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The USS SWORDFISH (SSN 579) cuts a swath through the deep blue, creating a spectacular helicopter photo op.

~ Date Unknown (David O'Brien)

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~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew

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As expected from the Silent Service, dark shadows on the USS Swordfish (SSN 579), create an illusion of a disembodied sail, or a ghostly second hull. Location unknown.

~ 12 AUG 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)

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Unidentified shipmates ham it up for photos in the Crew's Mess of the USS Swordfish (SSN 579)

~ 05 SEP 1962 (Mare Island Naval Shipyard)

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The USS Swordfish (SSN 579) sits alone at the pier in SUBASE Pearl Harbor. Off her stern, the Adams class destroyer, USS Goldborough (DDG 20), obscures the hull number of an unidentified Knox or Garcia class frigate.

~ JUN 1972 (Ben Brooks, Photographer)

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The USS Swordfish (SSN 579) and crew stand by for line-handling on arrival in Hong Kong after an extended deployment.

~ FEB 1978 (Giorgio Arra, Navie Armatori)

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The ship's company topside on the USS Swordfish (SSN 579) during Commissioning ceremonies at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

~ 15 SEP 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)

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