near Key West. R-2 sustained no damage. In the spring of 1945, with the approach of German capitulation, R-2 was ordered to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for inactivation. Arriving there on 1 May 1945, she was decommissioned on 10 May 1945 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 June 1945. She was sold to Rosoff Brothers of New York City on 28 September 1945, resold to the Northern Metals Company of Philadelphia in October 1945, and scrapped in early 1946. References Footnotes Bibliography Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1975. Hinman, Charles R., and Douglas E. Campbell. The Submarine Has No Friends: Friendly Fire Incidents Involving U.S. Submarines During World War II. Syneca Research Group, Inc., 2019. . External links United States R-class submarines World War II submarines of the United States Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts 1918 ships Friendly fire incidents of World War II Maritime incidents in August 1942