USS Bonefish (SS-582)
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| Career |  |
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| Awarded: | 29 June 1956 |
| Laid down: | 3 June 1957 |
| Launched: | 22 November 1958 |
| Commissioned: | 9 July 1959 |
| Fate: | Wrecked by fire, sold for scrapping |
| Stricken: | 28 February 1989 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2145 tons surfaced, 2639 tons submerged |
| Length: | 219 feet |
| Beam: | 29 feet |
| Draft: | 28 feet |
| Speed: | 14 knots surfaced, 18.5 knots submerged |
| Depth: | 700 feet |
| Complement: | 8 officers, 69 men |
| Armament: | six 21-inch torpedo tubes forward |
The second USS Bonefish (SS-582) was a Barbel-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was named for the bonefish, which is a name for the ladyfish, dogfish, and sturgeon.
The contract to build her was awarded on 29 June 1956 to the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey and her keel was laid down on 3 June 1957. She was launched on 22 November 1958 sponsored by Mrs. Lawrence L. Edge, widow of Commander Edge, and commissioned on 9 July 1959 with Lieutenant Commander Elmer H. Kiehl in command.
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On 24 April 1988, Bonefish was submerged 160 miles off the coast of Florida, exercising with the guided missile frigate Carr. Seawater began leaking directly onto cables and bussing in a battery supply cableway. Arching between cables in the battery spaces caused an explosion which flashed into a general fire within minutes. Temperatures in the battery spaces reached 1,200 degrees with heat so intense, it melted the soles of the shoes on crewmembers located in the spaces above.
Bonefish was surfaced and the order to "abandon ship" given. During the course of fighting the fire, three crewmembers were lost.
Eighty-nine crewmembers were safely rescued by whaleboat and helicopter crews from Carr and helicopter crews from John F. Kennedy. Bonefish was towed into Charleston, South Carolina, where it was determined the damage was too extensive to warrant repair, resulting in her deactivation and decommissioning on 28 September 1988.
Bonefish was struck from the Naval Vessel Registry on 28 February 1989.
See USS Bonefish for other ships of the same name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
| Barbel-class submarine |
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