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
United States
NameR-13
Ordered29 August 1916
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost$614,641.53 (hull and machinery)
Laid down27 March 1918
Launched27 August 1919
Sponsored byMiss Fannie Bemis Chandler
Commissioned17 October 1919
Decommissioned14 September 1945
Stricken11 October 1945
Identification
FateSold for scrap, 13 March 1946
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-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.