USS R-24

	USS R-24 (SS-101) in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 22 September 1923, when the boat was undergoing a shipyard overhaul
History
United States
Name	R-24
Ordered	29 August 1916
Builder	Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Cost	$871,310.58 (hull and machinery)
Laid down	9 May 1917
Launched	21 August 1918
Sponsored by	Mrs. Elizabeth Norton
Commissioned	27 June 1919
Decommissioned	11 June 1925
Stricken	9 May 1930
Identification	Hull symbol: SS-101 (17 July 1920); Call sign: NIMB; ;
Fate	Sold for scrap, 30 July 1930
General characteristics
Class & type	R-21-class submarine
Displacement	497 long tons (505 t) surfaced; 652 long tons (662 t) submerged;
Length	175 feet (53 m)
Beam	16 ft 7 in (5.05 m)
Draft	13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Installed power	1,000 brake horsepower (746 kW) diesel; 800 hp (597 kW) electric;
Propulsion	2 × Busch-Sulzer diesel engines; 2 × Diehl Manufacture Company electric motors; 1 × 120-cell batteries; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced; 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) submerged;
Range	3,523 nautical miles (6,525 km; 4,054 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph), 6,499 nmi (12,036 km; 7,479 mi) if fuel loaded into the main ballast tanks
Test depth	200 ft (61 m)
Capacity	17,922 US gallons (67,840 L; 14,923 imp gal) fuel
Complement	3 officers ; 23 enlisted;
Armament	4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes); 1 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber deck gun;

USS R-24 (SS-101), also known as "Submarine No. 101", was an R-21-class coastal and harbor defense submarines of the United States Navy commissioned after the end of World War I.