&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:USS_Bluefish_(SSN-675).jpg) USS Bluefish (SSN-675) off Puerto Rico on 1 February 1991.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| 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 |
| Stricken | 31 May 1996 |
| Motto | Blue Thunder from Down Under! |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 November 2003 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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.