USS Flasher (SSN-613)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Flasher.
USS Flasher (SSN-613), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flasher, a member of the fish family Lobotidae, which have an unusual placement of the second dorsal and anal fins, posteriorly located on the body, close to the tail.
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United States | |
Name | USS Flasher |
Namesake | The flasher, a fish of the family Lobotidae |
Awarded | 9 June 1960 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
Laid down | 14 April 1961 |
Launched | 22 June 1963 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Paul F. Fay, Jr. |
Commissioned | 22 July 1966 |
Decommissioned | 14 September 1992 |
Stricken | 14 September 1992 |
Motto | Best in the West |
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Fate | Scrapped via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thresher/Permit-class submarine |
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Length | 292 ft (89 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Propulsion | S5W PWR |
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Complement | 12 officers and 76 men (Actual inservice crew; 13 Officers, 100 men) |
Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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