USS Pintado (SSN-672)

USS Pintado (SSN-672) off San Diego, California, on 28 March 1977, with the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle DSRV-1 Mystic mounted behind her sail.
History
United States
Name	Pintado
Namesake	The pintado, a large mackerel-like fish
Awarded	29 December 1965
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	27 October 1967
Launched	16 August 1969
Sponsored by	Mrs. Bernard A. Clarey
Commissioned	11 September 1971
Decommissioned	26 February 1998
Stricken	26 February 1998
Identification	Hull symbol: SSN-672 Call sign: NKMZ
Motto	Al Mas Pintado (To the most able, to the wisest)
Honors and awards	Navy Unit Commendation (1981)
Fate	Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program, completed 27 October 1998
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General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement	4,250 long tons (4,318 t) surfaced 4,780 long tons (4,857 t) submerged [2]
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 shp (11,000 kW)
Propulsion	1 × S5W nuclear reactor 2 × steam turbines 1 × screw
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Test depth	1,300 ft (400 m)
Complement	109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted personnel )
Armament	4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, MK 48 torpedo UUM-44 SUBROC UGM-84A/C Harpoon MK 60 Deep water mine

USS Pintado (SSN-672), a short hull Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pintado, a large mackerel-like fish, whose elongated spots suggested the Spanish language word meaning "painted."