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Bonefish (SS-582)
Fire & Decommissioning

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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
77k	Fire on the Bonefish (SS-582) 24 April 1988.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
92k	Fire on the Bonefish (SS-582) 24 April 1988. The crew seek shelter from the smaoke and heat.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
96k	A boat starts to come along the Bonefish (SS-582) to render assistance or start to take off the crew during the fire on 24 April 1988.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
90k	The Bonefish (SS-582) is billowed in smoke during the fire on 24 April 1988.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
88k	The Bonefish (SS-582) is billowed in smoke during the fire on 24 April 1988. At the *Bonefish* reunion in 1998 in Portland, I learned that 13 guys that I sailed with 30+yrs ago have since died. Two since then.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
465k	The frigate McCloy (FF-1038) pulls alongside the attack submarine Bonefish (SS-582) during rescue operations for the striken sub. An on board fire disabled the vessel and claimed the lives of three crew members, 28 Apr 1988.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-88-09329, by PH3 Smith, USN, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
70k	25 April 1988 Newspaper article describing the fire and explosion on the Bonefish (SS-582), killing 3 sailors and injuring 23 more.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
153k	The harbor tug *Robert B. Turecamo* Ex:*Exxon Massachusetts* helps maneuver the attack submarine Bonefish (SS-582) into a berth alongside the submarine tender Frank Cable (AS-40).	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-88-06456, by PHAN Thomas A. Petry, USN, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. Partial text courtesy of clarksons.net.
210k	Crew members man the deck of the attack submarine Bonefish (SS-582) as the large harbor tug Cheraw ((YTB 802) and two other tugs maneuver the sub into a berth alongside the submarine tender Frank Cable (AS-40) on 29 Apr 1988.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-88-06457, by PHAN Thomas A. Petry, USN, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
497k	Mooring lines secure the attack submarine Bonefish (SS-582) to the submarine tender Frank Cable (AS-40). The *Bonefish* is berthed alongside the *Frank Cable* at Charleston, S.C. after being towed to its home port following an on board fire which disabled the vessel and claimed the lives of three crew members on 24 Apr 1988.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-88-06459, by PHAN Thomas A. Petry, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
44k	Decommissioning of the Bonefish (SS-582), 28 September 1988.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
456k	A port bow view of the damaged submarine Bonefish (SS-582) being assisted into port at Charleston Naval Base, S.C., by the large harbor tug Cheraw (YTB-802) and other tug boats on 9 Dec 1988. The *Bonefish* became disabled when it experienced a mid-ocean engine problem.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DF-ST-89-02243, by Staff SGT. Lemuell Casillas, USN, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
90k	Newspaper article describing the sale of the Bonefish (SS-582).	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
41k	Bonefish (SS-582) starts its journey to New Orelans where it will be turned to scrap.	Courtesy of Paul Perris, CSG-7 retired.
669k	Active duty and veteran submariners stand together at the 29th annual "Tolling The Boats" Memorial Service held at the World War II National Submarine Memorial-West, Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif. 29 May 2006. The ceremony honored members of the Silent Service who gave their lives during World War II and the Cold War for their country and the cause of freedom.	U.S. Navy photo # N-1159B-052 by Journalist 1st Class Brian Brannon, courtesy of navy.news.mil.