USS Parche (SSN-683)

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USS Parche (SSN-683), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the parche , a small, coral reef butterfly fish. Parche was launched on 13 January 1973, sponsored by Natalie Beshany, the wife of Vice Admiral Philip A. Beshany, and commissioned on 17 August 1974. Attributed as being a key resource of the National Underwater Reconnaissance Office, Parche is said to be "the most highly decorated vessel in U.S. history."

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