title: USS Bonita
text: # USS Bonita
  
  USS Bonita has been the name of more than one ship of the United States Navy, and may refer to:
  
  * USS C-4 (SS-15), originally named USS Bonita, a submarine in commission from 1909 to 1919
  * USS Bonita (SP-540), a patrol vessel commissioned in 1917 and sunk in 1918
  * USS Bonita (SS-165), originally named USS V-3 (SF-6), a submarine in commission from 1926 to 1937 and from 1940 to 1945
  * USS Bonita (SSK-3), originally named USS K-3, a submarine in commission from 1952 to 1958
  
  ## Note
  
  * A brig engaged in the African slave trade captured on 10 October 1860 has been identified both as Bonita and Bonito but never was part of the United States Navy.
  