USS R-10
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USS R-10 (SS-87), also known as "Submarine No. 87", 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.
Design
The submarines had a length of Template:Convert overall, a beam of Template:Cvt, and a mean draft of Template:Cvt. They displaced Template:Convert on the surface and Template:Cvt submerged. The R-1-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 27 enlisted men. They had a diving depth of Template:Cvt.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
For surface running, the boats were powered by two Template:Convert NELSECO 6-EB-14 diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a Template:Convert Electro-Dynamic Company electric motor. They could reach Template:Convert on the surface and Template:Cvt underwater. On the surface, the R-1-class had a range of Template:Convert at Template:Cvt, or Template:Cvt if fuel was loaded into their main ballast tanks.Template:Sfn
The boats were armed with four [[American 21-inch torpedo|Template:Convert]] torpedo tubes in the bow. They carried four reloads, for a total of eight torpedoes. The R-1-class submarines were also armed with a single [[3"/50 caliber gun|Template:Cvt/50 caliber]] deck gun.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Construction
R-10Template:'s keel was laid down on 21 March 1918, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 28 June 1919,Template:Sfn sponsored by Mrs. Mary Ransom,Template:Sfn and commissioned on 20 August 1919.Template:Sfn
Service history
1919–1930
R-10 fitted out at the Boston Navy Yard, during the fall of 1919, she joined Submarine Division 9, with the new year, 1920, and departed for winter maneuvers in the Gulf of Mexico, on 15 January. Based at Pensacola, Florida, she completed final trials during March, and in mid-April, returned to New England. On 18 May 1920, she arrived at Newport, Rhode Island.Template:Sfn
When the US Navy adopted its hull classification system on 17 July 1920, she received the hull number SS-87.Template:Sfn
R-10 operated out of Newport, and New London, Connecticut. With the fall she proceeded south again, underwent overhaul at Norfolk, Virginia, remaining until April 1921. She then headed for the Panama Canal, and duty in the Pacific.Template:Sfn
R-10 arrived at San Pedro, California, on 30 June, for a two-year tour. Toward the end of September, she added salvage operations to her record as she assisted the minesweeper Template:USS, in raising R-10Template:'s sister boat Template:USS, from the bottom of San Pedro Harbor, on 13 October, then resumed individual and squadron exercises.Template:Sfn
In July 1923, R-10 shifted to Pearl Harbor, where for the next seven and a half years she conducted training operations, including fleet problems, made occasional runs as far west as Midway Island, and as far east as the West Coast, and participated in air-sea rescue operations for planes initiating transpacific air travel. Ordered back to the Atlantic, in 1930, R-10 cleared Pearl Harbor, for the last time, on 12 December.Template:Sfn
1931–1939
On 9 February 1931, R-10 arrived at New London, and assumed training duties for the Submarine School there. During the spring, she underwent overhaul at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and in the summer added anti-submarine warfare (ASW) destroyer training, and NROTC cruises, to her mission. Through the decade she continued her role as a training submarine, and operated primarily off the New England coast, with occasional temporary duty at stations on the mid-Atlantic seaboard, including the Diving School, at Piney Point, Maryland, in May 1937.Template:Sfn
1940–1946
In September 1940, R-10 participated in Bureau of Ordnance tests at Norfolk, then returned to New London. The following year she was transferred to Key West, Florida. From 1941, until the winter of 1943, she alternated patrols in the Yucatán Channel and the Florida Straits, with operations for the Fleet Sonar School, at Key West. Then, for the remainder of World War II, she concentrated on training duties. During February, and into March 1945, she operated out of Port Everglades, Florida, then returned to Key West, where she remained until 4 June.
Fate
R-10 headed north for the Philadelphia Navy Yard, on 4 June 1945, and inactivation. Arriving on 8 June, she decommissioned on 18 June, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 July. In January 1946, she was sold for scrap to the North American Smelting Company, in Philadelphia.Template:Sfn
Awards
- American Defense Service Medal with "Fleet" clasp
- American Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
References
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