USS C-4 (SS-15)

USS C-4 (SS-15)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Bonita.

The USS C-4 underway, 1909.
Career
Name:	USS Bonita
Builder:	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched:	17 June 1909
Commissioned:	23 November 1909
Decommissioned:	15 August 1919
Renamed:	C-4, 17 November 1911
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 13 April 1920
General characteristics
Class & type:	C-class submarine
Displacement:	238 long tons (242 t) surfaced 275 long tons (279 t) submerged
Length:	105 ft 4 in (32.11 m)
Beam:	13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Draft:	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion:	Craig gasoline engines electric motors 2 × shafts
Speed:	10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) surfaced 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged
Complement:	15 officers and enlisted
Armament:	2 × 18 in (460 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes)

USS C-4 (SS-15) was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Bonita. She was launched on 17 June 1909 sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Townsend, and commissioned on 23 November 1909, Lieutenant F. V. McNair in command. She was renamed C-4 on 17 November 1911.