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U.S.S. BILLFISH
(SSN-676)SPIRIT OF 76
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USS BILLFISH (SSN-676) - a Sturgeon-class attack submarine
In Commission 1971 to 1999SSN-676 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SSN-676 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSN-676 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEP | 1968 | - | Keel Date: 20 SEP 1968 at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporat | ||
| MAY | 1970 | - | Launch Date: 1 MAY 1970 | ||
| MAR | 1971 | - | Commissioned: 12 MAR 1971 | ||
| MAR | 1972 | - | AUG | 1972 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| MAR | 1973 | - | MAY | 1973 | North Pole |
| NOV | 1973 | - | FEB | 1974 | North Atlantic |
| MAY | 1974 | - | AUG | 1974 | North Atlantic |
| NOV | 1974 | - | SEP | 1975 | Overhaul - Portsmouth NH |
| JUL | 1976 | - | DEC | 1976 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1977 | - | JUN | 1977 | Queens Silver Jubilee - Portsmouth England |
| OCT | 1977 | - | FEB | 1978 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| AUG | 1978 | - | NOV | 1978 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1981 | - | JUN | 1981 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1981 | - | OCT | 1981 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| NOV | 1981 | - | DEC | 1981 | Caribbean |
| MAY | 1982 | - | NOV | 1983 | Regular Overhaul |
| JAN | 1984 | - | FEB | 1984 | Caribbean |
| OCT | 1984 | - | MAR | 1985 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1987 | - | JUN | 1987 | North Pole |
| JAN | 1992 | - | JUL | 1992 | Mediterranean |
| FEB | 1997 | - | AUG | 1997 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| AUG | 1998 | - | NOV | 1998 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JUL | 1999 | - | Decommissioned: 1 JUL 1999 | ||
SSN-676 General Specifications
Class: Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Complement: 14 Officers and 95 Enlisted
Displacement: 3978 tons
Length: 292 feet 3 inches
Beam: 31 feet 8 inches
Draft: 28 feet 8 in
Final Disposition: Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 26 April 2000
USS BILLFISH (SSN-676)
BILLFISH was laid down on 20 September 1968. She was launched on 1 May 1970 sponsored
by Mrs. Earle G. Wheeler, the wife of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G.
Wheeler (1908-1975), and commissioned on 12 March 1971 with Commander Richard M. Hughes in command.
[Note: The above USS BILLFISH (SSN-676) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS BILLFISH (SSN-676), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]