USS R-15

The crew of USS R-15 (SS-92) air out on deck in a warm climate, note the large white square painted on the submarine's fairwater for recognition
History
United States
NameR-15
Ordered29 August 1916
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Cost$801,906.84 (hull and machinery)
Laid down30 April 1917
Launched10 December 1917
Sponsored byMrs. Lillian Boyd
Commissioned27 July 1918
Decommissioned7 May 1931
Recommissioned1 April 1941
Decommissioned17 September 1945
Stricken11 October 1945
Identification
FateSold for scrapping, 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-15 (SS-92), also known as "Submarine No. 92", was an R-1-class coastal and harbor defense submarines of the United States Navy commissioned before the end of World War I.