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U.S.S. BASS
 The submarine, U.S.S. Bass, was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in
New Hampshire. She was commissioned on December 27, 1924, as the
V-2. The V-2 was 341.5 feet long,27.6 feet wide and displaced 2,000
tons. she was armed with a three inch gun, two machine guns, four
forward torpedo tubes and two aft tubes. It was not until March 9,
1931, that the V-2 was renamed Bass during a general change of
identification. On August 17, 1942, while attached to the Atlantic
Fleet, Submarine Division 31, Squadron 3 and on patrol, a fire broke
out in the aft battery room. The fire spread quickly to her aft
torpedo room and starboard main motor room, all the time releasing
toxic fumes in its path. This disaster resulted in death by
asphyxiation of 25 enlisted men out of the Bass's total crew of 80.
The Bass was repaired at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was then
used to conduct secret experiments until December of 1942.
 On March 3, 1945, at the submarine base in New London, the U.S.S.
Bass was decommissioned and stripped. On March 12, 1945, the Bass
sailed under her own power to the south side of Block Island. The
Bass anchored in normal diving trim. All nine watertight
compartments were sealed. Her final mission was to be the target for
a "Top Secret" test of the Mark 24 torpex filled mines. On the
morning of the 11th, a PBY (flying boat) from Quonset Point Naval
Station took off with two mines. The first mine landed a few hundred
feet away from the anchored Bass, causing no apparent damage. The
second mine landed within 100 feet and caused her internal hull to
rupture. The Bass quickly slipped nose first into the waves and was
gone.
The Bass now lies in155 feet of water, 14.3 miles from Montauk Point
and eight miles from Block Island. Divers can reach her main deck at
140 feet. She is broken in two with her bow section approximately 50
feet from her main wreckage. The Bass sits upright on a clean sand
bottom, and divers report a huge net draped over parts of her
remains. This is definitely one of the most interesting wrecks in
the area to dive, but due to her depth, she is only for the
experienced. Remember
penetration into any shipwreck should only be done by those with
proper training, experience and
wreck diving equipment.
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USS Bass. Wreck Valley Collection
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Inside the Bass. Photo by Mike DeCamp
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Huge lobster caught when the Bass was first discovered. Wreck Valley Collection.
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USS Bass. Wreck Valley Collection
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George Hoffman recovered this porthole from the USS Bass. Wreck Valley Collection
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