U.S.S. R-8 (1919)

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U.S.S. R-8 (1919)
Hull Number: SS-85
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Laid down: 4 Mar, 1918
Launched: 17 Apr, 1919[2]
Commissioned: 21 Jul, 1919
Decommissioned: 2 May, 1931
Sank: 1936[3]
Fate: at moorings
U.S.S. R-8 was one of twenty-seven "R" Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

R-8 was commissioned on 21 July, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander Philip C. Ransom in command.

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. 48-49.
  5. Register of Officers, 1924. pp. 86-87.
  6. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 82-83.

Bibliography


"R" Class Submarine
Electric Boat Design
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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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