USS R-2, a 569-ton R-1 class submarine built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned in late January 1919. She operated off the U.S. East Coast for the next two years, with at least one trip south in late 1919 for exercises in the Gulf of Mexico. In the spring of 1921 R-2 went to the Pacific, where she operated for the remainder of the decade. She was based at San Pedro, California, in 1921-1923 and at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during 1923-1930. Early in 1931 R-2 returned to the Atlantic, where she was assigned duty as a training submarine in New England waters.
Sent to Key West, Florida, in June 1941, R-2 was stationed there for nearly four years. As a unit of the Navy's Sonar School, she took part in training and development work, and also made operational patrols against German submarines. In May 1945, with the Atlantic phase of World War II at an end, USS R-2 was decommissioned. She was sold for scrapping in October 1945.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS R-2 (Submarine # 79, later SS-79).
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Photo #: NH 41873 USS R-2 (SS-79) Underway during the 1920s or 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 66364 USS R-2 (SS-79) Off New York City, 29 April 1939. Photographed by Ted Stone. Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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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): Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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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): Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 575 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 55044 USS Camden (AS-6) In San Pedro Harbor, California, 1921. Submarines alongside are (from outboard to inboard): U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 590 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 55045 USS Camden (AS-6) In San Pedro Harbor, California, 1921. Submarines alongside are (from outboard to inboard): The original print was autographed in June 1967 by Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN (Retired), who used Camden as his flagship from May 1930 to January 1931, while he was Commander, Control Force, U.S. Fleet. He was a Rear Admiral at that time. This photo, without autograph, is Photo # NH 55044. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 590 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 92002 USS Camden (AS-6) Photographed circa the early 1920s, with four "R" type submarines alongside, including (from left to right): Collection of Joseph A. Hendricks. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 435 pixels |
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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): Five other "R-Boats" are further back in the dry dock. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 167KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 103175 USS R-2 (Submarine # 79) Launching, at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 23 September 1918. Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 30 October 2005
New image added 19 November 2005