USS Swordfish (SSN-579)
USS Swordfish | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Swordfish |
| Ordered | 18 July 1955 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 25 January 1956 |
| Launched | 27 August 1957 |
| Commissioned | 15 September 1958 |
| Decommissioned | 2 June 1989 |
| Stricken | 2 June 1989 |
| Fate | Submarine recycling program |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Skate-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 267 ft 7 in (81.56 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion | S3W reactor |
| Speed | 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement | 87 |
| Armament | 8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft) |
USS Swordfish (SSN-579), a Skate-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin.