USS Dace (SSN-607), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dace, any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 6 June 1960. She was launched on 18 August 1962, sponsored by Betty Ford, wife of future President of the United States Gerald Ford, and commissioned on 4 April 1964.

History
United States
NameUSS Dace
NamesakeThe dace, any of various freshwater fishes
Awarded3 March 1959
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down6 June 1960
Launched18 August 1962
Sponsored byBetty Ford
Commissioned4 April 1964
Decommissioned2 December 1988
Stricken2 December 1988
FateRecycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 January 1997
General characteristics
Class and typePermit-class submarine
Displacement
  • 3,070 tons surfaced,
  • 3,500 tons submerged
Length278 ft 5 in (84.86 m)
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft25 ft 2 in (7.67 m)
PropulsionS5W reactor
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • greater than 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged
Test depthDeeper than 400 feet (120 m)
Complement105 officers and men
Sensors and
processing systems
BQQ5
Armament4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes SUBROC
NotesYUK 27 FC
History from 1964 to 1988 needed.

Dace was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 1988. Ex-Dace entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington and on 1 January 1997 ceased to exist.

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During portions of the 1960s and 1970s, Dace conducted classified operations in several oceans. Read Blind Man's Bluff (The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage), Sontag and Drew, 1998 for examples of these types of operations and the men who served.

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