- USS Nerka (SS-380)
The USS "Nerka" (SS-380), named for the
nerka , a lake and riversalmon ("Oncorhinchus nerka") of thePacific Northwest , also calledblueback ,sawqui ,red salmon , andredfish , would have been a U.S. submarine. Its construction was authorized duringWorld War II , but cancelled in July 1944.The name was used for a fictional submarine in Edward L. Beach's novel, "
Run Silent, Run Deep " (1955).References
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