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SSN-649 USS Sunfish
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Namesake. The ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
Ordered. 26 Mar 1963
Builder. General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down. 15 Jan 1965
Launched. 14 Oct 1966
Commissioned. 15 Mar 1969
Decommissioned. 31 Mar 1997
Stricken. 31 Mar 1997
Fate. Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 31 Oct 1997
Class and type. Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement:
4,035 long tons (4,100 t) light
4,326 long tons (4,395 t) full
291 long tons (296 t) dead
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)
Armament:
4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
UUM-44A SUBROC missiles
UGM-84A/C Harpoon missiles
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