USS Bonito

USS Bonito

One ship of the United States Navy has been named "Bonito", after the bonito, various medium-sized tunas intermediate between the smaller mackerels and the larger tunas.

*USS|Bonito|1846, was acquired by the Navy on 25 May 1846 and commissioned on 30 May 1846. Has often been incorrectly called the "Bonita".

*A brig engaged in the African slave trade captured on 10 October 1860 has been identified both as "Bonita" and "Bonito". However, the former slaver was never part of the Navy.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b8-list.htm

ee also

*USS|Bonita - Commonly confused with "Bonito"


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