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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 1999

SSN-676 Deployments - Major Events

Add a SSN-676 Shellback Initiation Add a SSN-676 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1968-Keel Date: 20 SEP 1968
at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporat
MAY1970-Launch Date: 1 MAY 1970
MAR1971-Commissioned: 12 MAR 1971
MAR1972-AUG1972Mediterranean
NOV1972-JAN1973Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
MAR1973-MAY1973North Pole
NOV1973-FEB1974North Atlantic
MAY1974-AUG1974North Atlantic
NOV1974-SEP1975Overhaul - Portsmouth NH
JUL1976-DEC1976Mediterranean
MAY1977-JUN1977Queens Silver Jubilee - Portsmouth England
OCT1977-FEB1978Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
AUG1978-NOV1978North Atlantic
JAN1981-JUN1981Mediterranean
SEP1981-OCT1981Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
NOV1981-DEC1981Caribbean
MAY1982-NOV1983Regular Overhaul
JAN1984-FEB1984Caribbean
OCT1984-MAR1985Mediterranean
JAN1987-JUN1987North Pole
JAN1992-JUL1992Mediterranean
FEB1997-AUG1997North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
AUG1998-NOV1998Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JUL1999-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]