USS Bonita (SS-165)

History
United States
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down	16 November 1921
Launched	9 June 1925
Commissioned	22 May 1926
Decommissioned	4 June 1937
Commissioned	5 September 1940
Decommissioned	3 March 1945
Stricken	10 March 1945
Fate	Sold for breaking up, 4 October 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	V-1 (Barracuda)-class composite direct-drive diesel and diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	2,119 tons (2,153 t) surfaced, 2,506 tons (2,546 t) submerged
Length	341 ft 6 in (104.09 m)
Beam	27 ft 6+5⁄8 in (8.398 m)
Draft	15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
Propulsion	(as built) 2 × Busch-Sulzer direct-drive main diesel engines, 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) each; 2 × Busch-Sulzer auxiliary diesel engines, 1,000 hp (750 kW) each, diesel-electric drive; Auxiliary engines replaced with BuEng MAN engines 1940, main engines removed 1942-43 on conversion to a cargo submarine; 2 × 60-cell Exide batteries; 2 × Elliott electric motors, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each; 2 shafts;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced, 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) @ 11 knots (20 km/h), 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) @ 11 kn with fuel in main ballast tanks
Endurance	10 hours @ 5 knots (9 km/h)
Test depth	200 ft (60 m)
Complement	7 officers, 11 petty officers, 69 enlisted
Armament	6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft), 12 torpedoes; 1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/51 caliber deck gun;

USS Bonita (SF-6/SS-165), a Barracuda-class submarine and one of the "V-boats," was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bonito. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 9 June 1925 as V-3 (SF-6), sponsored by Mrs. L.R. DeSteiguer, wife of Rear Admiral DeSteiguer, and commissioned on 22 May 1926, Lieutenant Commander Charles A. Lockwood, Jr. in command. Like her sisters, Bonita was designed to meet the fleet submarine requirement of 21 knots (39 km/h) surface speed for operating with contemporary battleships.

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