USS Pargo

USS Pargo

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS "Pargo", named in honor of the pargo, a fish of the genus "Lutjanus" found in the West Indies.

* The first "Pargo", (SS-264), was a "Gato"-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1960.
* The second "Pargo", (SSN-650), was a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, commissioned in 1968 and struck in 1995.


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