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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name=USS ''R-13''
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|Ship ordered=29 August 1916
|Ship builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]
|Ship laid down=27 March 1918
|Ship launched=27 August 1919
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|Ship commissioned= 17 October 1919
|Ship decommissioned=14 September 1945
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|Ship struck=11 October 1945
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|Ship fate= Sold for scrap, 13 March 1946
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|Ship type= [[United States R class submarine|R class]] [[submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|569|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|680|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship length= {{convert|186|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship speed=*{{convert|13.5|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
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|Ship complement=34 officers and men
|Ship armament=*4 × [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s
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'''USS ''R-13'' (SS-90)''' was an [[United States R class submarine|''R''-class coastal and harbor defense submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]].
==Construction and commissioning==
''R-13''′s [[keel]] was [[Keel-laying|laid down]]  by the [[Fore River Shipbuilding]] Company in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], on 27 March 1918. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 27 August 1919, sponsored by Miss Fanny B. Chandler, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 17 October 1919.
==Service history==
===1919&ndash;1941===
Following shakedown in [[New England]] waters, ''R-13'' briefly operated out of [[New London, Connecticut]]. In the spring of 1920 she conducted training patrols off [[Bermuda]], and then prepared for transfer to the Pacific. She departed the East Coast in mid-June; and transited the [[Panama Canal]] in early July. Given [[hull classification symbol]] SS-90 at midmonth, she continued up the west coast to [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]], whence she headed for Hawaii on 26 August.
''R-13'' arrived at [[Pearl Harbor]] on 6 September and for the next nine years assisted in the development of submarine warfare tactics. Ordered back to the Atlantic with the new decade, the submarine stood out from Pearl Harbor on 12 December 1930 and on 9 February 1931 arrived back at New London. There, she served as a training ship until 1941. However, she was in Annapolis, Maryland, on 30 June 1932.
===1941&ndash;1946===
On 26 May 1941, ''R-13'' headed south to her new homeport, [[Key West]], Florida. Arriving at the end of the month, she returned to New London in July, but was back in southern Florida in August. During the fall she conducted operations in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], and then assumed training duties for the Sound School at Key West. Through World War II, she continued the work there and out of [[Port Everglades, Florida]], and conducted patrols in the [[Yucatán Channel]] and the [[Florida Straits]].
With the cessation of hostilities, ''R-13'' was decommissioned on 14 September 1945, was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 11 October 1945, and was sold on 13 March 1946.
== References ==
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*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/r-13.html}}
==External links==
* {{navsource|08/08090|USS R-13}}
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[[Category:World War II submarines of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:1919 ships]]