- USS Needlefish (SS-379)
USS "Needlefish" (SS-354) would have been a "Balao"-class submarine, the only ship of the
United States Navy to be named for theneedlefish , any of a family of voracious elongate teleost fishes resembling, but not related to, thefresh water gar s.The name "Needlefish" was assigned to the submarine SS–379 on
August 23 ,1942 , but construction was cancelled onJuly 29 ,1944 , before she was laid down.References
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