USS Swordfish
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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.
Wikimedia, Wikidata
speed 18 knot,
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, United States Navy, United States,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1957-08-27T00:00:00Z
1957-08-27T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1989-06-02T00:00:00Z
1989-06-02T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1956-01-25T00:00:00Z
1956-01-25T00:00:00Z
keel laying
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| commons | image | USS Swordfish;0857905 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Skate class submarines underway in the Pacific c1961 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Sperry (AS-12) and retired submarines at Puget Sound 1993 | Commons | ||

