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'''USS ''Bluefish'' (SSN-675)''', a [[Sturgeon class submarine|''Sturgeon''-class submarine]], was the second ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[bluefish]]. 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 [[13 March]] [[1968]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on [[10 January]] [[1970]] sponsored by Mrs. David Packard, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on [[8 January]] [[1971]], with Commander Richard A. Peterson in command. |
'''USS ''Bluefish'' (SSN-675)''', a [[Sturgeon class submarine|''Sturgeon''-class submarine]], was the second ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[bluefish]]. 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 [[13 March]] [[1968]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on [[10 January]] [[1970]] sponsored by Mrs. David Packard, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on [[8 January]] [[1971]], with Commander Richard A. Peterson in command. |
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''Bluefish'' was decommissioned with Commander Richard C. West in command and stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on [[31 May]] [[1996]]. Ex-''Bluefish'' entered the Nuclear Powered [[Ship and Submarine Recycling Program]] in [[Bremerton, Washington]], and |
''Bluefish'' was decommissioned with Commander Richard C. West in command and stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on [[31 May]] [[1996]]. Ex-''Bluefish'' entered the Nuclear Powered [[Ship and Submarine Recycling Program]] in [[Bremerton, Washington]], and on [[1 November]] [[2003]] ceased to exist. |
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See [[USS Bluefish|USS ''Bluefish'']] for other ships of the same name. |
See [[USS Bluefish|USS ''Bluefish'']] for other ships of the same name. |
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.jpg) USS Bluefish (SSN-675) | |
| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 15 July 1966 |
| Laid down: | 13 March 1968 |
| Launched: | 10 January 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 8 January 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 May 1996 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 31 May 1996 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3984 tons light, 4278 tons full, 294 tons dead |
| Length: | 88 m (289 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
| Draft: | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 95 men |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes amidships aft of bow,
MK 48 Torpedoes, UUM-44A SUBROC, UGM-84A/C Harpoon, MK 57 deep water mines, MK 60 CAPTOR mines |
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USS Bluefish (SSN-675), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish. 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 13 March 1968. She was launched on 10 January 1970 sponsored by Mrs. David Packard, and commissioned on 8 January 1971, with Commander Richard A. Peterson in command.
Bluefish was decommissioned with Commander Richard C. West in command and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 May 1996. Ex-Bluefish entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 1 November 2003 ceased to exist.
See USS Bluefish for other ships of the same name.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.