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 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 103254
S-3 class submarines
In port, probably on the U.S. West Coast, circa the early 1920s.
Second submarine from the right is USS S-3 (SS-107).
Collection of Chief Engineman Virgil Breland, USN. Donated by
Mrs. E.H. Breland, 1979.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 100459
USS Camden (AS-6)
Photographed circa the middle or later 1920s, with ten "S"
type submarines alongside. The submarines are (on Camden's
starboard side, from left to right):
USS S-18 (SS-123);
unidentified Electric Boat type "S-boat";
USS S-19 (SS-124);
USS S-12 (SS-117); and an
unidentified Government type "S-boat".
(on Camden's port side, from left to right):
unidentified Government type "S-boat";
USS S-7 (SS-112);
USS S-8 (SS-113);
USS S-9 (SS-114); and
USS S-3 (SS-107).
Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 46709
USS O-1 (Submarine # 62), at left
Being prepared for launching at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery,
Maine, 8 July 1918. She was launched on the following day.
At right, also under construction in the wooden shiphouse, is
USS S-3 (Submarine # 107).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 46537
USS S-3 (Submarine # 107)
Sliding into the water, during her launching at the Portsmouth
Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 21 December 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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