USS Flying Fish (SSN-673)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Flying Fish.

USS Flying Fish (SSN-673) off Norfolk, Virginia, ca. 1972–1973.
History
United States
NameUSS Flying Fish
NamesakeThe flying fish
Ordered15 July 1966
BuilderElectric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut
Laid down30 June 1967
Launched17 May 1969
Sponsored byMrs. John W. Harvey
Commissioned29 April 1970
Decommissioned16 May 1996
Stricken16 May 1996
Honors and
awards		Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1976
FateScrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 15 October 1996
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)
Armament4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Flying Fish (SSN-673), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish, any of number of fishes whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.