USS Bowfin (SS-287) 

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Classification

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Type:  Submarine
Class:  SS 285
Builder:  Portsmouth Navy Yard
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Characteristics
Length:  312 feet
Beam:  27 feet
Displacement:  2391 tons
# Officers:  10
# Enlisted:  71
Propulsion:  Diesel - Electric
# Propellers:  2
Service
Launched:  12/7/1942
Commissioned:  5/1/1943
Decommissioned:  5/22/1954

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Crew Lists
# Crew listed:  457
# Commission Crew:  65
# Decommission Crew:  8
# with e-mail:  55
# Eternal Patrol:  109
History

Status:  Museum Ship
Fate:  Bowfin was RESTRASUB Seattle WA 60-71, struck from the Naval Register, and taken back to Pearl Harbor,HI., where she now serves as a memorial.
Website
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