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U.S.S. BLUEFISH
(SSN-675)BLUE THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER
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USS BLUEFISH (SSN-675) - a Sturgeon-class attack submarine
In Commission 1971 to 1996SSN-675 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SSN-675 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSN-675 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR | 1968 | - | Keel Date: 13 MAR 1968 at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton CT | ||
| JAN | 1970 | - | Launch Date: 10 JAN 1970 | ||
| JAN | 1971 | - | Commissioned: 8 JAN 1971 | ||
| NOV | 1972 | - | FEB | 1973 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| NOV | 1973 | - | FEB | 1974 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1975 | - | JUN | 1975 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| MAY | 1975 | - | MAY | 1975 | North Pole |
| FEB | 1977 | - | JUL | 1977 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1978 | - | DEC | 1978 | Arctic Circle - Bluenose |
| AUG | 1979 | - | DEC | 1979 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1980 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1980 | - | JUL | 1981 | Circumnavigation |
| DEC | 1980 | - | JUL | 1981 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| FEB | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 FEB 1981 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1981 | - | JUN | 1981 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JUN | 1981 | - | JUN | 1981 | Panama Canal |
| AUG | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | North Atlantic |
| JUL | 1991 | - | NOV | 1991 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JUL | 1991 | - | NOV | 1991 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1993 | - | DEC | 1993 | Mediterranean Deployment |
| DEC | 1993 | - | DEC | 1993 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| FEB | 1994 | - | FEB | 1994 | Panama Canal |
| FEB | 1994 | - | JUL | 1994 | South America |
| JUL | 1994 | - | JUL | 1994 | Panama Canal |
| JUL | 1994 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1994 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1994 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1994 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1995 | - | NOV | 1995 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1996 | - | Decommissioned: 31 MAY 1996 | ||
SSN-675 General Specifications
Class: Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Named for: The bluefish
Complement: 14 Officers and 95 Enlisted
Displacement: 3978 tons
Length: 292 feet 3 inches
Beam: 31 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 15 knots
Final Disposition: Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 November 2003
USS BLUEFISH (SSN-675)
The second Bluefish (SSN-675) was laid down on 13 March 1968 at Groton, Conn.,
by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp.; launched on 10 January 1970;
sponsored by Mrs. David Packard, wife of the Deputy Secretary of Defense; and commissioned on 8 January 1971.
Bluefish was decommissioned on 31 May 1996 and struck from the Navy list on the same day. She was disposed of by recycling on 1 November 2003.
30 January 2006
[Note: The above USS BLUEFISH (SSN-675) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS BLUEFISH (SSN-675), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]