USS Sunfish (SSN-649) [SEP] named after
USS Sunfish (SSN-649)
USS "Sunfish" (SSN-649), a "Sturgeon"-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish ("Mola mola"), a marine species having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins.
Construction and commissioning.
The contract to build "Sunfish" was awarded to the General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division in Quincy, Massachusetts, on 26 March 1963 and her keel was laid down there on 15
, USS" Grayling "(SSN-646), USS "Ray" (SSN-653), USS "Sand Lance" (SSN-660), USS "Sea Devil" (SSN-664), USS "Seahorse" (SSN-669), USS "Narwhal" (SSN-671), USS "Bluefish" (SSN-675), USS "Billfish" (SSN-676), USS" Batfish" (SSN-681), USS L." Mendel Rivers" (SSN-686), USS "Sunfish" (SSN-649), and the Barbel-class submarine USS