| Career (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 |
| Struck: | 10 March 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up, 4 October 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 6⅝ in (9.4 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Busch-Sulzer direct-drive 6-cylinder 2-cycle diesel engines, 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) each, 2 × BuEng 6-cylinder 4-cycle diesel engines, 1,000 hp (750 kW) each, driving electrical generators, 2 × 60-cell batteries, 2 × Elliott electric motors, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each, two 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), 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/51 cal 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 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.