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Bonefish (SS-582)
Keel Laying - Active Service

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Fire & Decommissioning

Barbel Class Submarine: Laid down, 3 June 1957, at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, NJ; Launched, 22 November 1958; Commissioned, USS Bonefish (SS-582), 9 July 1959; Decommissioned, 28 September 1988 as a result of an on board fire; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 February 1989; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 August 1989, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surface 1,745.56 t.(lt), 2,316.64 t. (fl), Submerged: 2, 644.45 t.; Length 218' 1" ; Beam 29'; Draft 29' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged (snorkel) 12 kts, (battery) 21 kts; Maximum Operating Depth, 712 ft.; Complement 85; Armament, six 21" torpedo tubes (bow), 18 torpedo capacity including 6 loaded Sensors 2 periscopes, active sonar, passive sonar, radar, ECM; Propulsion, Surface Propulsion 3 Fairbanks-Morse 38d(8 1/8)x10 diesel engines Designed SHP continuous: 3150 Designed RPM: 162 1 shaft, 1 propeller Fuel capacity: 112,000 gallons Cruising Distance: 19,000 miles without refueling Submerged Propulsion (Snorkel) Designed SHP: 2400 Designed RPM: 52 Submerged Propulsion (Battery) 2 General Electric motors Designed SHP: 4800 Designed RPM: 198 Maximum safe astern RPM: 110 Endurance at full speed: 0.5 hours Endurance at 3 knots: 102.0 hours

Size	Image Description	Source
118k	Launching of the Bonefish (SS-582) at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, NJ; 22 November 1958.	US Navy photo.
37k	Port side view of the Bonefish (SS-582) underway, probably during her alpha sea trials off the coast of New York, Spring 1959.	Photo courtesy of New York Shipbuilding., yorkship.home.comcast.net.
44k	A man is moved by his stomach. What to do and how to do it.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
33k	Bonefish (SS-582) underway off Hawaii, 1963. The officer without a hat is CMDR P. C. Keenan (Capt) and the white hat with the binocs is either Zimba (sp) or Swain.	Courtesy of Arthur M. Coria.
93k	Photo of the Bonefish's (SS-582) crew 1969 after a Wes Pac deployment.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
50k	Bonefish (SS-582) in drydock, circa 1969-1972.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
83k	The Bonefish's (SS-582) engine room, circa 1969-1972.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
27k	The Bonefish's (SS-582) coming into the sub base at Pearl Harbor, circa 1969-1972.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
67k	Bonefish (SS-582) & the sail of the Sailfish (SSR-572) as seen from the finger piers at Pearl Harbor in 1972.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
403k	A view of the enlisted sleeping quarters aboard the attack submarine Bonefish (SS-582) during exercise Unitas XX on 1 June 1979.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-82-09715, by PH2 K. Brewer, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
311k	A crewman aboard the attack submarine Bonefish (SS-582) makes an adjustment on a control panel during exercise Unitas XX on 1 June 1979.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-82-09718, by PH2 K. Brewer, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
331k	A crewman aboard the attack submarine Bonefish (SS-582) reads gauges on a control panel during exercise Unitas XX on 1 June 1979.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-82-09719, by PH2 K. Brewer, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
18k	Commemorative post mark with the Bonefish's (SS-582) patch, 1980.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
266k	Starboard quarter silhouette view of the attack submarine Bonefish (SS-582), 1 Apr 1980.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-86-00164, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
88k	Port side view of the Bonefish (SS-582) in the 1980-1981 timeframe while the ship was on WESTPAC in 1981. The photo was taken by a Navy helo which the *Bonefish* was underway in Subic Bay, the Philippines. The personnel on the bridge in the photo are the CO CDR Chris Current and the XO LCDR Roger Kline.	USN photo courtesy of oneternalpatrol.com. Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Jim Smith, former Bonefish (SS-582) operations officer.
12k	Bonefish (SS-582) entered the Charleston yard in Feb. 1983 for overhaul. The work was completed in 13 1/2 months.	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert Hall.
62k	Port side view of the Bonefish (SS-582) underway, circa 1959-88.	Courtesy of goatlocker.org.