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U.S.S. BONEFISH

(SS-223)


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SS-223 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN1942-Keel Date: 25 JUN 1942
at Electric Boat Company Groton CT
MAR1943-Launch Date: 7 MAR 1943
MAY1943-Commissioned: 31 MAY 1943

SS-223 General Specifications

Class: Gato-class submarine

Complement: 6 Officers and 54 Enlisted

Displacement: 1525 tons

Length: 311 feet 9 inches

Beam: 27 feet 3 inches

Draft: 17 feet

Range: 11 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sunk by Japanese vessels north of Honshū on 3 April 1943