<P> The former USS S - 49 (SS - 160) was sold in 1931 to a private owner for use as a tourist attraction, with the hulk reacquired by the U.S. Navy for "experimental purposes" in 1941 . She foundered and sank in the Patuxent River 16 December 1942 . </P> <P> The former USS S - 25 (SS - 130) was transferred to the Royal Navy 4 November 1941 and renamed as the RMS P. 551 then transferred to the Polish Navy in exile and renamed ORP Jastrząb . On 2 May 1942 she was attacked in a friendly fire incident by a Royal Navy minesweeper and destroyer and sank with all hands . </P> <P> The USS R - 1 (SS - 78), originally commissioned on 16 December 1918 and decommissioned after more than 12 years of service, was recommissioned and served for five additional years during WWII . R - 1 was decommissioned at Key West on 20 September 1945 and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 10 November . Still at Key West awaiting disposal on 21 February 1946, the submarine sank in 21 feet (6.4 m) of water . Raised three days later, she was sold for scrap on 13 March 1946 </P> <P> The United States Submarine Veterans of World War II have suggested each of the fifty states of the United States "adopt" one submarine, except California and New York, which should adopt two . </P>

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