USS Tiger Shark

USS Tiger Shark

No ship of the United States Navy has ever borne the name USS "Tiger Shark" or "Tigershark", though the name is popular for fictional submarines. (The Australian Navy, however, once had a submarine that was called the HMAS Tigershark, built for World War II, although it never saw action.)

The popularity of the name may derive from the use of tigershark-like markings painted on many Allied fighters in the East Asian theater during World War II, particularly the American-piloted "Flying Tigers" of the Chinese air force.

*The title "character" of the 1959 sci-fi movie "The Atomic Submarine" is named "Tiger Shark".

*USS "Tiger Shark" is the setting for the 2002 suspense/horror movie "Below".

*USS "Tigershark" is the setting for an episode of the television series "JAG".

See the list of fictional ships.


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