- Construction and commissioning
- Service history
- Decommissioning and disposal
- References
- External links
{{Other ships|USS Billfish}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= USS Billfish (SSN-676) underway.jpg | Ship caption=USS Billfish (SSN-676) early in 1971 (picture taken during first sea trial).
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1999}} | Ship name=USS Billfish (SSN-676) | Ship namesakeThe billfish, a name used for any fish with bill-shaped jaws | Ship ordered=15 July 1966 | Ship builder=The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut | Ship laid down=20 September 1968 | Ship launched=1 May 1970 | SHip sponsor=Mrs. Earle G. Wheeler | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=12 March 1971 | Ship decommissioned=1 July 1999 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck=1 July 1999 | Ship reinstated= | Ship fate= Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 26 April 2000 | Ship status= | Ship motto=Spirit of 76 | Ship badge=
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}} | 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 commissioningThe 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{{Expand section|history for 1971-1980s|date=January 2010}}Billfish was one of the few submarines fitted to carry Mystic class deep submergence rescue vehicle during the 1980s. {{Expand section|history for 1980s-1999|date=January 2010}}Decommissioning and disposalBillfish 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. References- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b6/billfish-ii.htm}}
- {{NVR|{{NVR url|id=SSN676}}}}
- NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive Billfish (SSN-676)
External links{{Commons category|USS Billfish (SSN-676)}}- USS Billfish SSN 676 (Web site created by former USS Billfish (SSN-676) crew member)
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