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Bonita / C-4 (SS-15)

C Class Submarine: Laid down, 17 March 1908, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 17 June 1909; Commissioned USS Bonita, 23 November 1909; Renamed USS C-4, 17 November 1911; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1919, at Coco Solo, C.Z.; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 April 1920.

Specifications: Displacement, surfaced 238 t., submerged 275 t.; Length 105' 4"; Beam 13' 11"; Draft 10' 7"; Speed, surfaced 10.5 kts, submerged 9 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 1 Officer, 14 Enlisted; Armament, two 18" torpedo tubes, four torpedoes; Propulsion, gasoline electric, Craig Shipbuilding Co. gasoline engines, 250 hp, Fuel Capacity 1,880 gal., Electro Dynamic Co, electric motors, 150 hp, Battery Cells 60, single propeller.

Size	Image Descripti on	Contributed By
75k	The Bonita (SS-15) sliding down the launching ways at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 17 June 1909.	USN / USNI photo.
54k	Bonita (SS-15) underway, circa 1909.The presence of several civilians on board indicates that the photograph was taken during builder's trials.	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 79743. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.
126k	Snapper (SS-16); Narwhal (SS-17); Tarpon (SS-14); and Bonita (SS-15); (listed from left to right). Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909.	Photograph # NH 99004, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
121k	Bonita (SS-15); Tarpon (SS-14); Narwhal (SS-17); and Snapper (SS-16); (listed from left to right) Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909. North Dakota (BB-29) is in the right background, also fitting out.	Photograph # NH 99005, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
53k	Navy submarines in port, circa 1909. Possibly photographed at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, these submarines are (from left to right): C-3 (SS-14); either D-1 (SS-17) or D-3 (SS-19); C-5 (SS-16); C-2 (SS-13); C-4 (SS-15); and D-2 (SS-18).	Photograph # NH 53776, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center,
45k	C-4 (SS-15) underway during the Naval Review in New York City, October 4, 1912. Note the battleship, possibly the Kearsarge (BB-05), in the background.	US Navy photo from NARA # 19-N-13646, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
94k	C-4 (SS-15) ex-Bonita underway in harbor, circa 1912-1914.	Photograph # NH 92096, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
121k	First Division, Atlantic Submarine Flotilla with their crews posed on deck, while moored alongside their tender, *(Severn), circa 1913. These submarines are (from left to right): C-4* (SS-15); unidentified submarine, possibly D-class (SS-17-19); C-5 (SS-16); and C-2 (SS-13).	Photograph # NH 85090, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
92k	C-Class (SS-09-13/16) submarines in the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal, circa 1914. Photograph printed on a color-tinted postal card, prior to World War I. The submarine present include (in no particular order): C-1 (SS-09); C-2 (SS-13) C-3 (SS-14); C-4 (SS-15); and C-5 (SS-16).	Photograph # NH 85276, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
84k	C-4 (SS-15) maneuvering off Balboa Docks, Panama sometime during the World War One period. Note the Panama Canal Commission crane barge in background.	US Navy photo courtesy of Dave Wright. Photo added 10/30/07.

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