USS Swordfish (SSN-579)

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USS Swordfish
History
United States
Name	USS Swordfish
Ordered	18 July 1955
Builder	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Laid down	25 January 1956
Launched	27 August 1957
Commissioned	15 September 1958
Decommissioned	2 June 1989
Stricken	2 June 1989
Fate	Submarine recycling program
General characteristics
Class and type	Skate-class submarine
Displacement	2,570 long tons (2,610 t) surfaced 2,861 long tons (2,907 t) submerged
Length	267 ft 7 in (81.56 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	S3W reactor
Speed	18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement	87
Armament	8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft)

USS Swordfish (SSN-579), a Skate-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin.