USS Bonita (SS-165), 1926-1945.
Originally named V-3 (SF-6)
USS V-3, a 2000-ton V-1 class fleet submarine, was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. Commissioned in May 1926, she operated along the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean area until going to the Pacific in December 1927. Renamed Bonita in March 1931 and redesignated SS-165 in July of that year, she was active off the West Coast until June 1932, when she entered the Rotating Reserve. The submarine resumed operations in September 1933 and, during the next three years, visited Hawaii and Alaska, as well as taking part in exercises in the Caribbean and in the eastern Pacific. Bonita, whose design had proven to be not very satisfactory, was sent back to the Atlantic in January 1937 to be laid up. She decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in June 1937.
The state of National emergency that accompanied the outbreak of World War II in Europe brought Bonita back into commission in September 1940. She was stationed in Panama from late in 1940 until October 1942, conducting defensive patrols off Central America's Pacific coast. Rebuilt beginning in late 1942, Bonita was returned to service as a specialized cargo-carrying submarine in mid-1943, but was quickly found unsuitable for that role. She spent the rest of her career on training duty, based at New London, Connecticut. In March 1945, with increasing numbers of more modern submarines available for instruction purposes, USS Bonita was placed out of commission and stricken from the Navy list. She was sold for scrapping in October 1945.
Originally named V-3 (SF-6)
USS V-3, a 2000-ton V-1 class fleet submarine, was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. Commissioned in May 1926, she operated along the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean area until going to the Pacific in December 1927. Renamed Bonita in March 1931 and redesignated SS-165 in July of that year, she was active off the West Coast until June 1932, when she entered the Rotating Reserve. The submarine resumed operations in September 1933 and, during the next three years, visited Hawaii and Alaska, as well as taking part in exercises in the Caribbean and in the eastern Pacific. Bonita, whose design had proven to be not very satisfactory, was sent back to the Atlantic in January 1937 to be laid up. She decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in June 1937.
The state of National emergency that accompanied the outbreak of World War II in Europe brought Bonita back into commission in September 1940. She was stationed in Panama from late in 1940 until October 1942, conducting defensive patrols off Central America's Pacific coast. Rebuilt beginning in late 1942, Bonita was returned to service as a specialized cargo-carrying submarine in mid-1943, but was quickly found unsuitable for that role. She spent the rest of her career on training duty, based at New London, Connecticut. In March 1945, with increasing numbers of more modern submarines available for instruction purposes, USS Bonita was placed out of commission and stricken from the Navy list. She was sold for scrapping in October 1945.
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