USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bowfin, a voracious, predatory fish native to the Great Lakes, the Mississippi valley, and nearby waters. This dull green, but iridescent fish is little used for food or sport.
Bowfin was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine on 23 July 1942; launched on 7 December 1942 by Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of Captain James Orville Gawne; and commissioned on 1 May 1943, Commander Joseph H. Willingham in command
Builder:
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down:
23 July 1942
Launched:
7 December 1942
Commissioned:
1 May 1943
Decommissioned:
12 February 1947
Recommissioned:
27 July 1951
Decommissioned:
22 April 1954
Recommissioned:
10 January 1960
Decommissioned:
1 December 1971
Struck:
1 December 1971
Fate:
Museum ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii since 1 August 1979[2]
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