- USS Guardfish (SSN-612)
USS "Guardfish" (SSN-612), a "Thresher"-class
submarine , was the second ship of theUnited States Navy to be named for theguardfish , a voracious green and silvery fish with elongated pike-like body and long narrow jaws.The contract to build her was awarded to
New York Shipbuilding Corporation inCamden, New Jersey on9 June 1960 and her keel was laid down on28 February 1961 . She was launched on15 May 1965 sponsored by Mrs.Kenneth E. Belieu , wife of the AssistantSecretary of the Navy , and commissioned on20 December 1966 with Commander Gulmer A. Hines, Jr. in command."Guardfish" was decommissioned and stricken from the
Naval Vessel Register on4 February 1992 . Her hulk entered the Nuclear PoweredShip and Submarine Recycling Program and ceased to exist on9 July 1992 .References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g9/guardfish-ii.htm
External links
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08612.htm navsource.org: USS "Guardfish"]
* [http://www.guardfish.org Website for USS "Guardfish" ]
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