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Name?

This article is wierd. It starts out saying that the USS C-4 was laid down on ..... and then it says that the boat was renamed to C-4. What was it's name before that? And then, the article mentions the Bonita. What Bonita? Could someone please clear this up?85.224.198.207 (talk) 06:18, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, The C-4 was laid down originally as the Bonita and then was renamed the C-4 two years later. Since there is no reason to have an article for each ship name, the article is named after the ships last classification. --Brad (talk) 21:30, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More questions about the name:

What is its namesake? Is it named for the Spanish word for "pretty", or a word in another language? After a person or place named "Bonita"? Something else?

If the answer can be found, it would make sense to add it both here and in the USS Bonita article. In this article, a "Namesake" section would be the place for the explanation. In the list, a "Namesake" section could be added, or the "Note" section renamed "Notes".

I would assume that subsequent vessels named Bonita were named after the first, but it's inappropriate to write that unless it's documented.

There were also two vessels with the confusingly similar name USS Bonito.

— Steve98052 (talk) 20:52, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I found an answer in the USS Bonita (SSK-3) article, which says that Bonita is named for bonito fishes, without specifying which of the species with that common name is officially the namesake.

That doesn't answer the question of the namesake of all ships named Bonita (or Bonito), but it's a clue.

— Steve98052 (talk) 21:44, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]