Two ships of the
* The USS|Billfish|SS-286, was a "Balao"-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1968.
* The USS|Billfish|SSN-676, was a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, commissioned in 1971 and struck in 1999.
References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b6-list.htm
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