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USS Billfish SSN-676 Submarine Model, US Navy, Scale Model, Mahogany, Sturgeon Class

$399.00

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Description

USS Billfish SSN-676 Submarine Model

Dive again with your shipmates in this USS Billfish SSN-676 Submarine Model. Each piece is carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you’ll love.

  • Length – 20 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business

USS Billfish (SSN-676), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the billfish, a name used for any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws.

Construction and commissioning

The contract to build Billfish was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 15 July 1966 and her keel 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.

Service history

Billfish was one of the few submarines fitted to carry Mystic class deep submergence rescue vehicle during the 1980s.

Decommissioning and disposal
Billfish was decommissioned on 1 July 1999 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, was completed on 26 April 2000.

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