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​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 of tropic and warm temperate seas whose long wing-like fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.
Construction and commissioning
The contract to build Flying Fish was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 15 July 1966 and her keel was laid down there on 30 June 1967. She was launched on 17 May 1969, sponsored by Mrs. John W. Harvey, and commissioned on 29 April 1970 with Commander Donald C. Shelton in command.
​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 of tropic and warm temperate seas whose long wing-like fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.
Construction and commissioning
The contract to build Flying Fish was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 15 July 1966 and her keel was laid down there on 30 June 1967. She was launched on 17 May 1969, sponsored by Mrs. John W. Harvey, and commissioned on 29 April 1970 with Commander Donald C. Shelton in command.
​Armament & Sensors
ARMAMENT:
4 21-in (533-mm) Mk 63 torpedo tubes amidships
Mk 48 ADCAP wire-guided torpedoes
UGM-84A/C Harpoon anti-ship missiles
Tomahawk land-attack missiles
UUM-44A SUBROC anti-ship missiles
MK 57 deep water mines
MK 60 CAPTOR mines
COMBAT SENSORS:
BPS-14 surface-search radar
BQQ-5 multifunction bow-mounted
BQR-7 passive in submarines with BQQ-2
BQS-12 active 7
BQS-14 mine-avoidance/under-ice sonar
TB-16 or TB-23 towed-array sonar
WLR-9 sonar receiver
EW SYSTEMS:
WLQ-4(V)
WLR-6(V1) (SNAPPER MOD)
BRD-7 Passive RDF
Specifications
Namesake: The flying fish
Ordered: 15 July 1966
Builder: Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 30 June 1967
Launched: 17 May 1969
Sponsored by: Mrs. John W. Harvey
Commissioned: 29 April 1970
Decommissioned: 16 May 1996
Struck: 16 May 1996
Honors and awards: Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1976
Fate: Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 15 October 1996
General characteristics
Class and type: Sturgeon-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
Length: 292 ft. 3 in (89.08 m)
Beam: 31 ft. 8 in (9.65 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: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Test depth: 1,300 feet (396 meters)
Complement: 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men)
Armament: 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes