&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Uss_sunfish_ssn-649.jpg) USS Sunfish (SSN-649) on sea trials off Quincy, Massachusetts, on 10 March 1969, five days before her commissioning.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Sunfish (SSN-649) |
| Namesake | The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) |
| Ordered | 26 March 1963 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 15 January 1965 |
| Launched | 14 October 1966 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Robert C. Byrd |
| Commissioned | 15 March 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1997 |
| Stricken | 31 March 1997 |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 31 October 1997 |
| Badge | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Insignia_of_SSN-649_Sunfish.PNG) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
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| Length | 289 ft (88 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 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) submerged |
| Test depth | 1,300 feet (400 meters) |
| Complement | 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men) |
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USS Sunfish (SSN-649), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), a marine species having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins.