The USS Sturgeon set the standard for the fleet and served as the backbone of America’s undersea deterrence for nearly 30 years. T he USS Sturgeon, the namesake of her submarine class, was one ...

With extended service lives, the final Sturgeon-class submarine, USS Parche (SSN-683), was decommissioned in 2005. ... USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) began her operation patrols in 1968, ...