SSN-675 USS Bluefish MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE 1979

Namesake. The bluefish
Ordered. 15 Jul 1966
Builder General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down. 13 Mar 1968
Launched. 10 Jan 1970
Commissioned. 8 Jan 1971
Decommissioned. 31 May 1996
Stricken . 31 May 1996
Motto. Blue Thunder from Down Under!
Fate. Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 Nov 2003
Class and 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
Length. 292 ft 3 in (89.08 m)
Beam. 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft. 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Installed power. 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts)
Propulsion. One 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 depth. 1,300 feet (396 meters)
Complement. 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men)
Armament:
4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes amidships aft of bow
Mark 48 torpedoes
UUM-44A SUBROC missiles
UGM-84A/C Harpoon missiles
Mark 57 deep-water mines
Mark 60 CAPTOR mines