USS Flasher (SSN-613)

Flasher underway outside San Francisco Bay
History
United States
Name	USS Flasher
Namesake	The flasher, a fish of the family Lobotidae
Awarded	9 June 1960
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	14 April 1961
Launched	22 June 1963
Sponsored by	Mrs. Paul F. Fay, Jr.
Commissioned	22 July 1966
Decommissioned	14 September 1992
Stricken	14 September 1992
Motto	Best in the West
Honors and awards	5 × Battle Effectiveness Awards 4 × Meritorious Unit Commendations Navy Unit Commendation Presidential Unit Citation
Fate	Scrapped via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program
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General characteristics
Class and type	Thresher/Permit-class submarine
Displacement	3,540 long tons (3,597 t) surfaced 4,200 long tons (4,267 t) submerged
Length	292 ft (89 m)
Beam	31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Propulsion	S5W PWR
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)+ submerged
Complement	12 officers and 76 men (Actual inservice crew; 13 Officers, 100 men)
Armament	4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Flasher (SSN-613), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flasher, a member of the fish family Lobotidae, which have an unusual placement of the second dorsal and anal fins, posteriorly located on the body, close to the tail.