USS Tunny

USS Tunny

Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS "Tunny", for the tunny, any of several oceanic fishes resembling the mackerel.
* The first USS "Tunny" (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS-282), a "Gato"-class submarine, served in World War II, as a Regulus missile boat, and during the Vietnam War.
* The second USS "Tunny" (SSN-682), a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, served during the last years of the Cold War.


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