U.S.S. Bonita (1909)

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U.S.S. Bonita (1909)
Hull Number: SS-15
Builder: Fore River[1]
Launched: 17 Jun, 1909[2]
Commissioned: 23 Nov, 1909
Decommissioned: 15 Aug, 1919
Sold: 13 Apr, 1920
U.S.S. Bonita was one of five Octopus (or "C") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

She commissioned on 23 November 1909, Lieutenant Frederick V. McNair, Jr. in command.

On 17 November, 1911, Bonita was redesignated C-4.

In 1916, all five "C" class boats were stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, their crews living aboard U.S.S. Severn, assisted by the tug Potomac.[3]

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  3. Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.
  4. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 58.

Bibliography


Octopus Class Submarine
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