USS R-12

USS R-12 (SS-89) in a harbor, during the 1920s or early 1930s, note the large "X" painted on the submarine's fairwater for recognition
History
United States
NameR-12
Ordered29 August 1916
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost$632,166.52 (hull and machinery)
Laid down28 March 1918
Launched15 August 1919
Sponsored byMiss Helen Mack
Commissioned23 September 1919
Decommissioned7 December 1932
Recommissioned16 October 1940
Stricken6 July 1943
Identification
FateFoundered, 12 June 1943
General characteristics
Class & typeR-1-class submarine
Displacement
  • 574 long tons (583 t) surfaced
  • 685 long tons (696 t) submerged
Length186 feet 3 inches (56.77 m)
Beam18 ft (5.5 m)
Draft15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) surfaced
  • 9.3 kn (17.2 km/h; 10.7 mph) submerged
Range4,700 nautical miles (8,700 km; 5,400 mi) at 6.2 kn (11.5 km/h; 7.1 mph), 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) if fuel loaded into the main ballast tanks
Test depth200 ft (61 m)
Capacity18,880 US gallons (71,500 L; 15,720 imp gal) fuel
Complement
  • 2 officers
  • 27 enlisted
Armament

USS R-12 (SS-89), also known as "Submarine No. 89", was an R-1-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy commissioned after the end of World War I.

Due to space constraints, the boats built at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard, were laid down much later than the boats built at the Union Iron Works and the Lake Torpedo Boat Company yards. Because of this, none were commissioned before the end of WWI.