- USS Sculpin (SS-494)
USS "Sculpin" (SS-494), a "Tench"-class submarine, was the second ship of the
United States Navy to be named for thesculpin , a spiny, large-headed, broad-mouthed, usually scale-less fish of the family "Cottidae". Her construction by thePortsmouth Navy Yard was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on12 August 1945 .References
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