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Photo #: NH 69000

"R" type submarines


In dry dock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, during the early 1920s.
Submarines in the foreground are (from left to right):
USS R-3 (SS-80);
USS R-2 (SS-79); and
USS R-1 (SS-78).
Five other "R-Boats" are further back in the dry dock.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 20 April 2005