USS Bonefish (SS-223)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 25 June 1942 |
| Launched: | 7 March 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. F. A. Daubin |
| Commissioned: | 31 May 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk by Japanese vessels in Toyama Wan, Honshū, 18 June 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: |
4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 300 ft (90 m) |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 54 enlisted |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USS Bonefish (SS-223) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the bonefish, which is a name for the ladyfish, dogfish, and sturgeon.
It had a busy career in the Pacific against Japanese shipping after being launched and commissioned in May 1943. It was sunk in June 1945 after sinking a ship on its eighth cruise.
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