Two submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS "Queenfish", named in honor of the
* The first "Queenfish", (SS-393), was a "Balao"-class submarine, commissioned in 1944 and struck in 1963.
* The second "Queenfish", (SSN-651), was a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, commissioned in 1966 and struck in 1992.
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USS Queenfish (SS-393) — USS Queenfish (SS/AGSS 393), a Balao class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the queenfish, a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America.The first Queenfish was laid down by the Portsmouth… … Wikipedia
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