USS Bonefish (SS-582)

	USS Bonefish in 1980 or 1981
History
United States
Name	USS Bonefish
Namesake	bonefish
Awarded	29 June 1956
Builder	New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Laid down	3 June 1957
Launched	22 November 1958
Commissioned	9 July 1959
Decommissioned	28 September 1988
Stricken	28 February 1989
Fate	Sold for scrap, 17 August 1989
General characteristics
Class and type	Barbel-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,750 tons (1,778 t) light; 2,146 tons (2,180 t) full; 2,637 tons (2,679 t) submerged; 402 tons (408 t) dead;
Length	219 ft 6 in (66.90 m) overall
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft	25 ft (7.6 m) max
Installed power	3,150 bhp (2,350 kW) (diesel engines); 4,800 bhp (3,600 kW) (electric motors);
Propulsion	3 × Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines; 2 × General Electric electric motors,; 1 × screw;
Speed	12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) (surfaced); 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h) (submerged);
Endurance	90 minutes at full speed; 102 hours at 3 kn (3.5 mph; 5.6 km/h);
Test depth	712 ft (217 m) operating; 1,050 ft (320 m) crush;
Complement	8 officers, 69 men
Armament	6 × 21 inch (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes (18 torpedoes)

USS Bonefish (SS-582) was a Barbel-class submarine of the United States Navy, and was the second U.S. Navy submarine to be named for the bonefish.

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