USS Pickerel

USS Pickerel

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS "Pickerel", named for the pickerel, a young or small pike.

* The first, "Pickerel" (SS-177), was a "Porpoise"-class submarine, launched in 1936 and lost in 1943 under unknown circumstances.
* The second, "Pickerel" (SS-524), was a "Tench"-class submarine, launched in 1944 and struck in 1977.


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