R-24

R-24 is seen here underway in the basin at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, September 22, 1923. She had been there for a shipyard overhaul. Overall, the Lake design for the R-boats were good looking warships, but they were saddled with unreliable engines, slow diving times, and overall mechanical unreliability.

There are a number of decommissioned ships moored to the right. The ship painted white with a red stripe is the hospital ship USS Solace (AH-2) the ship to her immediate right is the destroyer Mayrant (DD-31) and the second ship from the right is the destroyer Drayton (DD-23).

U.S. Navy photo.

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