USS R-13
USS R-13 (SS-90) probably in the Panama Canal area, c. early 1920s, note the large white star recognition symbol on her fairwater | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | R-13 |
| Ordered | 29 August 1916 |
| Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Cost | $614,641.53 (hull and machinery) |
| Laid down | 27 March 1918 |
| Launched | 27 August 1919 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Fannie Bemis Chandler |
| Commissioned | 17 October 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 14 September 1945 |
| Stricken | 11 October 1945 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap, 13 March 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | R-1-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 186 feet 3 inches (56.77 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 4,700 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 depth | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Capacity | 18,880 US gallons (71,500 L; 15,720 imp gal) fuel |
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USS R-13 (SS-90), also known as "Submarine No. 90", was an R-1-class coastal and harbor defense submarines 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.