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*The first "Silversides" (SS-236), a "Gato"-class submarine, served during
*The second "Silversides" (SSN-679), a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, served during the
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USS Silversides (SS-236) — USS Silversides (SS/AGSS 236) is a Gato class submarine; the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body. Her keel was laid down on 4 November 1940 by … Wikipedia
USS Silversides (SSN-679) — USS Silversides (SSN 679), a Sturgeon class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body. The contract to build her was awarded to… … Wikipedia
USS Balao (SS-285) — USS Balao (SS/AGSS 285), a sclass|Balao|submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy; balao is the name of any of several halfbeaks. Balao (SS 285) was launched 27 October 1942 by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, sponsored by Mrs.… … Wikipedia
USS Trigger (SS-237) — was a Gato class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish, any of numerous deep bodied fishes of warm seas having an anterior dorsal fin with two or three stout erectile spines. Trigger s keel was laid… … Wikipedia
USS Tang (SS-306) — was a Second World War era Balao class submarine. She was launched in 1943 and had a brief but successful career before being sunk by one of her own faulty torpedoes in 1944.Tang was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the… … Wikipedia
USS Salmon (SS-182) — was the lead ship of her class of submarine. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the… … Wikipedia
USS Sterlet (SS-392) — 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 … Wikipedia
USS Tautog (SS-199) — USS|Tautog|SS 199, a Tambor class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tautog, a small edible sport fish, which is also called a blackfish.One of the most successful submarines of World War II, Tautog was… … Wikipedia
USS Tambor (SS-198) — USS Tambor (SS 198), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tambor. Her keel was laid down on 16 January 1939 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched… … Wikipedia
USS Threadfin (SS-410) — USS Threadfin (SS 410), a Balao class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the threadfin, any of a family of fishes related to the mullets and distinguished by filamentous rays on the lower part of the pectoral… … Wikipedia
