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618:, until she returned to Philadelphia for overhaul in October 1942. At this time she was converted to a cargo submarine with the removal of her main engines, severely restricting her speed on the auxiliary engines.
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Submarine Squadron 1 (SubRon 1), SubDiv 13, on training duty out of New London. She remained on that duty until February 1945. Arriving at
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594:Recommissioned on 5 September 1940, she departed
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512:Assigned to Submarine Division 20 (SubDiv 20),
1003:DiGiulian, Tony Navweaps.com 5"/51 caliber gun
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1273:List of submarines of the United States Navy
852:Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991).
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19:For other ships with the same name, see
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189:341 ft 6 in (104.09 m)
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828:The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy
489:Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nürnberg AG
132:Sold for breaking up, 4 October 1945
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880:Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 141-142
578:on 20 January 1937 and arrived at
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243:Auxiliary engines replaced with
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942:(Naval Institute Press, 1985),
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644:American Defense Service Medal
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16:Submarine of the United States
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1309:Ships built in Kittery, Maine
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993:Navsource.org USS Bonita page
926:U.S. Warships of World War II
720:United States Naval Institute
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376:," was the third ship of the
890:U.S. Submarines Through 1945
812:U.S. Submarines Through 1945
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774:U.S. Submarines Through 1945
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555:hull classification symbol
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372:submarine and one of the "
346:5 inch (127 mm)/51 caliber
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63:Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
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411:Charles A. Lockwood, Jr.
655:American Campaign Medal
436:was completed with two
400:Rear Admiral DeSteiguer
312:200 ft (60 m)
211: in (8.398 m)
155:composite direct-drive
137:General characteristics
924:Silverstone, Paul H.,
627:Philadelphia Navy Yard
580:Philadelphia Navy Yard
957:, Fall 2003, Issue 20
858:Westport, Connecticut
576:San Diego, California
534:Mare Island Navy Yard
526:San Diego, California
456:electrical generators
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408:Lieutenant Commander
386:Portsmouth Navy Yard
380:to be named for the
928:(Ian Allan, 1965),
914:(Doubleday, 1973),
716:Annapolis, Maryland
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602:on 17 November for
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170:Displacement
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105:Commissioned
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814:pp. 257–259
795:pp. 111–113
776:pp. 305–311
600:Connecticut
429:Engineering
423:battleships
197:27 ft
100:4 June 1937
92:22 May 1926
84:9 June 1925
1314:1925 ships
1293:Categories
1259:Cuttlefish
681:References
596:New London
388:. She was
317:Complement
309:Test depth
224:Propulsion
21:USS Bonita
1095:Barracuda
1078:Barracuda
604:Coco Solo
368:Barracuda
340:torpedoes
301:Endurance
261:batteries
164:submarine
151:Barracuda
73:Laid down
1246:Cachalot
1229:Cachalot
1190:Nautilus
1148:Argonaut
1132:Argonaut
572:Hawaiian
541:deck gun
445:cylinder
390:launched
349:deck gun
329:Armament
275:2 shafts
121:Stricken
81:Launched
1304:V-boats
1217:Dolphin
1201:Dolphin
1177:Narwhal
1160:Narwhal
1069:V-boats
493:4-cycle
448:2-cycle
374:V-boats
267:Elliott
253:2 × 60-
206:⁄
177:(2,153
153:)-class
59:Builder
40:History
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633:Awards
616:Panama
612:Bonita
564:Bonita
558:SS-165
550:Bonita
530:Hawaii
497:Bonita
482:-class
475:-class
473:Tambor
470:, the
415:Bonita
402:, and
382:bonito
370:-class
361:Bonita
186:Length
173:2,119
157:diesel
1231:class
1203:class
1162:class
1134:class
1080:class
623:Maine
486:BuEng
480:Tench
450:main
290:Range
282:Speed
258:Exide
245:BuEng
240:drive
216:Draft
1108:Bass
1030:here
983:ISBN
972:ISBN
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359:USS
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255:cell
194:Beam
175:tons
159:and
129:Fate
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1211:V-7
1184:V-6
1171:V-5
1142:V-4
1115:V-3
1102:V-2
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