USS Sunfish (SSN-649)

USS Sunfish (SSN-649) on sea trials off Quincy, Massachusetts, on 10 March 1969, five days before her commissioning.
History
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
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General characteristics
Class and type	Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement	4,035 long tons (4,100 t) light 4,326 long tons (4,395 t) full 291 long tons (296 t) dead
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)
Armament	4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes UUM-44A SUBROC missiles UGM-84A/C Harpoon missiles

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.