USS R-16

USS R-16 returning to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, sometime between 1919 and 1930.
History
United States
NameUSS R-16
Ordered29 August 1916
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Laid down26 April 1917
Launched15 December 1917
Commissioned5 August 1918
Decommissioned12 May 1931
Recommissioned1 July 1940
Decommissioned16 July 1945
Stricken25 July 1945
FateSold for scrap, March 1946
General characteristics
TypeR class submarine
Displacement
  • 569 long tons (578 t) surfaced
  • 680 long tons (691 t) submerged
Length186 ft 2 in (56.74 m)
Beam18 ft (5.5 m)
Draft14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
PropulsionDiesel-electric
Speed
  • 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced
  • 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Complement29 officers and men
Armament

USS R-16 (SS-93) was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.

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