"R" Class Submarine (1917)

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

[show]Overview of 27 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
R-1	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	16 Oct, 1917	24 Aug, 1918	16 Dec, 1918	Sold 1946
R-2	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	16 Oct, 1917	23 Sep, 1918	24 Jan, 1919	Sold 1945
R-3	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	11 Dec, 1917	18 Jan, 1919	17 Apr, 1919	Transferred 4 Nov, 1941
R-4	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	16 Oct, 1917	26 Oct, 1918	28 Mar, 1919	Sold 1946
R-5	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	16 Oct, 1917	24 Nov, 1918	15 Apr, 1919	Sold 1946
R-6	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	17 Dec, 1917	1 Mar, 1919	1 May, 1919	Sold 1946
R-7	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	6 Dec, 1917	5 Apr, 1919	1 May, 1919	Sold 1946
R-8	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	4 Mar, 1918	17 Apr, 1919	21 Jul, 1919	Sank 1936
R-9	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	6 Mar, 1918	24 May, 1919	30 Jul, 1919	Sold 1946
R-10	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	18 Mar, 1918	28 Jun, 1919	20 Aug, 1919	Sold 1946
R-11	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	18 Mar, 1918	12 Jul, 1919	5 Sep, 1919	Sold 1946
R-12	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	28 Mar, 1918	15 Aug, 1919	23 Sep, 1919	Sunk 12 Jun, 1943
R-13	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	27 Mar, 1918	27 Aug, 1919	17 Oct, 1919	Sold 1946
R-14	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	6 Nov, 1918	10 Oct, 1919	24 Dec, 1919	Sold 1946
R-15	Union Iron Works	30 Apr, 1917	10 Dec, 1917	27 Jul, 1918	Stricken 1946
R-16	Union Iron Works	26 Apr, 1917	15 Dec, 1917	5 Aug, 1918	Sold 1946
R-17	Union Iron Works	5 May, 1917	24 Dec, 1917	18 Aug, 1918	Transferred 9 Mar, 1942
R-18	Union Iron Works		8 Jan, 1918		Sold 1946
R-19	Union Iron Works	23 Jun, 1917	28 Jan, 1918	7 Oct, 1918	Transferred 9 Mar, 1942
R-20	Union Iron Works	4 Jun, 1917	21 Aug, 1918	26 Oct, 1918	Sold 1946
R-21	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	19 Apr, 1917	10 Jul, 1918	17 Jun, 1919	Broken up 1930
R-22	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	19 Apr, 1917	23 Sep, 1918	1 Aug, 1919	Broken up 1930
R-23	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	25 Apr, 1917	5 Nov, 1918	23 Oct, 1919	Broken up 1930
R-24	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	9 May, 1917	21 Aug, 1918	27 Jun, 1919	Broken up 1930
R-25	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	26 Apr, 1917	15 May, 1919	23 Oct, 1919	Broken up 1930
R-26	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	26 Apr, 1917	18 Jun, 1919	23 Oct, 1919	Broken up 1930
R-27	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	16 May, 1917	23 Sep, 1918	3 Sep, 1919	Broken up 1930