USS Archerfish (SSN-678)

USS Archerfish (SSN-678)
History
United States
Name	USS Archerfish
Namesake	The archerfish (Toxotidae Toxotes)
Ordered	25 June 1968
Builder	Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	19 June 1969
Launched	16 January 1971
Sponsored by	Miss Mary Conover Warner
Commissioned	17 December 1971
Decommissioned	31 March 1998
Stricken	31 March 1998
Fate	Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 6 November 1998
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General characteristics
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	302 ft 3 in (92.13 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	Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) surfaced over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) submerged
Range	Unlimited
Test depth	1,320 feet (400 meters)
Complement	112 (14 officers, 98 enlisted men)
Armament	4 × 21-inch (533 mm) amidship torpedo tubes Mark 48 torpedoes UGM-84A/C Harpoon cruise missiles Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile Tomahawk antiship cruise missile 15 torpedo reloads plus 4 Harpoons or up to 8 Tomahawks instead of equivalent of number of torpedoes or Harpoons Minelayer configuration: Mark 67 mobile mine or Mark 60 CAPTOR mines instead of torpedoes

USS Archerfish (SSN-678), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish, a family (Toxotidae) of fish notable for their habit of preying on insects and other animals by shooting them down with squirts of water from the mouth.