USS Flasher

USS Flasher

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS "Flasher":
*"Flasher" (SS-249), a "Gato"-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and stricken in 1959.
*"Flasher" (SSN-613), a "Permit"-class submarine, commissioned in 1966 and struck in 1992.


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