Omniscriptum USS Spadefish (SSN-668)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Spadefish (SSN-668), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spadefish, a spiny-finned fish found in coastal waters of the western Atlantic from Cuba to Cape Cod. The contract to build Spadefish was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down there on 21 December 1966. She was launched on 15 May 1968, sponsored by Mrs. Charles T. Booth, and commissioned on 14 August 1969 with Lieutenant Commander George M. Henson in command.