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|23 Sep, 1918
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|24 Jan, 1919
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|Sold 1945
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R3}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|11 Dec, 1917
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|18 Jan, 1919
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|17 Apr, 1919
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|Transferred 4 Nov, 1941
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R4}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|16 Oct, 1917
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|26 Oct, 1918
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|28 Mar, 1919
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R5}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|16 Oct, 1917
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|24 Nov, 1918
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|15 Apr, 1919
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R6}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|17 Dec, 1917
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|1 Mar, 1919
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|1 May, 1919
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R7}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|6 Dec, 1917
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|5 Apr, 1919
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|1 May, 1919
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R8}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|4 Mar, 1918
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|17 Apr, 1919
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|21 Jul, 1919
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|Sank 1936
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R9}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|6 Mar, 1918
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|24 May, 1919
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|30 Jul, 1919
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R10}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|18 Mar, 1918
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|28 Jun, 1919
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|20 Aug, 1919
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R11}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|18 Mar, 1918
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|12 Jul, 1919
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|5 Sep, 1919
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R12}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|28 Mar, 1918
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|15 Aug, 1919
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|23 Sep, 1919
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|Sunk 12 Jun, 1943
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R13}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|27 Mar, 1918
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|27 Aug, 1919
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|17 Oct, 1919
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R14}}
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|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
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|6 Nov, 1918
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|10 Oct, 1919
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|24 Dec, 1919
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R15}}
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|[[Union Iron Works]]
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|30 Apr, 1917
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|10 Dec, 1917
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|27 Jul, 1918
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|Stricken 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R16}}
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|[[Union Iron Works]]
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|26 Apr, 1917
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|15 Dec, 1917
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|5 Aug, 1918
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R17}}
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|[[Union Iron Works]]
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|5 May, 1917
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|24 Dec, 1917
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|18 Aug, 1918
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|Transferred 9 Mar, 1942
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R18}}
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|[[Union Iron Works]]
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|
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|8 Jan, 1918
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|
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R19}}
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|[[Union Iron Works]]
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|23 Jun, 1917
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|28 Jan, 1918
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|7 Oct, 1918
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|Transferred 9 Mar, 1942
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R20}}
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|[[Union Iron Works]]
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|4 Jun, 1917
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|21 Aug, 1918
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|26 Oct, 1918
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|Sold 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R21}}
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|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
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|19 Apr, 1917
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|10 Jul, 1918
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|17 Jun, 1919
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|Broken up 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R22}}
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|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
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|19 Apr, 1917
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|23 Sep, 1918
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|1 Aug, 1919
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|Broken up 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R23}}
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|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
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|25 Apr, 1917
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|5 Nov, 1918
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|23 Oct, 1919
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|Broken up 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R24}}
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|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
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|9 May, 1917
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|21 Aug, 1918
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|27 Jun, 1919
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|Broken up 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R25}}
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|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
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|26 Apr, 1917
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|15 May, 1919
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|23 Oct, 1919
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|Broken up 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R26}}
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|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
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|26 Apr, 1917
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|18 Jun, 1919
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|23 Oct, 1919
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|Broken up 1930
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|- align=left
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| {{US-R27}}
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|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
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|16 May, 1917
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|23 Sep, 1918
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|3 Sep, 1919
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|Broken up 1930
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|}
 
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==Design and Construction==
  
 
==Torpedoes==
 
==Torpedoes==
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Electric Boat design:
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* four 21-in tubes with 8 torpedoes
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Lake design:
 
* four 18-in tubes with 8 torpedoes
 
* four 18-in tubes with 8 torpedoes
  
 
==Guns==
 
==Guns==
  
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* one 3-in/23
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* one 3-in/50
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_O-class_submarine}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_R-class_submarine}}
 
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{{refend}}
  
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Latest revision as of 13:29, 27 April 2018

Twenty-seven "R" class submarines were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1918 and 1919.

Design and Construction

Torpedoes

Electric Boat design:

  • four 21-in tubes with 8 torpedoes

Lake design:

  • four 18-in tubes with 8 torpedoes

Guns

  • one 3-in/50

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


"R" Class Submarine
Electric Boat Design
R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 R-5
R-6 R-7 R-8 R-9 R-10
R-11 R-12 R-13 R-14 R-15
R-16 R-17 R-18 R-19 R-20
Lake Design
R-21 R-22 R-23 R-24 R-25
  R-26 R-27  
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