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|Ship image=[[Image:Uss C-4 1909.jpg|300px|The USS C-4 underway, 1909]]
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|Ship name=USS ''Bonita''
|Ship name=USS ''Bonita''
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|Ship builder= [[Fore River Shipyard]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]
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|Ship renamed=C-4, 17 November 1911
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|Ship class= [[United States C class submarine|C class]] [[submarine]]
|Ship class=[[United States C class submarine|''C''-class]] [[submarine]]
|Ship displacement={{convert|238|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} surfaced<br/>{{convert|275|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} submerged<ref name="Fitzsimons">Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 19, p.2037, "''Octopus''".</ref>
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|Ship propulsion=Craig gasoline engines <br/> [[electric motor]]s <br/> 2 × shafts
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'''USS ''C-4'' (SS-15)''' was a [[United States C class submarine|''C'' (''Octopus'')]]-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 [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 17 June 1909 sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Townsend, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 23 November 1909, [[Lieutenant]] F. V. McNair in command. She was renamed '''''C-4''''' on 17 November 1911.
'''USS ''C-4'' (SS-15)''' was a [[United States C class submarine|''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 [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 17 June 1909 sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Townsend, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 23 November 1909, [[Lieutenant]] F. V. McNair in command. She was renamed '''''C-4''''' on 17 November 1911.


==Service history==
==Service history==
Assigned first to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet, and later to the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla, ''Bonita'' plied east coast waters until May 1913, when she cleared [[Norfolk, Virginia]], for [[Guantánamo Bay, Cuba|Guantanamo Bay]], [[Cuba]]. Her tactical exercises and development operations continued here and from [[Cristóbal, Panama|Cristobal]], [[Panama Canal Zone]], where she reported 12 December 1913. During August 1917, sailing with two other submarines, she explored the suitability of [[Panama]]nian ports as advance submarine bases. Laid up at [[Coco Solo]], Canal Zone, from 12 November 1918, ''C-4'' was decommissioned there 15 August 1919, and sold on 13 April 1920.
Assigned first to the [[United States Fleet Forces Command|Atlantic]] Torpedo Fleet, and later to the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla, ''Bonita'' plied east coast waters until May 1913, when she cleared [[Norfolk, Virginia]] for [[Guantánamo Bay, Cuba|Guantanamo Bay]], [[Cuba]]. Her tactical exercises and development operations continued here and from [[Cristóbal, Panama|Cristobal]], [[Panama Canal Zone]], where she reported on 12 December 1913. In August 1917, sailing with two other submarines, she explored the suitability of [[Panama]]nian ports as advance submarine bases. Laid up at [[Coco Solo]] Canal Zone from 12 November 1918, ''C-4'' was decommissioned there on 15 August 1919, and sold on 13 April 1920.


== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c1/c-3.htm|http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss15.htm}}
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c1/c-3.htm|http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss15.htm}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{navsource|08/08015|USS Bonita}}
*{{navsource|08/08015|USS Bonita}}


{{United States C class submarine}}
{{United States C class submarine}}

Revision as of 03:17, 28 December 2009

For other ships with the same name, see USS Bonita.
The USS C-4 underway, 1909
The USS C-4 underway, 1909.
History
NameUSS Bonita
BuilderFore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched17 June 1909
Commissioned23 November 1909
Decommissioned15 August 1919
RenamedC-4, 17 November 1911
FateSold for scrap, 13 April 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class submarine
Displacementlist error: <br /> list (help)
238 long tons (242 t) surfaced
275 long tons (279 t) submerged[1]
Length105 ft 4 in (32.11 m)
Beam13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Draft10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsionlist error: <br /> list (help)
Craig gasoline engines
electric motors
2 × shafts
Speedlist error: <br /> list (help)
10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) surfaced
9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged[1]
Complement15 officers and enlisted
Armament2 × 18 in (460 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes)[1]

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.

Service history

Assigned first to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet, and later to the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla, Bonita plied east coast waters until May 1913, when she cleared Norfolk, Virginia for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Her tactical exercises and development operations continued here and from Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, where she reported on 12 December 1913. In August 1917, sailing with two other submarines, she explored the suitability of Panamanian ports as advance submarine bases. Laid up at Coco Solo Canal Zone from 12 November 1918, C-4 was decommissioned there on 15 August 1919, and sold on 13 April 1920.

References

  1. ^ a b c Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 19, p.2037, "Octopus".

External links

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