USS Swordfish (SSN-579)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Swordfish.
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.
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USS Swordfish | |
History | |
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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 |
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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) |
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