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USS Billfish (SSN-676)
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 USS Billfish (SSN-676) |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 15 July 1966 |
| Laid down: | 20 September 1968 |
| Launched: | 1 May 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 12 March 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 July 1999 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 1 July 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3957 tons light, 4254 tons full, 297 tons dead |
| Length: | 89 meters (292 ft 10ΒΌ in.) |
| Beam: | 9.7 meters (32 feet) |
| Draft: | 8.8 meters (29 feet) |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 95 men |
| Armament: | |
| Motto: | |
USS Billfish (SSN-676), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the billfish, any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws.
The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 15 July 1966 and her keel was laid down on 20 September 1968. She was launched on 1 May 1970 sponsored by Mrs. Earle G. Wheeler, and commissioned on 12 March 1971, with Commander Richard M. Hughes in command.
- 28 years of history go here
Billfish was decommissioned on 1 July 1999 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1999. Ex-Billfish entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 26 April 2000 ceased to exist.
Billfish was one of the few submarines fitted to carry the DSRV during the 1980s.
See USS Billfish for other ships of the same name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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