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| x USS Gato |
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USS Gato (SS-212) was the lead ship of her class of submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the gato, a species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico.
Her keel was laid down 5 October...
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| x USS Pampanito |
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USS Pampanito (SS-383/AGSS-383), a Balao-class submarine, was a United States Navy ship, the only one named for a variety of the pompano fish (see gafftopsail pompano). She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a Naval Reserve...
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| x USS Growler |
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USS Growler (SS-215), a Gato-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler, a large-mouth black bass. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2 November...
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| x USS Grunion |
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USS Grunion (SS-216) was a Gato-class submarine that was sunk at Kiska, Alaska, during World War II. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grunion, a small fish of the silversides family, indigenous to the western...
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| x USS Grouper |
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USS Grouper (SS/SSK/AGSS-214), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grouper, a salt-water fish noted as a gamefish and for its food values.
Grouper was launched by the Electric Boat Co., Groton,...
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| x USS Guardfish |
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USS Guardfish (SS-217), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guardfish, a voracious green and silvery fish with elongated pike-like body and long narrow jaws.
Guardfish was laid down by the...
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| x USS Greenling |
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USS Greenling (SS-213), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the greenling, an elongate, fine-scaled fish found from Kamchatka to California.
Greenling was laid down by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn....
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| x Soviet submarine B-39 |
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B-39 was a Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric attack submarine of the Soviet Navy. The "B" (actually "Б") in her designation stands for большая (bolshaya, "large") — Foxtrots are among the largest non-nuclear submarines ever built.
Her keel...
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| x USS Catfish |
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USS Catfish (SS-339), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the catfish, any of various species having catlike teeth, barbels around the mouth, including the common bullhead.
Catfish (SS-339) was launched 19...
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| x USS Boarfish |
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USS Boarfish (SS-327), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the boarfish, a fish having a projecting hog-like snout.
Boarfish (SS-327) was laid down on 12 August 1943; launched on 21 May 1944 by Electric Boat Co.,...
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| x USS Skate |
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USS Skate (SS-305) was a United States Navy Balao-class submarine named for the skate, a type of ray.
Skate was laid down at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard of Vallejo, California, 1 August 1942. She was launched on 4 March 1943, sponsored by Mrs....
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| x USS Capitaine |
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USS Capitaine (SS/AGSS-336), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the capitaine, a brilliantly colored fish inhabiting waters of the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Panama.
Capitaine (SS-336) was launched 1...
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| x USS Icefish |
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USS Icefish (SS-367), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the icefish, any member of the family Salangidae, small smeltlike fishes of China and Japan. Also known as whitebait.
Icefish (SS-367) was launched 20...
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| x USS Sea Poacher |
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USS Sea Poacher (SS/AGSS-406), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea poacher, a slender, mailed fish of the North Atlantic.
Sea Poacher (SS-406) was built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine;...
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| x USS Crevalle |
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USS Crevalle (SS/AGSS-291), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the crevalle, the yellow mackerel, a food fish, found on both coasts of tropical America, and in the Atlantic as far north as Cape Cod. "Crevalle" is...
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| x USS Ono |
USS Ono (SS-357), would have been a Balao-class submarine, the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy of that name. This Ono took its name from the ono, a dark blue scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas,...
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| x USS Cobbler |
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USS Cobbler (SS-344), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cobbler, the killifish of New South Wales.
Cobbler (SS-344) was launched 1 April 1945 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. J. B....
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| x USS Corporal |
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USS Corporal (SS-346), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the corporal, an alternate name for the fallfish, found in streams of the eastern United States.
Corporal was launched 10 June 1945 by Electric Boat Co.,...
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| x USS Mero |
USS Mero (SS-378), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the mero, any of several large groupers found in warm ocean waters.
Mero was laid down by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisc., 22 July 1944; launched...
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| x USS Jallao |
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USS Jallao (SS-368), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the jallao, a pearl-white haemulonid food fish of the Gulf of Mexico.
Jallao (SS-368) was launched by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisc., 12 March...
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| x USS Sea Fox |
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USS Sea Fox (SS-402), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea fox, a large shark, also called the thresher shark, which frequents the coast of Europe and the Americas.
Sea Fox was laid down on 2 November 1943...
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| x USS Chivo |
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USS Chivo (SS-341), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the chivo or big-scaled goatfish Pseudopenaeus grandisquamis, a fish inhabiting the Pacific Ocean between Panama and Mexico.
Chivo was launched 14 January...
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| x USS Dugong |
USS Dugong (SS-353), would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dugong, an aquatic herbivorous mammal related to the manatee. Her construction was canceled on 23 October 1944.
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| x USS Stickleback |
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USS Stickleback (SS-415), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the stickleback, any of numerous small scaleless fish having two or more free spines in front of the dorsal fin. Her keel was laid down on...
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| x USS Blueback |
USS Blueback (SS-326), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for a type of salmon. Her keel was laid down on 29 July 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 7 May...
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| x USS Aspro |
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USS Aspro (SS/AGSS-309), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the aspro, a fish found abundantly in the upper Rhône River. According to legend, the aspro comes to the surface only in bad weather, when...
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| x USS Besugo |
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USS Besugo (SS/AGSS-321), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the besugo, a fish of the porgie family.
Besugo (SS-321) was launched 27 February 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. P. J....
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| x USS Escolar |
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USS Escolar (SS-294), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the escolar, a predatory fish of the open ocean related to the mackerels and tunnies.
Escolar was laid down by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company...
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| x USS Jawfish |
USS Jawfish (SS-356), a Balao-class submarine, was originally named Fanegal for the fanegal or blackbelly rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus) on 28 August 1942, but was renamed Jawfish for the jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons), a fish that burrows...
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| x USS Eel |
USS Eel (SS-354), would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the eels, an order of voracious, snakelike fishes, having a smooth, slimy skin and no pelvic fins.
Eel's construction was canceled on...
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| x USS Seahorse |
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USS Seahorse (SS-304), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and the fore part of its body suggest the head and neck of a horse.
The first...
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| x USS Dragonet |
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USS Dragonet (SS-293), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the dragonet, a family of fishes found in the warm seas of the world.
Dragonet (SS-293) was launched 18 April 1943 by Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia...
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| x USS Devilfish |
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USS Devilfish (SS/AGSS-292), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the devilfish, any of several gigantic, viviparous rays found in warm seas, the octopus or other large cephalopods.
Devilfish was launched on 30 May...
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| x USS Carbonero |
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USS Carbonero (SS/AGSS-337) was a Balao-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the carbonero, a salt-water fish found in the West Indies. Her keel was laid down on 16 December 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of...
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| x USS Entemedor |
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USS Entemedor (SS-340), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the entemedor, a fish of the electric ray family found in shallow waters from Baja California to Panama.
SS-340, originally named Chickwick, was renamed...
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| x USS Queenfish |
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USS Queenfish (SS/AGSS-393), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the queenfish, a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America.
The first Queenfish was laid down by the Portsmouth...
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| x USS Clamagore |
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USS Clamagore (SS-343) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, built in 1945 and still in training when World War II ended. It was named for the clamagore or blue parrotfish Scarus coeruleus found in the West Indies and along the...
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| x USS Plaice |
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USS Plaice (SS-390), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the plaice, one of the various American flatfish; summer flounder. She participated in the Pacific War campaign of World War II, receiving six battle stars...
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| x USS Blenny |
USS Blenny (SS/AGSS-324), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blenny, a fish found along the rocky shores of the Atlantic Ocean.
Blenny (SS-324) was launched 9 April 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.;...
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| x USS Garlopa |
USS Garlopa (SS-358), would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the garlopa, a large species of grouper found on the west coast of Mexico. Her keel was laid down at the Electric Boat...
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| x USS Spot |
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USS Spot (SS-413) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the spot, a small sciaenoid food fish of the Atlantic coast, with a black spot behind its shoulders.
Spot was laid down on 24 August 1943 by the Mare Island Navy Yard...
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| x USS Lizardfish |
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USS Lizardfish (SS-373), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the lizardfish, a slender marine fish having a scaly lizardlike head and large mouth.
Lizardfish (SS-373) was laid down 14 March 1944 by Manitowoc...
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| x USS Pipefish |
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USS Pipefish (SS-388/AGSS-388), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pipefish, a long, narrow, bony-scaled fish with straight, tubular snout found in Panama that has extraordinary powers of...
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| x USS Sterlet |
USS Sterlet (SS-392), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sterlet, a small sturgeon found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, whose meat is considered delicious and its eggs are one of the world's...
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| x USS Dogfish |
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USS Dogfish (SS-350), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dogfish.
Her keel was laid down on 22 June 1944 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 27 October 1945...
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| x USS Barbel |
USS Barbel (SS-316), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barbel, a cyprinoid fish, commonly called a minnow or carp.
Barbel keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut....
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| x USS Cubera |
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USS Cubera (SS-347), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cubera, a large fish of the snapper family found in the West Indies.
Cubera (SS-347) was launched 17 June 1945 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.;...
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| x USS Bang |
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USS Bang (SS-385) was a United States Navy Balao-class submarine, named after the bang, a dark blue or black fish of the herring family found in the Atlantic coastal waters of the United States north of North Carolina.
Bang was laid down on 30 April...
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| x USS Chub |
USS Chub (SS-329), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the chub, a game fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The name is also given locally to a wide variety of American fishes. She was later transferred to...
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| x USS Blower |
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USS Blower (SS-325), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blower, a fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States and the West Indies.
Blower (SS-325) was launched 23 April 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton,...
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| x USS Piper |
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USS Piper (SS/AGSS-409), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named after the piper, a fish of the halfbeak family found in warm seas mostly along the shore. It swims at the surface, occasionally leaping into the air, and is...
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| x USS Kete |
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USS Kete (SS-369), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the kete, the foureye butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus. Her keel was laid down by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She...
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| x USS Ronquil |
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USS Ronquil (SS-396), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the ronquil, a spiny-finned fish found along the northwest coast of North America. It has a single dorsal fin and a large mouth and resembles the...
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| x USS Moray |
USS Moray (SS-300), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the moray, a family of large eels found in crevices of coral reefs in tropical and subtropical oceans.
Moray (SS-300) was laid down 21 April 1943 at Cramp...
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| x USS Bowfin |
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USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bowfin, a voracious, predatory fish native to the Great Lakes, the Mississippi valley, and nearby waters. This dull green, but iridescent fish is...
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| x USS Pomfret |
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USS Pomfret (SS-391), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pomfret, a fish of the seabream family; a powerful and speedy swimmer, capable of operating at great depths.
Pomfret was laid down 14 July 1943 and...
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| x USS Piranha |
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USS Piranha (SS-389/AGSS-389), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy.
Piranha was laid down 21 June 1943 by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched 27 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. William S. Farber, wife of Rear...
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| x USS Charr |
USS Charr (SS/AGSS-328), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the charr, a trout of the waters of northwestern North America.
SS-328, originally designated Bocaccio, was renamed Charr on 24 September 1942 and...
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| x USS Espada |
USS Espada (SS-355), would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named in that manner for the swordfish. Her construction was cancelled on 23 October 1944.
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| x USS Becuna |
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USS Becuna (SS/AGSS-319), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the becuna, a pike-like fish of Europe.
Becuna (SS-319) was launched 30 January 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. George C....
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