USS Bowfin (SS-287)
Bowfin moored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where it is now a museum. |
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| Career (United States) | |
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| Builder: | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down: | 23 July 1942 |
| Launched: | 7 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 1 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 February 1947 |
| Recommissioned: | 27 July 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | 22 April 1954 |
| Recommissioned: | 10 January 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 December 1971 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1971 |
| Status: | Museum ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii since 1 August 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,526 long tons (1,550 t) surfaced 2,414 long tons (2,453 t) submerged |
| Length: | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: |
4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators |
| Speed: | 20.25 knots (37.50 km/h) surfaced 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 400 feet (120 m) |
| Complement: | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted |
| Armament: | 10x21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft; 24 torpedoes) one 4 in (102 mm)/50 caliber deck gun one 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors antiaircraft cannon two .5 in (12.7 mm) machineguns |
| USS Bowfin (submarine) | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
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| Location: | 11 Arizona Memorial Dr., Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Coordinates: | 21°22′7.29″N 157°56′21.91″W / 21.3686917°N 157.9394194°W / 21.3686917; -157.9394194Coordinates: 21°22′7.29″N 157°56′21.91″W / 21.3686917°N 157.9394194°W / 21.3686917; -157.9394194 |
| Built: | 1942 |
| Architect: | Portsmouth Navy Yard |
| Governing body: | United States Navy and National Park Service |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82000149 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP: | 16 November 1982 |
| Designated NHL: | 14 January 1986 |
USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bowfin. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.
Bowfin was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine on 23 July 1942; launched on 7 December 1942 by Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of Captain James Gawne; and commissioned on 1 May 1943, Commander Joseph H. Willingham in command.
Read more about USS Bowfin (SS-287): First Patrol, Second Patrol, Third and Fourth Patrols, Fifth Patrol, Sixth and Seventh Patrols, Eighth and Ninth Patrols, Post-war, Sunken Enemy Vessels, The Sinking of Tsushima Maru, USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park