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'''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'', making her the second ship of the United States Navy named for the [[bonito]], any of several types of fish including the [[tunny]] (''Orcynus pelamys''), the [[Skipjack tuna|skipjack]] (''Sarda mediterranea''), the [[medregal]] (''Seriola fasciata''), or the [[cobia]] (''Elacate canada''). ''Bonita'' 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'', making her the second ship of the United States Navy named for the [[bonito]], any of several types of fish including the [[tunny]] (''Orcynus pelamys''), the [[Skipjack tuna|skipjack]] (''Sarda mediterranea''), the [[medregal]] (''Seriola fasciata''), or the [[cobia]] (''Elacate canada''). ''Bonita'' 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]]. |
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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 [[12 December]] [[1913]]. During August of [[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 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 [[Cristobal]], [[Panama Canal Zone]], where she reported [[12 December]] [[1913]]. During August of [[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]]. |
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See [[USS Bonita|USS ''Bonita'']] for other ships of the same name. |
See [[USS Bonita|USS ''Bonita'']] for other ships of the same name. |
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| Launched: | 17 June 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 23 November 1909 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 August 1919 |
| Fate: | sold as scrap |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 238 tons |
| Length: | 105 feet 4 inches |
| Beam: | 13 feet 11 inches |
| Draft: | 10 feet |
| Speed: | 10 knots |
| Complement: | 15 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 18-inch torpedo tubes |
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, making her the second ship of the United States Navy named for the bonito, any of several types of fish including the tunny (Orcynus pelamys), the skipjack (Sarda mediterranea), the medregal (Seriola fasciata), or the cobia (Elacate canada). Bonita 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.
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 12 December 1913. During August of 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 15 August 1919, and sold on 13 April 1920.
See USS Bonita for other ships of the same name.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.