Editing USS R-19 (section)

==United States Navy service==
After commissioning, which was one month before the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|Armistice with Germany]] ending [[World War I]] took effect, ''R-19'' remained on the [[United States West Coast|West Coast]] of the United States for nine months at [[San Pedro Submarine Base]], [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]] until March 1919, and then at San Francisco, undergoing overhaul, until June 1919. On 17 June 1919 ''R-19'' left the United States for the [[Territory of Hawaii]]. Eight days later she reached [[Pearl Harbor]] in Hawaii and began almost 12 years of training submarine crews and testing equipment.

During July 1920 the [[hull classification symbol]] of ''R-19'' was changed from "Submarine Number 96" to "SS-96."

On 12 December 1930, ''R-19'' left [[Pearl Harbor]] for the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]. ''En route'' she called at [[San Diego]]; voyaged south to the [[Panama Canal Zone]]; negotiated the [[Panama Canal]]; then voyaged north through the [[Caribbean Sea]] and the coastal waters of the [[United States East Coast|US East Coast]]; and, finally, up [[Delaware Bay]] and the [[Delaware River]] to Philadelphia.

On 15 May 1931, ''R-19'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and placed in the [[reserve fleet]] at that [[shipyard]], where she remained berthed at [[League Island]] for the next nine years.

''R-19'' was recommissioned on 6 January 1941, then went to the [[Naval Submarine Base New London]] at [[Groton, Connecticut]], where she was reconditioned. During May 1941, ''R-19'' headed south. For the remainder of the spring, summer, and into the fall of 1941, she patrolled and conducted training exercises in the [[Virgin Islands]] and off the Panama Canal Zone. In October 1941, ''R-19'' returned to Groton and continued her role as a training submarine.

On 9 March 1942, ''R-19'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] again.

For her service in the United States Navy, the ''R-19'' was eligible for the [[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]], [[American Defense Service Medal]], [[American Campaign Medal]] and the [[World War II Victory Medal]].