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USS R-17 (SS-94)
USS ''R-17'' (SS-94) was an United States R-class submarine, R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Construction and commissioning ''R-17''′s keel was Keel-laying, laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, on 5 May 1917. She was Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 24 December 1917 sponsored by Miss Bertha F. Dew, and Ship commissioning, commissioned on 17 August 1918 with Lieutenant commander (United States), Lieutenant Commander William R. Munroe in command. Service history 1919–1931 Commissioned toward the end of World War I, ''R-17'' operated briefly off the California coast, then patrolled off the Panama Canal Zone, returning to California in December 1918. In March 1919, she arrived at San Francisco, California, for overhaul, after which she moved west to Pearl Harbor. Departing the West Coast 17 June, she arrived in Hawaii on 25 June and for the next 11½ years operated with fleet units and tested equipmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Iron Works
Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco, California, on the southeast waterfront, was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point, for four decades at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. History Peter Donohue, an Irish immigrant, founded Union Brass & Iron Works in the south of Market area of San Francisco in 1849. It was later run by his son, James Donohue. After years as the premiere producer of mining, railroad, agricultural and locomotive machinery in California, Union Iron Works, led by I. M. Scott, entered the ship building business and relocated to Potrero Point where its shipyards still exist, making the site on the north side of the Potrero the longest running privately owned shipyard in the United States. After Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation bought the works in 1905, the consolidated company came to include the Alameda Works Shipyard, located across the San Francisco Bay in Alameda and the Hunter's Point sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
