USS Flying Fish (SSN-673)

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USS Flying Fish (SSN-673) at sea 1972.jpg
USS Flying Fish (SSN-673) off Norfolk, Virginia, c. 1972–1973.
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameUSS Flying Fish
NamesakeThe flying fish
Ordered15 July 1966
Builder Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut
Laid down30 June 1967
Launched17 May 1969
Sponsored byMrs. John W. Harvey
Commissioned29 April 1970
Decommissioned16 May 1996
Stricken16 May 1996
Honors &
awards
Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1976
FateScrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 15 October 1996
General characteristics
Class & type Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement
  • 3,978 long tons (4,042 t) light
  • 4,270 long tons (4,339 t) full
  • 292 long tons (297 t) dead
Length292 ft 3 in (89.08 m)
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Installed power15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts)
PropulsionOne S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Test depth1,300 feet (396 meters)
Complement109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men)
Armament4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Flying Fish (SSN-673), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish, any of number of fishes whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.

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Construction and commissioning

The contract to build Flying Fish was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 15 July 1966 and her keel was laid down there on 30 June 1967. She was launched on 17 May 1969, sponsored by Mrs. John W. Harvey, widow of the last commanding officer of USS THRESHER, and commissioned on 29 April 1970.

Service history

May 1995 Mine laying exercises, Joint Service Special Warfare operations - Operational Test Launch of Tomahawk cruise missile.

Decommissioning and disposal

Flying Fish was decommissioned on 16 May 1996 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, was completed on 15 October 1996.

References

  1. "Flying Fish (SSN-673)". NavSource. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=32729&dt=2082&dl=1345 [ bare URL ]
  3. "Flying Fish (SSN-673)". NavSource. Retrieved 21 April 2015.