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USS Sunfish (SSN-649)
Submarine of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Sunfish.
USS Sunfish (SSN-649), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), a marine species having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins.
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![]() USS Sunfish (SSN-649) on sea trials off Quincy, Massachusetts, on 10 March 1969, five days before her commissioning. | |
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Name | USS Sunfish (SSN-649) |
Namesake | The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) |
Ordered | 26 March 1963 |
Builder | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 15 January 1965 |
Launched | 14 October 1966 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Robert C. Byrd |
Commissioned | 15 March 1969 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1997 |
Stricken | 31 March 1997 |
Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 31 October 1997 |
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Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
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Length | 289 ft (88 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Installed power | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
Propulsion | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
Speed | Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged |
Test depth | 1,300 feet (400 meters) |
Complement | 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men) |
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