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R-6 was commissioned in Boston on 1 May, 1919 under the command of Lieutenant Commander [[Charles Milford Elder|Charles M. Elder]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:29, 22 January 2022

U.S.S. R-6 (1919)
Hull Number: SS-83
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Laid down: 17 Dec, 1917
Launched: 1 Mar, 1919[2]
Commissioned: 1 May, 1919
Decommissioned: 27 Sep, 1945
Sold: 1946[3]

U.S.S. R-6 was one of twenty-seven "R" Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

R-6 was commissioned in Boston on 1 May, 1919 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Charles M. Elder.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 130.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 130.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 130.
  4. Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 50-51.
  5. Register of Officers, 1924. p. 107.
  6. Register of Officers, 1927. p.96.

Bibliography


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