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.
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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 |
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Honors and awards | Navy Unit Commendation (1981) |
Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program, completed 27 October 1998 |
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Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
Displacement | |
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) |
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Test depth | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
Complement | 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted personnel ) |
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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."