The R-12 entering the marine ways at the Key West Naval Station in 1942.

TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / June 12, 19431943 The United States submarine R-12 was underway conducting training off Key West when the forward battery compartment began to flood and the sub sank in about 15 seconds. The submarine took 42 officers and men to a watery grave.

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