USS R-12 (SS-89)
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USS R-12 (SS-89)
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| Name: | USS R-12 (SS-89) |
| Ordered: | 29 August 1916 |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 28 March 1918 |
| Launched: | 15 August 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 December 1932 |
| Recommissioned: | 16 October 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 June 1943 |
| Struck: | 6 July 1943 |
| Fate: | Foundered 12 June 1943. |
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| Class and type: | R-class submarine |
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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: | 33 officers and men |
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USS R-12 (SS-89) was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.
Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts on 28 March 1918. She was launched on 15 August 1919 sponsored by Miss Helen Mack, and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts on 23 September 1919 with Lieutenant F. J. Cunneen in command.
R-12 remained at Boston, Massachusetts until she headed down the coast on 11 March to New London, Connecticut, whence she operated until the end of May. She then continued south to Panama; transited the Panama Canal at the end of June; arrived at San Pedro, California, in July; and with the hull classification symbol "SS-89", departed the California coast for Pearl Harbor at the end of August. Arriving on 6 September 1920, she remained in Hawaiian waters, with occasional exercises on the West Coast and off Johnston Island until 12 December 1930. On that date, R-12 got underway for the East Coast and returned to New London, Connecticut on 9 February 1931. She conducted exercises with Destroyer Squadrons of the Scouting Force into the spring, then following overhaul trained personnel assigned to the Submarine School. On 27 September 1932, she departed New London for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where, after decommissioning on 7 December, she joined other R-boats berthed there in the Reserve Fleet.
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