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Photo # NH 56516:  USS Bonita and USS Bass at San Francisco, California, circa the early 1930s

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Bonita (SS-165), 1926-1945.
Originally named V-3 (SF-6) --
Surface views in groups with other ships


This page features surface views of USS Bonita (SS-165) and USS V-3 (SF-6) together with other ships.

For other pictures related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Bonita (SS-165), 1926-1945. Originally named V-3 (SF-6).


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    Photo #: NH 69094

    "V" type submarines


    Alongside USS Argonne (AS-10), at San Diego, California, 10 December 1927.
    The submarines are (from left to right):
    USS V-2 (SF-5, later renamed Bass);
    USS V-1 (SF-4, later renamed Barracuda); and
    USS V-3 (SF-6, later renamed Bonita).

    Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56516

    USS Bass
    (SS-164), outboard,
    and
    USS Bonita (SS-165)

    At San Francisco, California, circa the early 1930s.

    Courtesy of J.A. Casoly.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91779

    USS Bass
    (SS-164), outboard,
    and
    USS Bonita (SS-165)

    With civilian visitors on board, at San Francisco, California, May 1932.
    Photographed by Lauzin.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91780

    USS Bass
    (SS-164), outboard,
    and
    USS Bonita (SS-165)

    With civilian visitors on board, at San Francisco, California, May 1932.
    Photographed by Lauzin.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91781

    USS Bass
    (SS-164), outboard,
    and
    USS Bonita (SS-165)

    With civilian visitors on board, at San Francisco, California, May 1932.
    Photographed by Lauzin.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91778

    USS Bass
    (SS-164), outboard,
    and
    USS Bonita (SS-165)

    With civilian visitors on board, at San Francisco, California, May 1932.
    Photographed by Lauzin.
    Note that Bass has a 3"/50 deck gun, while Bonita carries a 5"/51. Also note the retractable embarkation ladder built into Bass' hull amidships.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91782

    USS Bass
    (SS-164), outboard,
    and
    USS Bonita (SS-165)

    With civilian visitors on board, at San Francisco, California, May 1932.
    Photographed by Lauzin.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 111KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     

    For other pictures related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Bonita (SS-165), 1926-1945. Originally named V-3 (SF-6).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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