USS Flasher (SSN-613)
Flasher underway outside San Francisco Bay | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Flasher |
| Namesake | The flasher, a fish of the family Lobotidae |
| Awarded | 9 June 1960 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 14 April 1961 |
| Launched | 22 June 1963 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Paul F. Fay, Jr. |
| Commissioned | 22 July 1966 |
| Decommissioned | 14 September 1992 |
| Stricken | 14 September 1992 |
| Motto | Best in the West |
| Honors & awards | |
| Fate | Scrapped via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Thresher/Permit-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Propulsion | S5W PWR |
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| Complement | 12 officers and 76 men (Actual inservice crew; 13 Officers, 100 men) |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS Flasher (SSN-613), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flasher, a member of the fish family Lobotidae, which have an unusual placement of the second dorsal and anal fins, posteriorly located on the body, close to the tail.