![]() USS R-2 arriving at the Battery in New York City on 29 April 1939 during the 1939 New York World's Fair.
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Name | USS R-2 |
Ordered | 29 August 1916 |
Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 16 October 1917 |
Launched | 23 September 1918 |
Commissioned | 24 January 1919 |
Decommissioned | 10 May 1945 |
Stricken | 2 June 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 28 September 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Type | R-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 186 ft 2 in (56.74 m) |
Beam | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
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Complement | 30 |
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USS R-2 (SS-79) was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.