Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Submarine SS-91

USS R-14

R-1-class submarine

USS R-14
Unknown author — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — SS-91 Description : USS R-14 (Submarine # 91) underway on the surface. Caption : Underway, probably during trials in late 1919 or early 1920. Note that her deck gun has not yet been installed. Source : U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph NH 102849 [1]

Service

  1. United States Navy as R-1424 December 1919 — 14 September 19452,193 days of the war
R-1-class submarine Particulars
Name
USS R-14
Pennant / hull number
SS-91
Builder
Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Ordered
29 August 1916
Laid down
6 November 1918
Launched
10 October 1919
Commissioned
24 December 1919
Decommissioned
14 September 1945
Struck
11 October 1945
Fate
Sold for scrap, 28 September 1945 (1945)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
574 long tons (583 t)
Displacement, submerged
685 long tons (696 t)
Length
56.69 m (186 ft)
Beam
5.49 m (18 ft)
Draught
4.57 m (15 ft)
Speed
12.5 knots (23.2 km/h, 14.4 mph)
Range
4,700 nmi (8,704 km)
Complement
29
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS R-14 was a R-1-class submarine built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number SS-91. Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts laid her keel on 6 November 1918. Launched on 10 October 1919, she entered service on 24 December 1919.

The boat displaced 574 long tons surfaced and 685 long tons submerged. She measured 56.7 m (186 ft) long with a beam of 5.5 m (18 ft). Her designed speed was 12.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 29.

Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 880 bhp.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 14 September 1945. She was struck from the register on 11 October 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 28 September 1945.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × NELSECO 6-EB-14 diesel engines
  • 2 × Electro-Dynamic Company electric motors
  • 2 × 60-cell batteries
  • 3 x Improvised sails (1921, temporarily)
  • 2 × Propellers
Power
  • 880 bhp diesel
  • 934 hp electric
Armament
  • 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes)
  • 1 × 3 in/50-caliber deck gun

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS R-14 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons