USS Trepang

USS Trepang

Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS "Trepang", for the trepang, a marine animal having a long, tough, muscular body, sometimes called a sea slug or a sea cucumber, found in the coral reefs of the East Indies.

* USS "Trepang" (SS-412), a "Balao"-class submarine, served during World War II.

* USS "Trepang" (SSN-674), a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, served during the Cold War.


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