U.S.S. R-2 (1918)

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U.S.S. R-2 (1918)
Hull Number: SS-79
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Laid down: 16 Oct, 1917
Launched: 23 Sep, 1918[2]
Commissioned: 24 Jan, 1919
Decommissioned: 10 May, 1945
Sold: 1945[3]
U.S.S. R-2 was one of twenty-seven "R" Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

R-2 was commissioned on 24 January, 1919 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Charles Maynard "Savvy" Cooke, Jr..

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. 54-55.
  5. Register of Officers, 1924. pp. 68-69.
  6. Register of Officers, 1924. pp. 68-69.
  7. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 80-81.
  8. Register of Officers, 1924. pp. 68-69.
  9. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 80-81.
  10. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 80-81.

Bibliography


"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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