USS R-13
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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.
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-13Template:'s keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, in Quincy, Massachusetts, on 27 March 1918. She was launched on 27 August 1919,Template:Sfn sponsored by Miss Fanny Bemis Chandler,Template:Sfn and commissioned on 17 October 1919.Template:Sfn
Service history
1919–1941
Following shakedown in New England waters, R-13 briefly operated out of New London, Connecticut. In the spring of 1920, she conducted training patrols off Bermuda, and then prepared for transfer to the Pacific. She departed the East Coast in mid-June; and transited the Panama Canal, in early July.Template:Sfn
When the US Navy adopted its hull classification system on 17 July 1920, she received the hull number SS-90.Template:Sfn
R-13 continued up the West Coast to San Pedro, California, whence she headed for the Territory of Hawaii, on 26 August 1920.Template:Sfn
R-13 arrived at Pearl Harbor, on 6 September 1920, and for the next nine years, assisted in the development of submarine warfare tactics. Ordered back to the Atlantic, with the new decade, the submarine stood out from Pearl Harbor on 12 December 1930, and on 9 February 1931, arrived back at New London. There, she served as a training ship until 1941.Template:Sfn
1941–1946
On 26 May 1941, R-13 headed south to her new homeport, Key West, Florida. Arriving at the end of the month, she returned to New London, in July, but was back in southern Florida, in August. During the fall she conducted operations in the Gulf of Mexico, and then assumed training duties for the Sound School, at Key West. Through World War II, she continued the work there and out of Port Everglades, Florida, and conducted patrols in the Yucatán Channel and the Florida Straits.Template:Sfn
Fate
With the cessation of hostilities, R-13 was decommissioned on 14 September 1945, was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 October 1945, and was sold on 13 March 1946.Template:Sfn
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