USS Bluefish (SSN-675)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Bluefish.

USS Bluefish (SSN-675)
USS Bluefish (SSN-675) off Puerto Rico on 1 February 1991.
History
United States
NameUSS Bluefish
NamesakeThe bluefish
Ordered15 July 1966
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down13 March 1968
Launched10 January 1970
Sponsored byMrs. David Packard
Commissioned8 January 1971
Decommissioned31 May 1996
Stricken31 May 1996
MottoBlue Thunder from Down Under!
FateScrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 November 2003
General characteristics
Class and typeSturgeon-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
Length292 ft 3 in (89.08 m)
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Installed power15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts)
PropulsionOne 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 depth1,300 feet (396 meters)
Complement109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men)
Armament

USS Bluefish (SSN-675), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish.