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Originally Posted by NEON DEON
O Class December 7, 1941:
USS O-2 (SS - 63) New London
USS O-3 (SS - 64) New London
USS O-4 (SS - 65) New London
USS O-6 (SS - 67) Portsmouth Navy Yard
USS O-7 (SS - 68) New London
USS O-8 (SS - 69) New London
USS O-10 (SS - 71) New London
% of overall sub force: 6.3%
Percentage of class in Pacific/PCZ: 0 %
Percentage of class in N & S Atlantic/Caribbean: 100 %
War patrols: 0
Battle stars: 0
Number of class lost in WW II: 0 of 7; 0 %
Number of men Lost on O boats: 0
Last boat struck: October 11, 1945
Notes: These boats were used almost exclusively for training.
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R Class December 7, 1941:
USS R-1 (SS - 78) New London
USS R-2 (SS - 79) Key West
USS R-4 (SS - 81) Key West
USS R-5 (SS - 82) New London
USS R-6 (SS - 83) New London
USS R-7 (SS - 84) ASW Patrol between New London and Bermuda
USS R-9 (SS - 86) New London
USS R-10 (SS - 87) Key West
USS R-11 (SS - 88) Key West
USS R-12 (SS - 89) New London
USS R-13 (SS - 90) Key West
USS R-14 (SS - 91) Key West
USS R-15 (SS - 92) ASW Patrol between New London and Bermuda
USS R-16 (SS - 93) En Route New London to Key West
USS R-17 (SS - 94) New London
USS R-18 (SS - 95) New London
USS R-19 (SS - 96) New London
USS R-20 (SS - 97) Key West
% of overall sub force: 16%
Percentage of class in Pacific/PCZ: 0 %
Percentage of class in N & S Atlantic/Caribbean: 100 %
War patrols: 0
Battle stars: 0
Number of class lost in WW II: 1 of 18; 5.6 %
Number of men Lost on R boats: 42
Last boat struck: October 11, 1945
Notes: These boats were also assigned training duties. They did however make war patrols in the Atlantic and Caribbean during the U boat offensive in 1942. One boat got credit for 700 tons of damage on a U boat. The R 3 was decommissioned in late November 1941 and sent to Great Brittan under Lend Lease. This dropped the sub fleet to 111 from 112. In 1921, the R 14 ran out of fuel during a rescue operation. The crew rigged up a sail making it the only sub in the fleet to ever be powered by sail. The one R class lost in WW II was a result of a training accident.