&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Pargo.jpg) USS Pargo (SSN-650) in the Arctic, in September 1993.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Pargo (SSN-650) |
| Namesake | The pargo, a fish of the genus Lutjanus also known as the red snapper |
| Ordered | 26 March 1963 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 3 June 1964 |
| Launched | 17 September 1966 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. James L. Holloway, Jr. |
| Commissioned | 5 January 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 14 April 1995 |
| Stricken | 14 April 1995 |
| Motto | For Land, For Honor, For Courage |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 October 1994, completed 15 October 1996 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
| Displacement | 4,600 long tons (4,674 t) |
| Length | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
| Installed power | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
| Speed | Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 107 |
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USS Pargo (SSN-650), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pargo, also known as the red snapper, a fish of the genus Lutjanus found in the West Indies.