From Harbor Tragedy to a Resilient Legacy: The USS R-6 (SS-83)
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From Harbor Tragedy to a Resilient Legacy: The USS R-6 (SS-83)
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In September of 1921, San Pedro Harbor was the bustling new home of the Pacific Fleet. Battleships filled the anchorage, destroyers patrolled the coast, and tied to the tender USS Camden was the small submarine USS R-6. She was a product of the pigboat era, a generation of submarines built during World War I that were experimental, cramped, and dangerous. On the night of September 26, her crew worked late into the evening preparing exercise torpedoes for the next day’s practice. What began as routine training turned into disaster when seawater suddenly surged into the forward torpedo room. Within minutes, R-6 was gone, resting upright on the harbor floor in just thirty five feet of water. Two men were lost, their names carried forward in submarine memory. This is the story of tragedy, recovery, and resilience in the early years of the United States Submarine Force.