USS R-20, possibly in the Thames River near New London, Connecticut, sometime between April and June 1941.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS R-20 |
Ordered | 29 August 1916 |
Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
Laid down | 4 June 1917 |
Launched | 21 January 1918 |
Commissioned | 26 October 1918 |
Decommissioned | 15 May 1931 |
Recommissioned | 22 January 1941 |
Decommissioned | 27 September 1945 |
Stricken | 1 October 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 13 March 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Type | R class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 186 ft 2 in (56.74 m) |
Beam | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
Speed |
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Complement | 29 officers and men |
Armament |
USS R-20 (SS-97) was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.