War called the veteran back from retirement, and on 17 September 1940, USS Camden (AS-6) was reclassified IX-42, and assigned to New York Navy Yard as a barracks ship. Highlights of this period included her participation in determined efforts to raise S-5 (SS-110) in September and October 1925, and her presence at the presidential naval review in Hampton Roads in May 1927. USS Camden (AS-6)'s active career ended when she was decommissioned at Philadelphia.
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As flagship of Submarine Division 4 at New London, and later as flagship of Commander, Control Force, she led in large-scale maneuvers and exercises. USS Camden (AS-6) briefly served as flagship of Commander, Submarine Flotilla, Pacific Fleet early in 1922, and in March 1923 returned to the Atlantic for duty. After repairs at Norfolk, she followed her division to the Pacific, where she took up tender duties based on San Pedro 24 June 1921. Based on New London, she was flagship for Commander, Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic, and Commander, Submarine Division 9 until 15 September 1920.
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USS Camden began her many years of important service with submarines 21 February 1919, when she was re-commissioned as a submarine tender, AS-6. She was decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard for conversion into a submarine tender. Jones, USNRF, in command.Ĭlearing New York in September 1917, Camden carried coal between Cardiff, Wales, and French ports, with one voyage to the United States, until 25 April 1918, when she again sailed for the States. 3143) was built in 1900 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany, as Kiel seized by the United States on entrance into World War I transferred from the Shipping Board fitted out as a cargo ship and commissioned 15 August 1917, Lieutenant Commander E.