USS Flasher (SSN-613)
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 9 June 1960 |
| Laid down: | 14 April 1961 |
| Launched: | 22 June 1963 |
| Commissioned: | 22 July 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 September 1992 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 14 September 1992 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3540 tons surfaced, 4200 tons submerged |
| Length: | 292 feet |
| Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Speed: | 15 knots surfaced, 28+ knots submerged |
| Armament: | four 21-inch torpedo tubes |
| Complement: | nine officers and 76 men |
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 Lobotidae family of fishes, which have an unusual placement of the second dorsal and anal fins, posteriorly on the body, close to the tail. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 9 June 1960 and her keel was laid down on 14 April 1961. She was launched on 22 June 1963 sponsored by Mrs. Paul F. Fay, Jr., and commissioned on 22 July 1966, with Commander Kenneth M. Carr in command.
- 26 years of history go here.
Flasher was decommissioned on 26 May 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 14 September 1992. Ex-Flasher entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 11 May 1994 ceased to exist.
See USS Flasher for other ships of the same name.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.