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USS Halibut (SSGN-587)

Submarine
USS Halibut (SSGN-587), a unique nuclear-powered guided missile submarine-turned-special operations platform, later redesignated as an attack submarine SSN-587, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the halibut. Wikipedia
Length: 350′
Launched: January 9, 1959
Construction started: April 11, 1957
Decommissioned: 30 June 1976
Laid down: 11 April 1957
Speed: 15/20+kt (28/37 km/h) (surfaced/submerged)