USS Bluefish (SSN-675)
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USS Bluefish (SSN-675) off Puerto Rico on 1 February 1991.
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| Name: | USS Bluefish |
| Namesake: | The bluefish |
| Ordered: | 15 July 1966 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 13 March 1968 |
| Launched: | 10 January 1970 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. David Packard |
| Commissioned: | 8 January 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 May 1996 |
| Struck: | 31 May 1996 |
| Motto: | Blue Thunder from Down Under! |
| Fate: | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 November 2003 |
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| Class and type: | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
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| Length: | 292 ft 3 in (89.08 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
| Installed power: | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
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| Test depth: | 1,300 feet (396 meters) |
| Complement: | 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men) |
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USS Bluefish (SSN-675), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish.
The contract to build Bluefish was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 15 July 1966 and her keel was laid down there on 13 March 1968. She was launched on 10 January 1970, sponsored by Mrs. David Packard, and commissioned on 8 January 1971 with Commander Richard A. Peterson in command.
The USS Bluefish was propelled by one S5W Nuclear reactor. S5W stands for S = Submarine Platform, 5 = Fifth Generation Core and W = Westinghouse as the contracted designer. The S5W is a high speed submarine reactor with the average power of 78 MWth (MegaWatt thermal) or 15,000 SHP (Shaft Horse Power). From the time the submarine was laid to its scrapping, the S5W core lifetime would last 5,500 hours at full power for older model S5Ws to 10,000 hours at full power for newer core models.
The USS Bluefish had a wide variety of weapons systems available for its use. The armament included 4 x 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo Tubes, Mark 48 torpedoes; UUM-44 SUBROC anti-submarine missiles; UGM-84A/C Harpoon missiles (anti-ship), Mark 57 deep-water mines (anti-ship/submarine), and Mark 60 CAPTOR mines (anti-submarine)
The Mark 48 torpedo has been in the U.S. Navy since 1972. Each torpedo has a Piston engine and pump jet used to propel all 19 feet and 3,434 pound (1545 kg) of itself at 28+ knots (32 MPH). The official range is greater than 5 mile (Kilometers) and can be fired at up to 3,000 feet (914 meters) underwater. The torpedo is guided by passive/aggressive accusative homing or wire guidance to deliver its 650-pound (292 kg) warhead to the target. Each unit costs an average of 2.5 million dollars to produce.
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