USS Bowfin
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USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), is a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy named for the bowfin fish. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.
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United States | |
Namesake | Bowfin |
Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
Laid down | 23 July 1942[1] |
Launched | 7 December 1942[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of Captain James Gawne |
Commissioned | 1 May 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | 12 February 1947[1] |
Recommissioned | 27 July 1951[1] |
Decommissioned | 22 April 1954[1] |
Recommissioned | 10 January 1960[1] |
Decommissioned | 1 December 1971[1] |
Stricken | 1 December 1971[1] |
Status | Museum ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii since 1 August 1979[2] |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balao-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
Displacement | |
Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2] |
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Speed | |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[6] |
Endurance |
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Test depth | 400 feet (120 m)[6] |
Complement | 10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[6] |
Armament |
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USS Bowfin (submarine) | |
Location | 11 Arizona Memorial Dr., Honolulu, Hawaii |
Coordinates | 21°22′7.29″N 157°56′21.91″W |
Built | 1942 |
Architect | Portsmouth Navy Yard |
NRHP reference No. | 82000149 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 16 November 1982[8] |
Designated NHL | 14 January 1986[9] |
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Bowfin was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine, on 23 July 1942, and launched on 7 December 1942 by Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of Captain James Gawne, and commissioned on 1 May 1943, Commander Joseph H. Willingham in command.