Allied Warships

R-9 (SS-86)

Submarine of the R-1 class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	R-1
Pennant	86
Built by	Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	6 Mar 1918
Launched	24 May 1919
Commissioned	30 Jul 1919
End service	22 Sep 1945
History	Decommissioned 2 May 1931. Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recomissioned in ordinary 9 September 1940. Recommissioned in full 14 March 1941. Decommissioned 25 September 1945. Stricken 11 October 1945. Sold in February 1946 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS R-9 (86)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Royce Lawrence Gross, USN	9 Sep 1940	14 May 1942
2	Lt. Robert Russell Williams, Jr., USN	14 May 1942	2 Nov 1943
3	Henry G. Reaves, USN	2 Nov 1943	Sep 1944
4	T/Lt. Allen B. Catlin, USN	Sep 1944	Mar 1945
5	Walter P. Murphy, USN	Mar 1945	Aug 1945
6	Robert A. Hummert, USNR	Aug 1945	25 Sep 1945

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Notable events involving R-9 include:

11 Mar 1942
USS R-9 departed New London, Connecticut for Bermuda.

17 Mar 1942
USS R-9 arrived at Bermuda from New London, Connecticut.

1 Oct 1942
USS R-9 departed Bermuda for New London, Connecticut.

10 Oct 1942
USS R-9 arrived at New London, Connecticut from Bermuda.

20 Apr 1943
USS R-9 departed New London, Connecticut for Bermuda.

13 Oct 1943
USS R-9 departed Bermuda for New London, Connecticut.

17 Oct 1943
USS R-9 arrived at New London, Connecticut from Bermuda.

21 Oct 1944
USS R-9 departed New London, Connecticut for Bermuda.

22 Oct 1944
USS R-9 returned to New London, Connecticut to repair a disabled main engine.

27 Oct 1944
With her engine repair completed USS R-9 departed New London, Connecticut for Bermuda.

1 Nov 1944
USS R-9 arrived at Bermuda from New London, Connecticut.

6 Dec 1944
USS R-9 (Lt. A.B. Catlin, USN) conducted exercises off Bermuda with ships of Escort Division 4, which was made up of the destroyer escorts USS Pillsbury (Lt.Cdr. G.W. Cassleman, USNR, with COMCORTDIV 4, T/Cdr. F.S. Hall, USN on board), USS Pope ( Lt.Cdr. R.J. Montgomery, USNR), USS Flaherty (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Duff, USNR), USS Frederick C. Davis (Lt. J.R. Crosby, USNR), USS Chatelain (Lt.Cdr. D.S. Knox, USNR) and USS Neunzer (Lt.Cdr. V.E. Gex, USNR).

On completion of the exercises late in the evening USS Pope parted company to escort USS R-9 back to port. Early on the 7th, a crewmember of USS R-9 was lost overboard. A search was undertaken but he was not found.

The remaining ships of Escort Division 4 remained at sea.

13 Mar 1945
USS R-9 departed Bermuda for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

18 Mar 1945
USS R-9 arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

9 May 1945
USS R-9 departed Guantanamo Bay for New London, Connecticut via Port Everglades, Florida.

13 May 1945
USS R-9 made a short stop at Port Everglades, Florida before proceeding to New London, Connecticut.

19 May 1945
USS R-9 arrived at New London, Connecticut.