- USS Jawfish (SS-356)
USS "Jawfish" (SS-356), a "Balao"-class submarine, was originally named "Fanegal" for the
fanegal or blackbelly rosefish ("Helicolenus dactylopterus") on28 August 1942 , but was renamed "Jawfish" for thejawfish ("Opistognathus aurifrons"), a fish that burrows into patches of sand and coral rubble around the edges of reefs, on24 September 1942 . She was the only ship of theUnited States Navy to bear either name.Her construction by the
Electric Boat Company ofGroton, Connecticut , was canceled29 July 1944 .
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