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U.S.S. BATFISH

(SSN-681)

DARK KNIGHT OF THE DEEP
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USS BATFISH (SSN-681) - a Sturgeon-class submarine

In Commission 1972 to 1999

SSN-681 Deployments - Major Events

Add a SSN-681 Shellback Initiation Add a SSN-681 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1970-Keel Date: 9 FEB 1970
at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton CT
OCT1971-Launch Date: 9 OCT 1971
SEP1972-Commissioned: 1 SEP 1972
JUL1975-FEB1978Mediterranean
DEC1977-JAN1978North Atlantic
JAN1978-MAR1978Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
MAR1978-MAY1978Operation Evening Star
MAR1978-Shellback Initiation - 5 MAR 1978 - Atlantic Ocean
DEC1978-MAY1980Dry Dock
JUL1981-NOV1981Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JUL1982-NOV1982Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JUL1983-SEP1983Mediterranean
APR1984-JUN1984Caribbean
AUG1985-OCT1985Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
MAY1987-JUL1987Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
FEB1992-AUG1992Mediterranean
MAR1995-JUN1995Mediterranean
AUG1996-Shellback Initiation - 20 AUG 1996 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1999-Decommissioned: 17 MAR 1999

SSN-681 General Specifications

Class: Sturgeon-class submarine

Named for: The batfish

Complement: 14 Officers and 98 Enlisted

Displacement: 4195 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 22 November 2002