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Photo # NH 79747:  USS R-5 underway in Pearl Harbor, circa 1923-1930

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USS R-5 (Submarine # 82, later SS-82), 1919-1946

USS R-5, a 569-ton R-1 class submarine built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was placed in commission in mid-April 1919. During the next two years she served along the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. When the Navy implemented its hull number system in July 1920, she was designated SS-82. R-5 transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific in late May 1921 to begin two years of operations along the West Coast. She went to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in July 1923 and was based there for the rest of the decade. Among notable events during this time, both in 1924, were a trip to the Midway Islands in the summer and a damaging collision with USS R-16 (SS-93) in December. R-5 returned to the Atlantic early in 1931, spent a year on training duty at the Groton, Connecticut, Submarine School, and was decommissioned at the end of June 1932.

Following eight years in reserve at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, R-5 was recommissioned in mid-August 1940, part of the expansion of U.S. defense forces brought on by the outbreak of World War II in Europe. From December 1940 into October 1941 she was employed on defensive patrols in the Gulf of Panama. When the United States was brought into the War in December 1941, R-5 began three and a half years of anti-submarine patrol duty in the waters between New England and Bermuda. During early 1942 she twice encountered German U-Boats and, on 10 February, unsuccessfully fired torpedos at what may have been U-564. No longer needed after Germany's surrender, USS R-5 was decommissioned in mid-September 1945, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in October and sold for scrapping in August 1946.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS R-5 (Submarine # 82, later SS-82).


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Photo #: NH 79747

USS R-5 (SS-82)


Underway in Pearl Harbor, circa 1923-1930.
USS Baltimore (CM-1) is moored in the background, with USS Sanderling (AM-37) tied up alongside. Both of these ships were then out of commission.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 103489

USS R-5
(SS-82)

In a harbor, circa 1940-1941.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Photo #: NH 103518

USS R-5
(Submarine # 82)

Sponsor, Miss Margaretta Wood (center, holding flowers), and her party during the submarine's launching ceremony at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 24 November 1918.
Standing immediately to her left are General and Mrs. Crozier. Her parents, Rear Admiral and Mrs. S.S. Wood, are standing second and third from the left, with Adm. Wood partially visible behind his wife. Two French officers are among the others present.

Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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USS R-5 is seen in the following photographs as part of groups of submarines:

Photo #: NH 41855

Submarines nested together
, May 1920

Alongside USS Camden (Submarine Tender # 6), in the North River, New York City.
They are, from near to far (left to right):
USS R-4 (Submarine # 81);
USS R-5 (Submarine # 82);
USS R-6 (Submarine # 83);
USS R-10 (Submarine # 87);
USS R-9 (Submarine # 86);
USS R-8 (Submarine # 85);
USS R-7 (Submarine # 84);
USS R-3 (Submarine # 80);
USS S-4 (Submarine # 109); and
USS S-3 (Submarine # 108).
Note that all the "R" class submarines have gun platforms, but that guns are fitted only on R-10 and R-3. S-4 has a platform for a 4"/50 gun (but no gun is installed), while S-3 still has no gun platform.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Photo #: NH 41863

Submarines nested together
, May 1920

Alongside USS Camden (Submarine Tender # 6), in the North River, New York City.
They are, from near to far:
USS R-4 (Submarine # 81);
USS R-5 (Submarine # 82);
USS R-6 (Submarine # 83);
USS R-10 (Submarine # 87);
USS R-9 (Submarine # 86);
USS R-8 (Submarine # 85);
USS R-7 (Submarine # 84);
USS R-3 (Submarine # 80);
USS S-4 (Submarine # 109); and
USS S-3 (Submarine # 108).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Photo #: NH 41746

R-Class submarines


Nested together at New York City, circa 1920.
They include (from left to right):
USS R-7 (Submarine # 84); USS R-8 (Submarine # 85); USS R-9 (Submarine # 86); USS R-10 (Submarine # 87); USS R-6 (Submarine # 83); USS R-5 (Submarine # 82); and USS R-4 (Submarine # 81).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 41780

R-Class submarines


Nested together in the Hudson River, off New York City, circa 1920.
They include (from left to right):
USS R-7 (Submarine # 84); USS R-8 (Submarine # 85); USS R-9 (Submarine # 86); USS R-10 (Submarine # 87); and USS R-6 (Submarine # 83). The stern of USS R-5 (Submarine # 82) is visible furthest to the right.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 99892

USS Camden
(AS-6)

Off New York City with twelve submarines alongside, circa 1920.
Submarines are, from inboard to outboard (left to right):
USS R-1 (SS-78);
USS R-2 (SS-79);
USS R-4 (SS-81);
USS R-5 (SS-82);
USS R-6 (SS-83);
USS R-10 (SS-87);
USS R-9 (SS-86);
USS R-8 (SS-85);
USS R-7 (SS-84);
USS R-3 (SS-80);
USS S-4 (SS-109); and
USS S-3 (SS-108).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Photo #: NH 59972

USS Camden
(AS-6)

Off New York City with twelve submarines alongside, circa 1920.
Submarines are, from inboard to outboard (left to right):
USS R-1 (SS-78);
USS R-2 (SS-79);
USS R-4 (SS-81);
USS R-5 (SS-82);
USS R-6 (SS-83);
USS R-10 (SS-87);
USS R-9 (SS-86);
USS R-8 (SS-85);
USS R-7 (SS-84);
USS R-3 (SS-80);
USS S-4 (SS-109); and
USS S-3 (SS-108).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Photo #: NH 82521

USS Camden
(ID # 3143, later AS-6)

At New York City on 2 May 1920, with six "R" type submarines alongside.
USS R-5 (Submarine # 82) is the third sub from the left.

Collection of William E. Bennington, Senior. Donated by W.E. and R.W. Bennington, 1974.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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