USS Tunny (SSN-682)

USS Tunny (SSN-682) was a Sturgeon-class attack submarine in the United States Navy, commissioned on 26 January 1974. Built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, she served primarily during the Cold War, conducting a variety of missions including intelligence gathering, surveillance, and anti-submarine warfare. Tunny operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, participating in numerous exercises and deployments to promote maritime security and deter potential adversaries. After over two decades of service, she was decommissioned on 1 October 1998 and later scrapped through the Navy’s Ship-Submarine Recycling Program.