USS R-19
USS R-19
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS R-19 |
Ordered | 29 August 1916 |
Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
Laid down | 23 June 1917 |
Launched | 28 January 1918 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Robert L. Irvine |
Commissioned | 7 October 1918 |
Decommissioned | 15 May 1931 |
Recommissioned | 6 January 1941 |
Decommissioned | 9 March 1942 |
Reclassified | From "Submarine Number 96" to SS-96, July 1920 |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy, 9 March 1942 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS P.514 |
Acquired | 9 March 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by friendly fire, 21 June 1942 |
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) |
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Complement | 2 officers, 27 men |
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USS R-19 (SS-96) was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.
Construction and commissioning
R-19's
After commissioning, which was one month before the
During July 1920 the hull classification symbol of R-19 was changed from "Submarine Number 96" to "SS-96."
On 12 December 1930, R-19 left
On 15 May 1931, R-19 was
R-19 was recommissioned on 6 January 1941, then went to the Naval Submarine Base New London at Groton, Connecticut, where she was reconditioned. During May 1941, R-19 headed south. For the remainder of the spring, summer, and into the fall of 1941, she patrolled and conducted training exercises in the Virgin Islands and off the Panama Canal Zone. In October 1941, R-19 returned to Groton and continued her role as a training submarine.
On 9 March 1942, R-19 was
For her service in the United States Navy, the R-19 was eligible for the World War I Victory Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
R-19 was transferred to the United Kingdom under the terms of Lend-Lease on 9 March 1942. Commissioned into the Royal Navy, she was renamed HMS P.514.
In June 1942 she sailed for
A
Lt. Phillimore's parents lived at Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England.[1] There is a memorial to P.514's officers and men in the Church of England parish church of St. Mary the Virgin in Swinbrook.
References
- ^ a b c Text of monument in the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Swinbrook
- ^ "Canadian Navy Background Information June". navy.forces.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS R-19 at NavSource Naval History