USS R-6

USS R-6 underway while testing the first experimental U.S. Navy submarine snorkel in 1945.
History
United States
NameUSS R-6
Ordered29 August 1916
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down17 December 1917
Launched1 March 1919
Commissioned1 May 1919
Decommissioned4 May 1931
Recommissioned15 November 1940
Decommissioned27 September 1945
Stricken11 October 1945
FateSold for scrap, March 1946
General characteristics
TypeR-class submarine
Displacement
  • 569 long tons (578 t) (surfaced)
  • 680 long tons (691 t) (submerged)
Length186 ft 2 in (56.74 m)
Beam18 ft (5.5 m)
Draft14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
PropulsionDiesel-electric
Speed
  • 13.5 kn (15.5 mph; 25.0 km/h) (surfaced)
  • 10.5 kn (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) (submerged)
Complement34 officers and men
Armament

USS R-6 (SS-83) was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.

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