List of submarines of the United States Navy

This is a list of submarine
Submarine
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s of the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

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(SSK-1) Barracuda USS Barracuda (SSK-1) USS Barracuda , the lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish. Her keel was laid down on 1 July 1949 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2... (SSK-2) Bass USS Bass (SSK-2) USS Bass , a Barracuda-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bass, an edible, spiny-finned fish.... (SSK-3) Bonita USS Bonita (SSK-3) USS Bonita , a Barracuda-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bonito, any of several types of fish, including the skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, the Atlantic bonito , the lesser amberjack , or the cobia .The original contract for construction of... (SST-1) Mackerel/T-1 USS Mackerel (SST-1) USS Mackerel , originally known as USS T-1 , was the lead ship of the T-1-class of training submarines. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the mackerel, a common food and sport fish, and was in service from 1953 to 1973. She was one of the smallest operational... (SST-2) Marlin/T-2 USS Marlin (SST-2) USS Marlin , originally USS T-2 , was a T-1-class training submarine in commission from 1953 to 1973. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the marlin, a large game fish. She was one of the smallest operational submarines ever built for the U.S... (SF-1) AA-1/T-1 USS T-1 (SS-52) The first USS T-1 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-1 was also known as Schley and AA-1.... (Also SS-52) (SF-2) AA-2/T-2 USS T-2 (SS-60) USS T-2 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-2 was also known as AA-2.She was laid down as AA-2 on 31 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co... (Also SS-60) (SF-3) AA-3/T-3 USS T-3 (SS-61) USS T-3 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy originally named AA-3.She was laid down as AA-3 on 21 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co. of New York, launched on 24 May 1919, sponsored by Mrs... (Also SS-61) (SF-4) V-1 (SF-5) V-2 (SF-6) V-3 (SF-7) V-4 (SM-1) Argonaut (SS-1) Holland USS Holland (SS-1) USS Holland was the United States Navy's first commissioned submarine, named for her Irish-American inventor, John Philip Holland, although not the first submarine of the US Navy, which was the 1862... (SS-2) Plunger/A-1 USS Plunger (SS-2) USS Plunger SS-2 was one of the earliest submarines of the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the her class and was later renamed A-1 when she was designated an A-type submarine.-Early service:... (SS-3) Adder/A-2 USS Adder (SS-3) USS Adder , a Plunger-class submarine, was one of the earliest submarines used by the United States Navy. She was laid down on 3 October 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard, launched on 22 July 1901, and commissioned on 12 January 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk, Ensign Frank L... (SS-4) Grampus/A-3 USS Grampus (SS-4) USS Grampus , a Plunger-class submarine later named A-3, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for two members of the dolphin family : Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin, and Orcinus orca, also known as the killer whale.Her keel was laid down on 10 December 1900 at... (SS-5) Moccasin/A-4 USS Moccasin (SS-5) The second USS Moccasin was a that was later renamed A-4.She was laid down under the direction of Arthur Leopold Busch on 8 November 1900 in Elizabeth, New Jersey at the Crescent Shipyard, launched on 20 August 1901, and commissioned on 17 January 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk, N.Y.... (SS-6) Pike/A-5 USS Pike (SS-6) The first USS Pike was a in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-5.She was laid down on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, California by Union Iron Works, launched on 14 January 1903, and commissioned on 28 May 1903 at the Mare Island Navy Yard with Lieutenant Arthur... (SS-7) Porpoise/A-6 USS Porpoise (SS-7) The third USS Porpoise was an early in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-6.She was laid down on 13 December 1900 in Elizabeth, New Jersey at the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of shipyard superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch... (SS-8) Shark/A-7 USS Shark (SS-8) The third USS Shark was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-7.Shark was laid down on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, New Jersey in the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of Crescent's superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch... (SS-9) Octopus/C-1 USS C-1 (SS-9) USS C-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy.C-1 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Octopus. Octopus was launched on 4 October 1906 sponsored by Miss F. Webster, and... (SS-10) Viper/B-1 USS B-1 (SS-10) USS B-1 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of New Suffolk, Long Island, as Viper, making her the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for... (SS-11) Cuttlefish/B-2 USS B-2 (SS-11) USS B-2 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of New Suffolk, L. I., as Cuttlefish, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the... (SS-12) Tarantula/B-3 USS B-3 (SS-12) USS B-3 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of then New Suffolk L. I., as Tarantula, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for... (SS-13) Stingray/C-2 USS C-2 (SS-13) USS C-2 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy.C-2 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts - under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company - as USS Stingray. She was launched on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Ms. Elizabeth Stevens, and commissioned on 23... (SS-14) Tarpon/C-3 USS C-3 (SS-14) USS C-3 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Tarpon. She was launched on 8 April 1909 as Tarpon sponsored by Miss Katherine E. Theiss, and... (SS-15) Bonita/C-4 USS C-4 (SS-15) USS C-4 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Bonita. She was launched on 17 June 1909 sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Townsend, and commissioned on 23... (SS-16) Snapper/C-5 USS C-5 (SS-16) USS C-5 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Snapper, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the snapper. Snapper was launched... (SS-17) Narwhal/D-1 USS D-1 (SS-17) USS D-1 was the lead ship of the D-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Narwhal, making her the first ship of the United States Navy... (SS-18) Grayling/D-2 USS D-2 (SS-18) USS D-2 was a D-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Grayling, making her the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the Arctic... (SS-19) Salmon/D-3 USS D-3 (SS-19) USS D-3 was a D-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Salmon, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the... (SS-19½) Seal/G-1 USS G-1 (SS-19½) USS G-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself.-Construction history:G-1 was... (SS-20) Carp/F-1 USS F-1 (SS-20) USS F-1 was an F-class submarine. She was named Carp when her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the carp. She was launched on 6 September 1911 sponsored by Ms. J. Tynan, renamed F-1 on 17 November... (SS-21) Barracuda/F-2 USS F-2 (SS-21) USS F-2 , an F-class submarine, was named Barracuda when her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California, but was renamed on 17 November 1911. She was launched on 19 March 1912 sponsored by Miss A. R. Rolph, daughter of James Rolph, the mayor of San Francisco, and... (SS-22) Pickerel/F-3 USS F-3 (SS-22) USS F-3 , was a F-class submarine. She was named Pickerel when her keel was laid down by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pickerel, a type of pike. She was renamed F-3 on 17 November 1911, launched on 6... (SS-23) F-4 USS F-4 (SS-23) USS F-4 was a F-class submarine. Her keel was laid down by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington. She was originally named Skate, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the skate. She was renamed F-4 on 17 November 1911. She was launched on 6 January 1912... (SS-24) E-1 USS E-1 (SS-24) USS E-1 was an E-class submarine of the United States Navy. Originally named Skipjack, the boat was launched on 27 May 1911 by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. D. R. Battles; renamed E-1 on 17 November 1911; and commissioned on 14 February 1912, Lieutenant Chester W... (SS-25) E-2 USS E-2 (SS-25) USS E-2 was an E-class submarine of the United States Navy. Originally named Sturgeon, the boat was launched on 15 June 1911 by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Ms. Margaret Nelson Little; renamed E-2 on 17 November 1911; and commissioned on 14 February 1912, Ensign C. N... (SS-26) G-4 USS G-4 (SS-26) USS G-4 was a G-class submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself.G-4 was named Thrasher when her keel was laid down on... (SS-27) G-2 USS G-2 (SS-27) USS G-2 was a G-class submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself... (SS-28) Seawolf/H-1 USS H-1 (SS-28) USS H-1 , the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy, was originally named Seawolf, making her the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the seawolf.... (SS-29) Nautilus/H-2 USS H-2 (SS-29) USS H-2 was a H-class submarine. She was originally named Nautilus, the third ship and first submarine of the United States Navy to bear the name, which was derived from a Greek word meaning "sailor" or "ship." The nautilus is also a tropical mollusk having a many-chambered, spiral shell with a... (SS-30) Garfish/H-3 USS H-3 (SS-30) USS H-3 was a H-class submarine originally named Garfish, the only ship of the United States Navy named for the garfish, a popular target for recreational anglers.... (SS-31) G-3 USS G-3 (SS-31) USS G-3 was a G-class submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself... (SS-32) K-1 USS K-1 (SS-32) USS K-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy.-Construction history:Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, as Haddock, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddock, a small edible... (SS-33) K-2 USS K-2 (SS-33) USS K-2 was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, as Cachalot, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cachalot, another name for the sperm whale, but on 17 November... (SS-34) K-3 USS K-3 (SS-34) USS K-3 was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, as Orca, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the orca, another name for the grampus or killer whale, but on 17 November 1911,... (SS-35) K-4 USS K-4 (SS-35) USS K-4 was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Moran Company in Seattle, Washington, as Walrus, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus, a gregarious, aquatic mammal related to the seal found in Arctic waters, but... (SS-36) K-5 USS K-5 (SS-36) USS K-5 was a K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 17 March 1914 sponsored by Mrs. Warren G. Child, and... (SS-37) K-6 USS K-6 (SS-37) USS K-6 was a K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 26 March 1914, sponsored by Mrs... (SS-38) K-7 USS K-7 (SS-38) USS K-7 was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works, on San Francisco, California, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 June 1914 sponsored by Mrs... (SS-39) K-8 USS K-8 (SS-39) USS K-8 was an K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 11 July 1914 sponsored by Mrs. John W... (SS-40) L-1 USS L-1 (SS-40) USS L-1 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 13 April 1914 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 20 January 1915 sponsored by Mrs. Freeland A. Daubin, and commissioned on 11 April 1916 with Lieutenant Freeland A... (SS-41) L-2 USS L-2 (SS-41) USS L-2 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 March 1914 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 11 February 1915 sponsored by Mrs. Russel Gray, and commissioned on 29 September 1916, Lieutenant Augustine H... (SS-42) L-3 USS L-3 (SS-42) USS L-3 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 18 April 1914 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 15 March 1915 sponsored by Mrs. Lew Morton Atkins, and commissioned on 22 April 1916 with Lieutenant D. J... (SS-43) L-4 USS L-4 (SS-43) USS L-4 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 23 March 1914 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 3 April 1915 sponsored by Mrs. Stephen A... (SS-44) L-5 USS L-5 (SS-44) USS L-5 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 1914 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut.... (SS-45) L-6 USS L-6 (SS-45) USS L-6 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 May 1914 by Craig Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California.... (SS-46) L-7 USS L-7 (SS-46) USS L-7 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 2 June 1914 by Craig Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California.... (SS-47) M-1 USS M-1 (SS-47) USS M-1 was a unique submarine of the United States Navy. M-1 was designed as a test bed for the newest technology in submarine construction and design. As well as being the world's first double-hulled design , her battery was of a new design and was to have solved some of the past flaws... (SS-48) L-8 USS L-8 (SS-48) USS L-8 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 24 February 1915 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.... (SS-49) L-9 USS L-9 (SS-49) USS L-9 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 2 November 1914 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 October 1915 sponsored by Miss Heather Pattison Baxter, and commissioned on 4 August 1916 with Lieutenant P. T... (SS-50) L-10 USS L-10 (SS-50) USS L-10 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 17 February 1915 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 16 March 1916 sponsored by Miss Catherine Rush, and commissioned on 2 August 1916 with Lieutenant J. C... (SS-51) L-11 USS L-11 (SS-51) USS L-11 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy.L-11 was laid down on 17 February 1915 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 16 May 1916 sponsored by Miss Mary Richards Latimer, and commissioned 15 August 1916, Lieutenant, junior grade W. R... (SS-52) AA-1/T-1 USS T-1 (SS-52) The first USS T-1 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-1 was also known as Schley and AA-1.... (Also SF-1) (SS-53) N-1 USS N-1 (SS-53) USS N-1 was the lead ship of her class of coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 26 July 1915 by Seattle Construction and Drydock Company in Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 30 December 1916 sponsored by Mrs. Guy E. Davis, and commissioned on 26... (SS-54) N-2 USS N-2 (SS-54) USS N-2 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 July 1915 by Seattle Construction and Drydock Company. She was launched on 16 January 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Whitford Drake, and commissioned on 26 September 1917 with Lieutenant Hugh C... (SS-55) N-3 USS N-3 (SS-55) USS N-3 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 31 July 1915 by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company. She was launched on 21 February 1917 sponsored by Miss Bertha Coontz, daughter of the commandant of Puget Sound Navy Yard ,and... (SS-56) N-4 USS N-4 (SS-56) USS N-4 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 24 March 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut... (SS-57) N-5 USS N-5 (SS-57) USS N-5 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 10 April 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut... (SS-58) N-6 USS N-6 (SS-58) USS N-6 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 April 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut... (SS-59) N-7 USS N-7 (SS-59) USS N-7 was an N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 20 April 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut... (SS-60) AA-2/T-2 USS T-2 (SS-60) USS T-2 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-2 was also known as AA-2.She was laid down as AA-2 on 31 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co... (Also SF-2) (SS-61) AA-3/T-3 USS T-3 (SS-61) USS T-3 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy originally named AA-3.She was laid down as AA-3 on 21 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co. of New York, launched on 24 May 1919, sponsored by Mrs... (Also SF-3) (SS-62) O-1 USS O-1 (SS-62) USS O-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine. Her keel was laid down on 26 March 1917 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 9 July 1918, and commissioned on 5 November 1918 with Lieutenant Commander Norman L... (SS-63) O-2 USS O-2 (SS-63) USS O-2 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 July 1917 by the Puget Sound Navy Yard. She was launched on 24 May 1918, and commissioned at Puget Sound on 19 October 1918 with Lieutenant Commander F. T. Chew in command.-Service history:During World War I,... (SS-64) O-3 USS O-3 (SS-64) USS O-3 , an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 2 December 1916 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 September 1917, and commissioned on 13 June 1918 with Lieutenant G. L... (SS-65) O-4 USS O-4 (SS-65) USS O-4 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 4 December 1916 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 20 October 1917, and commissioned on 29 May 1918 with Lieutenant Robert H... (SS-66) O-5 USS O-5 (SS-66) USS O-5 was an O-class submarine. Her keel was laid down on 8 December 1916 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 11 November 1917, and commissioned on 8 June 1918 with Lieutenant George A... (SS-67) O-6 USS O-6 (SS-67) USS O-6 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 December 1916 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 25 November 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Carrol Q. Wright, and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 12 June 1918... (SS-68) O-7 USS O-7 (SS-68) USS O-7 , an O-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 February 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 16 December 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Constance Sears, and commissioned on 4 July 1918 with Lieutenant Commander... (SS-69) O-8 USS O-8 (SS-69) USS O-8 , an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 February 1917 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 31 December 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Alice C. Burg, and commissioned on 11 July 1918 with Lieutenant Commander R.A... (SS-70) O-9 USS O-9 (SS-70) USS O-9 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 February 1917 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 January 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Frederick J. Sherman, and commissioned on 27 July 1918 with Lieutenant Oliver M.... (SS-71) O-10 USS O-10 (SS-71) USS O-10 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 February 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 21 February 1918 sponsored by Mrs. John E... (SS-72) O-11 USS O-11 (SS-72) USS O-11 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1916 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut.... (SS-73) O-12 USS O-12 (SS-73) USS O-12 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1916 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut.... (SS-74) O-13 USS O-13 (SS-74) USS O-13 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1916 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut.... (SS-75) O-14 USS O-14 (SS-75) USS O-14 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 July 1916 at California Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California.... (SS-76) O-15 USS O-15 (SS-76) USS O-15 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 21 September 1916 by California Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California.... (SS-77) O-16 USS O-16 (SS-77) USS O-16 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 7 October 1916 by California Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California.... (SS-78) R-1 USS R-1 (SS-78) USS R-1 was the lead ship of the R-class coastal and harbor defense submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 October 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 24 August 1918 sponsored by Mrs. George W... (SS-79) R-2 USS R-2 (SS-79) USS R-2 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 October 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 23 September 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Charles M... (SS-80) R-3 USS R-3 (SS-80) USS R-3 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 11 December 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 18 January 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Charles G... (SS-81) R-4 USS R-4 (SS-81) USS R-4 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 October 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 26 October 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Albert W. Stahl, and commissioned on 28 March... (SS-82) R-5 USS R-5 (SS-82) USS R-5 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 October 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 24 November 1918 sponsored by Miss Margaretta King, and commissioned on 15 April... (SS-83) R-6 USS R-6 (SS-83) USS R-6 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 17 December 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 1 March 1919 sponsored by Ms... (SS-84) R-7 USS R-7 (SS-84) USS R-7 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 December 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 5 April 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Ivan E. Bass, and commissioned on 12 June 1919 with... (SS-85) R-8 USS R-8 (SS-85) USS R-8 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 4 March 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 17 April 1919 sponsored by Ms. Penelope Potter, and commissioned on 21 July 1919 with... (SS-86) R-9 USS R-9 (SS-86) USS R-9 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 24 May 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Irving E... (SS-87) R-10 USS R-10 (SS-87) USS R-10 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 21 March 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched 28 June 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Philip C. Ransom, and commissioned on 20 August 1919,... (SS-88) R-11 USS R-11 (SS-88) USS R-11 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, on 18 March 1918. She was launched on 21 July 1919 sponsored by Miss Dorothy Batchelder, and commissioned on 5... (SS-89) R-12 USS R-12 (SS-89) USS R-12 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.-Construction:Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts on 28 March 1918. She was launched on 15 August 1919 sponsored by Miss Helen Mack, and commissioned at Boston,... (SS-90) R-13 USS R-13 (SS-90) USS R-13 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts on 27 March 1918. She was launched on 27 August 1919 sponsored by Miss Fanny B. Chandler, and commissioned on 17 October... (SS-91) R-14 USS R-14 (SS-91) USS R-14 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, in Quincy, Massachusetts on 6 November 1918. She was launched on 10 October 1919 sponsored by Ms. Florence L. Gardner and commissioned on 24... (SS-92) R-15 USS R-15 (SS-92) USS R-15 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, on 30 April 1917. She was launched on 12 October 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Thales S. Boyd, and commissioned on 27 July 1918 with... (SS-93) R-16 USS R-16 (SS-93) USS R-16 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, on 26 April 1917. She was launched on 15 December 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Edward R. Wilson, and commissioned on 5 August 1918 with... (SS-94) R-17 USS R-17 (SS-94) USS R-17 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, on 5 May 1917. She was launched on 24 December 1917 sponsored by Miss Bertha F. Dew, and commissioned on 17 August 1918 with... (SS-95) R-18 USS R-18 (SS-95) USS R-18 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 June 1917 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 8 January 1918 sponsored by Miss Marion S. Russell, and commissioned on 11 September 1918 with... (SS-96) R-19 USS R-19 (SS-96) USS R-19 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.-Construction and commissioning:R-19s keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California on 23 June 1917. She was launched on 28 January 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Robert L. Irvine, and... (SS-97) R-20 USS R-20 (SS-97) USS R-20 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 4 June 1917 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 21 January 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Arnold Foster, and commissioned on 26 October 1918 with... (SS-98) R-21 USS R-21 (SS-98) USS R-21 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore... (SS-99) R-22 USS R-22 (SS-99) USS R-22 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore... (SS-100) R-23 USS R-23 (SS-100) USS R-23 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 25 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore... (SS-101) R-24 USS R-24 (SS-101) USS R-24 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 9 May 1919 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore... (SS-102) R-25 USS R-25 (SS-102) USS R-25 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down 26 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore... (SS-103) R-26 USS R-26 (SS-103) USS R-26 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down 26 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore... (SS-104) R-27 USS R-27 (SS-104) USS R-27 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 May 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore... (SS-105) S-1 USS S-1 (SS-105) USS S-1 was the lead boat of the S-class of submarines of the United States Navy. The Navy had awarded contracts for the first three S-boats under the same general specifications but of different design types... (SS-106) S-2 USS S-2 (SS-106) USS S-2 was the prototype of the "Lake-type" S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 30 July 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 15 February 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Philip B. Brill, and commissioned on 25 May 1920,... (SS-107) S-3 USS S-3 (SS-107) USS S-3 was the prototype of the "Government-type" S-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 August 1917 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 21 December 1918 sponsored by Mrs. William L. Hill, and commissioned on 30 January 1919 with Commander John W... SS-108 cancelled (SS-109) S-4 USS S-4 (SS-109) USS S-4 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. In 1927, she was sunk by being accidentally rammed by a Coast Guard destroyer with the loss of all hands but was raised and restored to service until stricken in 1936.-Building:... (SS-110) S-5 USS S-5 (SS-110) USS S-5 was a "Government-type" S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 4 December 1917 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 10 November 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Glenn S. Burrell, and commissioned on 6 March 1920 with Lieutenant Commander... (SS-111) S-6 USS S-6 (SS-111) USS S-6 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 January 1918 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 23 December 1919 sponsored by Ms. Eleanor Westcott; and commissioned on 17 May 1920 with Lieutenant Commander George B... (SS-112) S-7 USS S-7 (SS-112) USS S-7 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 January 1918 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 5 February 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Henry L... (SS-113) S-8 USS S-8 (SS-113) USS S-8 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 9 November 1918 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 21 April 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Roy W. Ryden, and commissioned on 1 October 1920 with Lieutenant Commander Eric F... (SS-114) S-9 USS S-9 (SS-114) USS S-9 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 20 January 1919 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 17 June 1920 sponsored by Mrs. James E... (SS-115) S-10 USS S-10 (SS-115) USS S-10 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 11 September 1919 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 1 December 1920 sponsored by Miss Marian K. Payne, and commissioned on 21 September 1922 with Lieutenant Commander Carroll Q... (SS-116) S-11 USS S-11 (SS-116) USS S-11 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 2 December 1919 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 7 February 1921 sponsored by Miss Anna E. Roosevelt and commissioned on 11 January 1923 with Lieutenant Wilder D... (SS-117) S-12 USS S-12 (SS-117) USS S-12 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 8 January 1920 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 4 August 1921 sponsored by Mrs. Gordon Woodbury and commissioned on 30 April 1923 with Lieutenant Francis S... (SS-118) S-13 USS S-13 (SS-118) USS S-13 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 February 1920 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 October 1921 sponsored by Miss Mary Howe, and commissioned on 14 July 1923 with Lieutenant Wilder D... (SS-119) S-14 USS S-14 (SS-119) USS S-14 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 7 December 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 22 October 1919 sponsored by Mrs. George T. Parker, and commissioned on 11 February 1921 with... (SS-120) S-15 USS S-15 (SS-120) USS S-15 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 13 December 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 8 March 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Simon Lake, and commissioned on 15 January 1921 with Lieutenant... (SS-121) S-16 USS S-16 (SS-121) USS S-16 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 March 1918 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 23 December 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Archibald W. McNeil, and commissioned on 17 December 1920,... (SS-122) S-17 USS S-17 (SS-122) USS S-17 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 March 1918 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 22 May 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Raymond G. Thomas, and commissioned on 1 March 1921 with Lieutenant... (SS-123) S-18 USS S-18 (SS-123) USS S-18 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 29 April 1920 sponsored by Miss Virginia Bell Johnson, and commissioned on 3 April 1924 with... (SS-124) S-19 USS S-19 (SS-124) USS S-19 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1918 by the Electric Boat Company in New York City, on subcontract to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 21 June 1920 sponsored by Ms... (SS-125) S-20 USS S-20 (SS-125) USS S-20 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 9 June 1920 sponsored by Miss Anne Claggett Zell, and commissioned on 22 November 1922 with... (SS-126) S-21 USS S-21 (SS-126) USS S-21 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 December 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 18 August 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Baxter, and commissioned on 24 August 1921 with... (SS-127) S-22 USS S-22 (SS-127) USS S-22 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 January 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 15 July 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Mark C. Bowman, and commissioned on 23 June 1924 with... (SS-128) S-23 USS S-23 (SS-128) USS S-23 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 18 January 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 October 1920 sponsored by Miss Barbara Sears, and commissioned on 30 October 1923 with... (SS-129) S-24 USS S-24 (SS-129) USS S-24 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 1 November 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 June 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Herbert B. Loper, and commissioned on 24 August 1923 with... (SS-130) S-25 USS S-25 (SS-130) USS S-25 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy.S-25 was laid down on 26 October 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 29 May 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Ross P. Schlabach, and commissioned on 9 July 1923 with Lieutenant... (SS-131) S-26 USS S-26 (SS-131) USS S-26 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 7 November 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy, Massachusetts. She launched on 22 August 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Carlos Bean, and commissioned on 15 October 1923 with Lieutenant Edmund W... (SS-132) S-27 USS S-27 (SS-132) USS S-27 was a S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her construction was authorized in March 1917, and her keel was laid down on 11 April 1919 by the Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 18 October 1922 sponsored by Mrs... (SS-133) S-28 USS S-28 (SS-133) USS S-28 was a S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 April 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 20 September 1922, sponsored by Mrs. William R. Monroe, and commissioned on 13 December 1923, Lieutenant Kemp C... (SS-134) S-29 USS S-29 (SS-134) USS S-29 , was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 17 April 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 9 November 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Ronan C. Grady, and commissioned on 22 May 1924 with... (SS-135) S-30 USS S-30 (SS-135) USS S-30 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy during World War II.S-30 was laid down on 1 April 1918 by the Union Iron Works at San Francisco, California. She was launched on 21 November 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Edward S. Stalnaker, and commissioned on 29 October 1920 with Lieutenant... (SS-136) S-31 USS S-31 (SS-136) USS S-31 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 13 April 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 28 December 1918 sponsored by Mrs. George A. Walker, and commissioned on 11 May 1922 with Lieutenant William A... (SS-137) S-32 USS S-32 (SS-137) USS S-32 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy.S-32 was laid down on 12 April 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 11 January 1919 sponsored by Miss Margaret Tynan, and commissioned on 15 June 1922 with Lieutenant Edward E... (SS-138) S-33 USS S-33 (SS-138) USS S-33 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 June 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 5 December 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas M. Searles, and commissioned on 18 April 1922 with Lieutenant George P... (SS-139) S-34 USS S-34 (SS-139) USS S-34 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy.S-34 was laid down on 28 May 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 13 February 1919 sponsored by Miss Florence Hellman, and commissioned on 12 July 1922 with Lieutenant Elroy L... (SS-140) S-35 USS S-35 (SS-140) USS S-35 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 June 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 27 February 1919 sponsored by Miss Louise C. Bailey, and commissioned on 17 August 1922 with Lieutenant... (SS-141) S-36 USS S-36 (SS-141) USS S-36 was a S-class submarine in the United States Navy.Her keel was laid down on 10 December 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of San Francisco, California. She was launched on 3 June 1919 sponsored by Miss Helen Russell, and commissioned on 4 April 1923 with Lieutenant Leon C... (SS-142) S-37 USS S-37 (SS-142) USS S-37 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 12 December 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 20 June 1919 sponsored by Miss Mildred Bulger, and commissioned on 16 July 1923 with Lieutenant Paul R... (SS-143) S-38 USS S-38 (SS-143) USS S-38 was a S-class submarine of the United States Navy.Her keel was laid down on 15 January 1919 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 17 June 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Grace M. Collins, and commissioned on 11 May 1923 with Lieutenant Clifford H... (SS-144) S-39 USS S-39 (SS-144) USS S-39 was a United States NavyS-class submarine that saw combat in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. She was accidentally run aground on her fifth war time patrol and was subsequently abandoned.... (SS-145) S-40 USS S-40 (SS-145) USS S-40 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 5 March 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 5 January 1921 sponsored by Mrs. John H. Rosseter, and commissioned on 20 November 1923 with... (SS-146) S-41 USS S-41 (SS-146) USS S-41 , a, was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 17 April 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 21 February 1921 sponsored by Mrs. John F. Conners, and commissioned on 15 January 1924... (SS-147) H-4 USS H-4 (SS-147) The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915. Eleven were delivered, and served as the American Holland class submarines, but shipment of the final six was held up pending the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the boats were stored in... (SS-148) H-5 USS H-5 (SS-148) The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915. Eleven were delivered, and served as the American Holland class submarines, but shipment of the final six was held up pending the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the boats were stored in... (SS-149) H-6 USS H-6 (SS-149) USS H-6 was an H-class submarine that served in the United States Navy from 1918-1931.The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915... (SS-150) H-7 USS H-7 (SS-150) USS H-7 was an H-class submarine that served in active duty with the United States Navy from 1918-1922.The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915... (SS-151) H-8 USS H-8 (SS-151) USS H-8 was an H-class submarine that was on active duty with the United States Navy from 1918-1922.The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915... (SS-152) H-9 USS H-9 (SS-152) USS H-9 was an H-class submarine that was on active duty with the United States Navy from 1918-1922.The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915... (SS-153) S-42 USS S-42 (SS-153) USS S-42 was the first member in the third group of S-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 December 1920 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 30 April 1923 sponsored by Mrs. Henry A... (SS-154) S-43 USS S-43 (SS-154) USS S-43 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 13 December 1920 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 31 March 1923 sponsored by Mrs. John H. Brown, and commissioned on 31 December 1924 with... (SS-155) S-44 USS S-44 (SS-155) USS S-44 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy.Her keel was laid down on 19 February 1921 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 October 1923 sponsored by Mrs. H.E. Grieshaber, and was commissioned on 16 February 1925... (SS-156) S-45 USS S-45 (SS-156) USS S-45 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 December 1920 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 26 June 1923 sponsored by Mrs. Charles Hibbard, and delivered and commissioned on 31 March... (SS-157) S-46 USS S-46 (SS-157) USS S-46 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 23 February 1921 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 11 September 1923 sponsored by Miss Grace Roosevelt, and commissioned on 5 June 1925,... (SS-158) S-47 USS S-47 (SS-158) USS S-47 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 26 February 1921 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 5 January 1924 sponsored by Mrs. Morris D... (SS-159) S-48 USS S-48 (SS-159) thumb\|right\|300px\|USS S-48, stern resting on the bottom after sinking near Bridgeport CtUSS S-48 was the first submarine in the fourth group of S-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 22 October 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She... (SS-160) S-49 USS S-49 (SS-160) USS S-49 was a fourth-group S-class submarine submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 22 October 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 23 April 1921 sponsored by Mrs. Joseph E. Austin, and commissioned on 6 June 1922 with... (SS-161) S-50 USS S-50 (SS-161) USS S-50 was a fourth-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 March 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 18 June 1921 sponsored by Mrs. William G. Esmond, and commissioned on 20 May 1922 with Lieutenant J. A... (SS-162) S-51 USS S-51 (SS-162) USS S-51 was a fourth-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy.Her keel was laid down on 22 December 1919 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 August 1921 sponsored by Mrs. R.J. Mills, and commissioned on 24 June 1922 with Lieutenant W. S... (SS-163) Barracuda USS Barracuda (SS-163) USS Barracuda , lead ship of her class and first of the "V-boats," was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda .- Construction :... (SS-164) Bass USS Bass (SS-164) USS Bass , a Barracuda-class submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bass. Her keel was laid at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched as V-2 on 27 December 1924 sponsored by Mrs. Douglas E... (SS-165) Bonita USS Bonita (SS-165) USS Bonita , a Barracuda-class submarine and one of the "V-boats," was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bonito.... (SS-166) Argonaut (never formally held this classification) (SS-167) Narwhal USS Narwhal (SS-167) USS Narwhal , the lead ship of her class of submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal. She was named V-5 when her keel was laid down on 10 May 1927 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.V-5 was launched on 17 December 1929... (SS-168) Nautilus USS Nautilus (SS-168) USS Nautilus , a and one of the "V-boats", was the third ship of the United States Navy to officially bear that popular ship's name. She was originally named and designated V-6 , but was redesignated and given hull classification symbol SC-2 on 11 February 1925... (SS-169) Dolphin USS Dolphin (SS-169) USS Dolphin , a submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for that aquatic mammal. She also bore the name V-7 and the classifications SF-10 and SSC-3 prior to her commissioning. She was launched on 6 March 1932 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard,... (SS-170) Cachalot USS Cachalot (SS-170) USS Cachalot , the lead ship of her class and one of the "V-boats", was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sperm whale. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 19 October 1933 as V-8 sponsored by Miss K. D... (SS-171) Cuttlefish USS Cuttlefish (SS-171) USS Cuttlefish , a Cachalot-class submarine and one of the "V-boats," was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cuttlefish. Her keel was laid down by Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 21 November 1933 sponsored by Mrs. B. S. Bullard, and... (SS-172) Porpoise USS Porpoise (SS-172) USS Porpoise , the fifth United States Navy ship to bear her name, was the lead ship of her class of submarines.She was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine on 27 October 1933; launched on 20 June 1935, sponsored by Miss Eva Croft; and commissioned on 15 August 1935,... (SS-173) Pike USS Pike (SS-173) USS Pike was laid down on 20 December 1933 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, Maine; launched on 12 September 1935; sponsored by Miss Jane Logan Snyder; and commissioned on 2 December 1935, Lieutenant Heber H. "Tex" McLean in command. Pike was the first all-welded submarine... (SS-174) Shark USS Shark (SS-174) was a Porpoise-class submarine, the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 October 1933... (SS-175) Tarpon USS Tarpon (SS-175) USS Tarpon , second ship of this name, was laid down on 22 December 1933 at Groton, Connecticut, by the Electric Boat Corporation; launched on 4 September 1935; sponsored by Miss Eleanore Katherine Roosevelt, daughter of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt; and commissioned on 12... (SS-176) Perch USS Perch (SS-176) USS Perch was a Porpoise-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship to be named for the perch.Her keel was laid down on 25 February 1935 by the Electric Boat Company, in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 9 May 1936 , and commissioned on 19 November 1936, Lieutenant... (SS-177) Pickerel USS Pickerel (SS-177) USS Pickerel , a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pickerel, a young or small pike.... (SS-178) Permit USS Permit (SS-178) USS Permit , a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the permit.Her keel was laid on 6 June 1935 by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut; launched on 5 October 1936 sponsored by Mrs. Harold G. Bowen, and commissioned on 17 March 1937,... (SS-179) Plunger USS Plunger (SS-179) , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named plunger after a diver or a daring gambler. Unlike most American submarines of the day, she was not named for a fish or other sea-dwelling creature.... (SS-180) Pollack USS Pollack (SS-180) USS Pollack , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.... (SS-181) Pompano USS Pompano (SS-181) USS Pompano , a United States Porpoise-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pompano.... (SS-182) Salmon USS Salmon (SS-182) USS Salmon was the lead ship of her class of submarine. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft-finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning.Her keel was laid down... (SS-183) Seal USS Seal (SS-183) USS Seal , a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seal, a sea mammal valued for its skin and oil. Her keel was laid down on 25 May 1936 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 25 April 1937 at the Naval Submarine... (SS-184) Skipjack USS Skipjack (SS-184) USS Skipjack , a Salmon-class submarine, wasthe second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the fish. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 22 July 1936... (SS-185) Snapper USS Snapper (SS-185) USS Snapper , a Salmon-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy of the name and the second to be named for the snapper, any of numerous carnivorous, bass-like fishes, esteemed as food and as game fishes. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 23 July 1936. She... (SS-186) Stingray USS Stingray (SS-186) USS Stingray , a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the stingray, which is a large ray with a whiplike tail and sharp spines capable of inflicting severe wounds. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 1 October 1936. She was launched... (SS-187) Sturgeon USS Sturgeon (SS-187) USS Sturgeon , a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon.Her keel was laid down on October 27, 1936 by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on March 15, 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Charles S. Freeman; and commissioned on June 25, 1938... (SS-188) Sargo USS Sargo (SS-188) USS Sargo , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sargo.Her keel was laid on 12 May 1937 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 6 June 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Chester W. Nimitz , and commissioned on... (SS-189) Saury USS Saury (SS-189) USS Saury , a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the saury, a long-beaked relative of the flying fish found in the temperate zones of the Atlantic.... (SS-190) Spearfish USS Spearfish (SS-190) USS Spearfish , a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spearfish, any of several large, powerful, pelagic fishes of the genus Tetrapturus allied to the marlins and sailfishes.... (SS-191) Sculpin USS Sculpin (SS-191) USS Sculpin , a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin.Her keel was laid down on 7 September 1937 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 27 July 1938 sponsored by Mrs. J.R. Defrees, and commissioned on 16 January... (SS-192) Squalus/Sailfish USS Sailfish (SS-192) USS Sailfish , a , was originally named Squalus.Her keel was laid on 18 October 1937 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, as Squalus, the only ship of the United States Navy named for the squalus. She was launched on 14 September 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas C... (SS-193) Swordfish USS Swordfish (SS-193) USS Swordfish , a Sargo-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin... (SS-194) Seadragon USS Seadragon (SS-194) USS Seadragon , a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seadragon.Her keel was laid on 18 April 1938 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was christened and launched on 21 April 1939, sponsored by Mrs. J.O... (SS-195) Sealion USS Sealion (SS-195) USS Sealion , a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea lion, any of several large, eared seals native to the Pacific.... (SS-196) Searaven USS Searaven (SS-196) USS Searaven , a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea raven, a sculpin of the northern Atlantic coast of America.... (SS-197) Seawolf USS Seawolf (SS-197) USS Seawolf , a Sargo-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf.Her keel was laid down on 27 September 1938 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 15 August 1939 sponsored by Mrs. Edward C. Kalbfus and commissioned on 1... (SS-198) Tambor USS Tambor (SS-198) USS Tambor , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tambor.Her keel was laid down on 16 January 1939 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 December 1939 sponsored by Miss Lucia Ellis, and... (SS-199) Tautog USS Tautog (SS-199) ', a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tautog, a small edible sport fish, which is also called a blackfish.... (SS-200) Thresher USS Thresher (SS-200) ', a Tambor-class submarine, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for the thresher shark. Her keel was laid down 27 May 1939 at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 27 March 1940 sponsored by Mrs. Claude A... (SS-201) Triton USS Triton (SS-201) USS Triton , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first submarine and third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Triton. Her keel was down on 5 July 1939 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 25 March 1940 sponsored by Mrs. Ernest J. King, wife of Rear Admiral King, and... (SS-202) Trout USS Trout (SS-202) USS Trout was a United States Navy Tambor-class submarine, serving in the Pacific from 1941 to 1944. She received 11 battle stars for World War II service and three Presidential Unit Citations, for her second, third, and fifth patrols... (SS-203) Tuna USS Tuna (SS-203) USS Tuna was a United States Navy Tambor-class submarine, serving in the Pacific during World War II and earning seven battle stars for her service. After the war, she participated in the Bikini Atoll atomic testing in 1946.-Origins:... (SS-204) Mackerel USS Mackerel (SS-204) USS Mackerel , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for the mackerel, a common food and sport fish.... (SS-205) Marlin USS Marlin (SS-205) USS Marlin , a Mackerel-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the marlin, a large game fish.... (SS-206) Gar USS Gar (SS-206) USS Gar , a Tambor-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gar, a fish of the Lepisosteidae family.... (SS-207) Grampus USS Grampus (SS-207) USS Grampus , a Tambor-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for a member of the dolphin family : Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin.... (SS-208) Grayback USS Grayback (SS-208) USS Grayback , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lake herring.Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 31 January 1941 sponsored by Mrs... (SS-209) Grayling USS Grayling (SS-209) USS Grayling , a Tambor-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout.... (SS-210) Grenadier USS Grenadier (SS-210) USS Grenadier , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier fish, relatives of cod that are very common in bathyal and abyssal habitats.... (SS-211) Gudgeon USS Gudgeon (SS-211) USS Gudgeon , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gudgeon). Her keel was laid down by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on 25 January 1941, sponsored by Mrs. William S. Pye, and commissioned on 21 April 1941 with Lieutenant Commander... (SS-212) Gato USS Gato (SS-212) USS Gato was the lead ship of her class of submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the gato, a species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico.... (SS-213) Greenling USS Greenling (SS-213) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the greenling, an elongate, fine-scaled fish found from Kamchatka to California.... (SS-214) Grouper USS Grouper (SS-214) USS Grouper , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grouper, a salt-water fish noted as a gamefish and for its food values.... (SS-215) Growler USS Growler (SS-215) , a Gato-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler, a large-mouth black bass. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2 November 1941 , and commissioned on 20 March 1942 with Lieutenant Commander... (SS-216) Grunion USS Grunion (SS-216) was a Gato-class submarine that was sunk at Kiska, Alaska, during World War II. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grunion, a small fish of the silversides family, indigenous to the western American coast.... (SS-217) Guardfish USS Guardfish (SS-217) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guardfish, a voracious green and silvery fish with elongated pike-like body and long narrow jaws.... (SS-218) Albacore USS Albacore (SS-218) was a Gato-class submarine which served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, winning four Presidential Unit Citations and nine battle stars for her service... (SS-219) Amberjack USS Amberjack (SS-219) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship named for the amberjack, a vigorous sport fish found in the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil.... (SS-220) Barb USS Barb (SS-220) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barbus.Her keel was laid down on 7 June 1941 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2 April 1942 , and commissioned on 8 July 1942, Lieutenant Commander John R... (SS-221) Blackfish USS Blackfish (SS-221) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the blackfish, any one of several small, toothed whales.... (SS-222) Bluefish USS Bluefish (SS-222) , a Gato-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish, a fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States.... (SS-223) Bonefish USS Bonefish (SS-223) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the bonefish, which is a name for the ladyfish, dogfish, and sturgeon.- Operational history :... (SS-224) Cod (SS-225) Cero USS Cero (SS-225) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cero mackerel, a large food and game fish of the mackerel family, found chiefly in the West Indies.... (SS-226) Corvina USS Corvina (SS-226) , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the corvina, any of various important food fishes related to the weakfish and the croaker of the Atlantic coast.... (SS-227) Darter USS Darter (SS-227) USS Darter , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter.Her keel was laid down on 20 October 1942 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 6 June 1943 , and commissioned on 7 September 1943, Commander William S.... (SS-228) Drum USS Drum (SS-228) USS Drum is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named after the drum, any of various types of fish capable of making a drumming sound. Drum is presently on display as a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama, at Battleship Memorial Park.Drum was laid down on 11 September... (SS-229) Flying Fish USS Flying Fish (SS-229) USS Flying Fish , a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish, a family of fishes of tropic and warm temperate seas whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.The keel of... (SS-230) Finback USS Finback (SS-230) , a Gato-class submarine was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback, the common whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States.... (SS-231) Haddock USS Haddock (SS-231) , a Gato-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the haddock, a small edible Atlantic fish, related to the cod... (SS-232) Halibut USS Halibut (SS-232) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the halibut, a large species of flatfish found on both sides of the Atlantic. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard of Kittery, Maine on 16 May 1941. She was launched on 3 December 1941 , and... (SS-233) Herring USS Herring (SS-233) , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the herring, a type of small oily fish found in the temperate, shallow waters of the North Atlantic.... (SS-234) Kingfish USS Kingfish (SS-234) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the kingfish, a fish found along the Atlantic coast of the United States.... (SS-235) Shad USS Shad (SS-235) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine and second vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the shad, a fish of the herring family, common along coasts of the United States.... (SS-236) Silversides USS Silversides (SS-236) USS Silversides is a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body.... (SS-237) Trigger USS Trigger (SS-237) was a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish, any of numerous deep-bodied fishes of warm seas having an anterior dorsal fin with two or three stout erectile spines.... (SS-238) Wahoo USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo, a dark blue food fish of Florida and the West Indies.... (SS-239) Whale USS Whale (SS-239) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the whale, an extremely large, aquatic mammal that is fishlike in form.... (SS-240) Angler USS Angler (SS-240) , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the anglerfish.Her keel was laid down on 9 November 1942 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 4 July 1943 , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy... (SS-241) Bashaw USS Bashaw (SS-241) USS Bashaw , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bashaw, a catfish.... (SS-242) Bluegill USS Bluegill (SS-242) , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluegill, a freshwater sunfish of the Mississippi River basin and Great Lakes.... (SS-243) Bream USS Bream (SS-243) USS Bream , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bream.Bream was laid down on 5 February 1943 by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.. She was launched on 17 October 1943 USS Bream (SS/SSK/AGSS-243), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of... (SS-244) Cavalla USS Cavalla (SS-244) USS Cavalla , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for a salt water fish, best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku, a veteran of the Pearl Harbor attack.... (SS-245) Cobia USS Cobia (SS-245) USS Cobia is a , formerly of the United States Navy, named for the cobia, a food fish found in warm waters.Cobia was laid down on 17 March 1943 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. She was launched on 28 November 1943 , and commissioned on 29 March 1944, Lieutenant Commander Albert L... (SS-246) Croaker USS Croaker (SS-246) USS Croaker , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes which make throbbing or drumming noises.... (SS-247) Dace USS Dace (SS-247) , a Gato class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family.... (SS-248) Dorado USS Dorado (SS-248) USS Dorado , a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado, also known as the dolphinfish or mahi-mahi.... (SS-249) Flasher USS Flasher (SS-249) USS Flasher was a Gato-class submarine which served in the Pacific during World War II. She received three Presidential Unit Citations and six battle stars, and sank 21 ships for a total of 100,231 tons of Japanese shipping.... (SS-250) Flier USS Flier (SS-250) , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flier, a round sunfish widely known in the United States.... (SS-251) Flounder USS Flounder (SS-251) , a Gato class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flounder, a valuable food fish, many varieties of which are found in great schools along the Atlantic coast north of Cape Cod.... (SS-252) Gabilan USS Gabilan (SS-252) , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gabilan, an eagle-ray fish of the Gulf of California.... (SS-253) Gunnel USS Gunnel (SS-253) , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gunnel, a blennoid fish of the north Atlantic ranging south as far as Cape Cod.... (SS-254) Gurnard USS Gurnard (SS-254) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gurnard, a trigloid fish having three free pectoral rays, a food fish of the genus Trigla. The striped gurnard inhabits the South Atlantic.... (SS-255) Haddo USS Haddo (SS-255) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddo, a pink salmon fish prevalent on the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada.... (SS-256) Hake USS Hake (SS-256) USS Hake , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hake, a kind of fish.Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut. She was launched 17 July 1942 , and commissioned 30 October 1942, Lieutenant Commander J. C... (SS-257) Harder USS Harder (SS-257) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa. One of the most famous submarines of World War II, she received the Presidential Unit Citation. Her skipper, the resolute and resourceful Commander ... (SS-258) Hoe USS Hoe (SS-258) , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hoe, one of various sharks, especially the dogfish.Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut on 2 January 1942. She was launched 17 September 1942 , and commissioned 16 December 1942,... (SS-259) Jack USS Jack (SS-259) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the jack .... (SS-260) Lapon USS Lapon (SS-260) , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast of the United States of America.... (SS-261) Mingo USS Mingo (SS-261) — a Gato-class submarine — was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the mingo snapper, a fish of the Caribbean with rough leathery skin. A Civil War ship had also been named Mingo, after an Iroquois term of reproach.... (SS-262) Muskallunge USS Muskallunge (SS-262) , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the muskallunge, a fish of the pike family found in the upper Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes region, and northward.... (SS-263) Paddle USS Paddle (SS-263) USS Paddle , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the paddle, a large ganoid fish of the Mississippi and its larger tributaries.... (SS-264) Pargo USS Pargo (SS-264) USS Pargo , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pargo, a fish of the genus Lutjanus found in the West Indies.... (SS-265) Peto USS Peto (SS-265) USS Peto , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the peto, a sharp-nosed tropical fish of the mackerel family.... (SS-266) Pogy USS Pogy (SS-266) USS Pogy , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pogy, or menhaden.The first Pogy was laid down 15 September 1941 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisc., launched 23 June 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Julius A. Furer; and commissioned 10... (SS-267) Pompon USS Pompon (SS-267) USS Pompon , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pompon, an American fish of the Anisot family.... (SS-268) Puffer USS Puffer (SS-268) USS Puffer , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the puffer, a fish which inflates its body with air.... (SS-269) Rasher USS Rasher (SS-269) USS Rasher , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the rasher, a vermilion-colored rockfish or scorpionfish found along the California coast.... (SS-270) Raton USS Raton (SS-270) USS Raton , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the raton, a polynemoid fish inhabiting semitropical waters off the Pacific coast of America.... (SS-271) Ray USS Ray (SS-271) USS Ray , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ray, a fish characterized by a flat body, large pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail.... (SS-272) Redfin USS Redfin (SS-272) USS Redfin , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the redfin, any of several North American fishes with reddish fins.... (SS-273) Robalo USS Robalo (SS-273) USS Robalo , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the róbalo or common snook. Her keel was laid down on 24 October 1942 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was launched on 9 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. E.S... (SS-274) Rock USS Rock (SS-274) USS Rock , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy to be named for the rock, a striped bass found in the Chesapeake Bay region and elsewhere along the Atlantic Coast.... (SS-275) Runner USS Runner (SS-275) USS Runner was a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the runner, an amberfish inhabiting subtropical waters, so called for its rapid leaps from the water.... (SS-276) Sawfish USS Sawfish (SS-276) USS Sawfish , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sawfish, a viviparous ray which has a long flat snout with a row of toothlike structures along each edge... (SS-277) Scamp USS Scamp (SS-277) USS Scamp , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the Serranidae family.... (SS-278) Scorpion USS Scorpion (SS-278) USS Scorpion — a Gato-class submarine — was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scorpion, an arachnid having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip.... (SS-279) Snook USS Snook (SS-279) USS Snook , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line.... (SS-280) Steelhead USS Steelhead (SS-280) USS Steelhead , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the steelhead, a North American trout found from California to Alaska.... (SS-281) Sunfish USS Sunfish (SS-281) USS Sunfish , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish, Mola Mola, a plectognath marine fish, having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins.... (SS-282) Tunny USS Tunny (SS-282) The USS Tunny was a Gato-class submarine which saw service in World War II and in the Vietnam War. Tunny received nine battle stars and two Presidential Unit Citations for her World War II service and five battle stars for her operations during the Vietnam War.Tunny was the first submarine of the... (SS-283) Tinosa USS Tinosa (SS-283) USS Tinosa , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tinosa, a poisonous, black, tropical fish.The first Tinosa was laid down on 21 February 1942 at Vallejo, California, by the Mare Island Navy Yard; launched on 7 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. William E. Molloy; and... (SS-284) Tullibee USS Tullibee (SS-284) USS Tullibee , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tullibee, a whitefish of central and northern North America. Her keel was laid down on April 1, 1942 at Mare Island, California, by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on November 11, 1942 sponsored by Mrs.... (SS-285) Balao USS Balao (SS-285) USS Balao , was the lead ship of the United States Navy's Balao-class submarines during World War II; Balao is the name of any of several halfbeak fish.... (SS-286) Billfish USS Billfish (SS-286) , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to bear the generic name for any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws. Her keel was laid down at Portsmouth Navy Yard on 23 July 1942. She was launched on 12 November 1942 sponsored by , a Balao-class... (SS-287) Bowfin USS Bowfin (SS-287) USS Bowfin , Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bowfin, a voracious, predatory fish native to the Great Lakes, the Mississippi valley, and nearby waters... (SS-288) Cabrilla USS Cabrilla (SS-288) USS Cabrilla , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cabrilla, an edible fish inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea and waters off the coast of California.... (SS-289) Capelin USS Capelin (SS-289) USS Capelin , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capelin, a small fish of the smelt family. Her keel was laid down by Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 January 1943 sponsored by Mrs. I.C. Bogart, and commissioned on 4 June 1943,... (SS-290) Cisco USS Cisco (SS-290) USS Cisco , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cisco, a whitefish of the Great Lakes. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 24 December 1942 sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Bennett, through her... (SS-291) Crevalle USS Crevalle (SS-291) USS Crevalle , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the crevalle, the yellow mackerel, a food fish, found on both coasts of tropical America, and in the Atlantic as far north as Cape Cod... (SS-292) Devilfish USS Devilfish (SS-292) USS Devilfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the devil fish, any of several gigantic, viviparous rays found in warm seas, the octopus or other large cephalopods.... (SS-293) Dragonet USS Dragonet (SS-293) USS Dragonet , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the dragonet, a family of fishes found in the warm seas of the world.... (SS-294) Escolar USS Escolar (SS-294) USS Escolar , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the escolar, a predatory fish of the open ocean related to the mackerels and tuna.... (SS-295) Hackleback USS Hackleback (SS-295) USS Hackleback , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named after the hackleback, a freshwater fish of the sturgeon family.... (SS-296) Lancetfish USS Lancetfish (SS-296) USS Lancetfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lancetfish , a large voracious, deep sea fish having long lancetlike teeth and a high long dorsal fin.... (SS-297) Ling USS Ling (SS-297) USS Ling is a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the ling fish, also known as the cobia.-History:... (SS-298) Lionfish USS Lionfish (SS-298) USS Lionfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the lionfish, a scorpaenid fish found in the West Indies and the tropical Pacific.... (SS-299) Manta USS Manta (SS-299) USS Manta , a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the manta, a very large ray, sometimes called a devilfish.... (SS-300) Moray USS Moray (SS-300) USS Moray , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the moray, a family of large eels found in crevices of coral reefs in tropical and subtropical oceans.... (SS-301) Roncador USS Roncador (SS-301) USS Roncador , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the roncador, a fish, of the family Sciaenidae, found on the West Coast of North America.... (SS-302) Sabalo USS Sabalo (SS-302) USS Sabalo , a , was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named sabalo, another name for the tarpon, a large, silvery game fish of the herring group, found in the warmer parts of the Western Atlantic.... (SS-303) Sablefish USS Sablefish (SS-303) USS Sablefish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sablefish, a large, dark fish found along North America's Pacific coast from California to Alaska.... (SS-304) Seahorse USS Seahorse (SS-304) USS Seahorse , a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and the fore part of its body suggest the head and neck of a horse.... (SS-305) Skate USS Skate (SS-305) USS Skate was a United States Navy Balao-class submarine named for the skate, a type of ray.Skate was laid down at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard of Vallejo, California, 1 August 1942. She was launched on 4 March 1943, sponsored by Mrs. George P. Shamer and commissioned on 15 April with Commander... (SS-306) Tang USS Tang (SS-306) USS Tang was a Balao-class submarine of World War II. She was built and launched in 1943.In her short career, the Tang sank 33 ships displacing 116,454 tons Her commanding officer received the Medal of Honor for her last two engagements... (SS-307) Tilefish USS Tilefish (SS-307) USS Tilefish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tilefish, a large, yellow-spotted deepwater food fish.... (SS-308) Apogon USS Apogon (SS-308) USS Apogon , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the apogon, a group of large-headed salt water fishes with oblong compressed bodies found in tropical or subtropical waters... (SS-309) Aspro USS Aspro (SS-309) USS Aspro , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the aspro, a fish found abundantly in the upper Rhône River. According to legend, the aspro comes to the surface only in bad weather, when other fishes take refuge near the bottom... (SS-310) Batfish USS Batfish (SS-310) USS Batfish , is a Balao-class submarine, the first vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the batfish, a small pediculate fish resembling the stingray.-Construction and commissioning:... (SS-311) Archerfish USS Archerfish (SS-311) USS Archer-Fish was a Balao-class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish, a family of fish notable for its ability to project a powerful spout of water at its insect prey... (SS-312) Burrfish USS Burrfish (SS-312) USS Burrfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the burrfish, a swellfish of the Atlantic coast.... (SS-313) Perch USS Perch (SS-313) USS Perch , a Balao-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the perch, a rather small European fresh-water spiny-finned fish.... (SS-314) Shark USS Shark (SS-314) , a Balao-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large marine predator.- History :Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 28 January 1943. She was launched on 17 October 1943 , a Balao-class submarine, was... (SS-315) Sealion USS Sealion (SS-315) USS Sealion , a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea lion, any of several large, eared seals native to the Pacific.... (SS-316) Barbel USS Barbel (SS-316) USS Barbel , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barbel, a cyprinoid fish, commonly called a minnow or carp.... (SS-317) Barbero USS Barbero (SS-317) USS Barbero was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for a family of fishes commonly called surgeon fish.... (SS-318) Baya USS Baya (SS-318) USS Baya , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the baya, a serranoid food-fish.Baya was launched on 2 January 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. C. C. Kirkpatrick, wife of Lieutenant Commander Kirkpatrick; and commissioned on 20 May 1944,... (SS-319) Becuna USS Becuna (SS-319) USS Becuna , a Balao-class submarine, is a former ship of the United States Navy named for the becuna, a pike-like fish of Europe.-World War II:... (SS-320) Bergall USS Bergall (SS-320) USS Bergall , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bergall, a small fish of the New England coast. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut... (SS-321) Besugo USS Besugo (SS-321) USS Besugo , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the besugo, a fish of the porgie family.... (SS-322) Blackfin USS Blackfin (SS-322) USS Blackfin , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blackfin, a food fish of the Great Lakes.... (SS-323) Caiman USS Caiman (SS-323) USS Caiman , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the caiman, a fresh water alligator inhabiting the Amazon River area.... (SS-324) Blenny USS Blenny (SS-324) USS Blenny , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blenny, a fish found along the rocky shores of the Atlantic Ocean.... (SS-325) Blower USS Blower (SS-325) USS Blower , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blower, a fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States and the West Indies.... (SS-326) Blueback USS Blueback (SS-326) USS Blueback , a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for a type of salmon. Her keel was laid down on 29 July 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 7 May 1944 sponsored by Mrs... (SS-327) Boarfish USS Boarfish (SS-327) USS Boarfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the boarfish, a fish having a projecting hog-like snout.... (SS-328) Charr USS Charr (SS-328) USS Charr , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the charr, a trout of the waters of northwestern North America.... (SS-329) Chub USS Chub (SS-329) USS Chub , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the chub, a game fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The name is also given locally to a wide variety of American fishes... (SS-330) Brill USS Brill (SS-330) USS Brill , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the brill, a European flat-fish.-USS Brill:... (SS-331) Bugara USS Bugara (SS-331) USS Bugara , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bugara, a multicolored fish found along the coast of California.... (SS-332) Bullhead USS Bullhead (SS-332) USS Bullhead , a Balao-class submarine, was the very last US Navy ship sunk by enemy action during World War II, probably on the same day that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bullhead... (SS-333) Bumper USS Bumper (SS-333) USS Bumper , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bumper, a fish of the West Indian Ocean.... (SS-334) Cabezon USS Cabezon (SS-334) USS Cabezon was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the cabezon, a saltwater fish of sculpin family inhabiting the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans .... (SS-335) Dentuda USS Dentuda (SS-335) USS Dentuda , originally named Capidoli, was renamed Dentuda on 24 September 1942, launched on 10 September 1944 by Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut; sponsored by Mrs. T. W. Hogan, wife of Commander Hogan; and commissioned on 30 December 1944, Commander John S. McCain, Jr., in command... (SS-336) Capitaine USS Capitaine (SS-336) USS Capitaine , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the capitaine, a brilliantly colored fish inhabiting waters of the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Panama.... (SS-337) Carbonero USS Carbonero (SS-337) USS Carbonero was a Balao-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the carbonero, a salt-water fish found in the West Indies. Her keel was laid down on 16 December 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 19 October 1944... (SS-338) Carp USS Carp (SS-338) USS Carp , a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the carp, a fresh water fish inhabiting the waters of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America.... (SS-339) Catfish USS Catfish (SS-339) USS Catfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the catfish.Catfish was launched 19 November 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. J. J. Crowley; and commissioned 19 March 1945, Lieutenant Commander W. A... (SS-340) Entemedor USS Entemedor (SS-340) USS Entemedor , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the entemedor, a fish of the electric ray family found in shallow waters from Baja California to Panama.... (SS-341) Chivo USS Chivo (SS-341) USS Chivo , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the "chivo"" or big-scaled goatfish Pseudopenaeus grandisquamis, a fish inhabiting the Pacific Ocean between Panama and Mexico.... (SS-342) Chopper USS Chopper (SS-342) USS Chopper , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the chopper, a fish common in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 4 February 1945 sponsored by Mrs. G. S... (SS-343) Clamagore USS Clamagore (SS-343) USS Clamagore was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, built in 1945 and still in training when World War II ended. It was named for the clamagore or blue parrotfish Scarus coeruleus found in the West Indies and along the Atlantic coast as far north as Maryland.Clamagore was built... (SS-344) Cobbler USS Cobbler (SS-344) USS Cobbler , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cobbler, the killifish of New South Wales.... (SS-345) Cochino USS Cochino (SS-345) USS Cochino , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cochino, a triggerfish found in the Atlantic. Her keel was laid down by Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 April 1945 sponsored by Mrs. M.E. Serat, and... (SS-346) Corporal USS Corporal (SS-346) USS Corporal , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the corporal, an alternate name for the fallfish, found in streams of the eastern United States.... (SS-347) Cubera USS Cubera (SS-347) USS Cubera , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cubera, a large fish of the snapper family found in the West Indies.... (SS-348) Cusk USS Cusk (SS-348) USS Cusk , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cusk, a large food fish related to the cod.... (SS-349) Diodon USS Diodon (SS-349) USS Diodon , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Diodon, a genus of the porcupine fishes.... (SS-350) Dogfish USS Dogfish (SS-350) USS Dogfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dogfish.Her keel was laid down on 22 June 1944 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 27 October 1945 sponsored by Mrs. A. M. Morgan, and commissioned on 29... (SS-351) Greenfish USS Greenfish (SS-351) USS Greenfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the greenfish, one of various labroid fishes, Florida bluefish or ladyfish.... (SS-352) Halfbeak USS Halfbeak (SS-352) USS Halfbeak , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the halfbeak, a garlike fish with a beak formed by an extension of the lower jaw, found in warmer seas.... (SS-353) Dugong USS Dugong (SS-353) USS Dugong , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dugong, an aquatic herbivorous mammal related to the manatee. Her construction was canceled on 23 October 1944.-References:... (SS-354) Eel USS Eel (SS-354) USS Eel , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the eels, an order of voracious, snakelike fishes, having a smooth, slimy skin and no pelvic fins.... (SS-355) Espada USS Espada (SS-355) USS Espada , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named in that manner for the swordfish. Her construction was cancelled on 23 October 1944.- References :... (SS-356) Jawfish USS Jawfish (SS-356) USS Jawfish , a Balao-class submarine, was originally named Fanegal for the fanegal or blackbelly rosefish on 28 August 1942, but was renamed Jawfish for the jawfish , a fish that burrows into patches of sand and coral rubble around the edges of reefs, on 24 September 1942... (SS-357) Ono USS Ono (SS-357) USS Ono , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy of that name. This Ono took its name from the ono, a dark blue scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas, also known as the wahoo.Ono , ex-Friar, was authorized for... (SS-358) Garlopa USS Garlopa (SS-358) USS Garlopa , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the garlopa, a large species of grouper found on the west coast of Mexico. Her keel was laid down at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but construction was canceled on... (SS-359) Garrupa USS Garrupa (SS-359) USS Garrupa , would have been a Balao-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the garrupa, one of various fishes of the grouper type. Her keel was laid down at Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but was canceled on 29 July 1944.- References... (SS-360) Goldring USS Goldring (SS-360) USS Goldring , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the goldring, an edible fish of the Mississippi River. Her keel was laid down at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944.-... (SS-361) Golet USS Golet (SS-361) USS Golet , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the golet, a California trout. Her keel was laid down by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was launched on 1 August 1943 sponsored by Mrs... (SS-362) Guavina USS Guavina (SS-362) USS Guavina , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the guavina, a fish which may reach a length of indigenous to the West Indies and the Atlantic coasts of Central America and Mexico.... (SS-363) Guitarro USS Guitarro (SS-363) USS Guitarro , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guitarro, a ray of the guitarfish family.-Construction and commissioning:... (SS-364) Hammerhead USS Hammerhead (SS-364) USS Hammerhead , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hammerhead shark; a shark found in warm seas with a flattened anterior forward of the gill slits, presenting a hammer-like silhouette when viewed from above.The first Hammerhead was launched 24... (SS-365) Hardhead USS Hardhead (SS-365) USS Hardhead , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hardhead, a fish of the croaker family. Hardhead received six battle stars for World War II service. All six of her combat patrols were "successful".... (SS-366) Hawkbill USS Hawkbill (SS-366) USS Hawkbill , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle .... (SS-367) Icefish USS Icefish (SS-367) USS Icefish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the icefish, any member of the family Salangidae, small smeltlike fishes of China and Japan. Also known as whitebait.... (SS-368) Jallao USS Jallao (SS-368) USS Jallao , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the jallao, a pearl-white haemulonid food fish of the Gulf of Mexico.... (SS-369) Kete USS Kete (SS-369) USS Kete , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the kete, the foureye butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus. Her keel was laid down by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was launched on 9 April 1944 sponsored by Mrs. E. S.... (SS-370) Kraken USS Kraken (SS-370) USS Kraken , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the kraken, a legendary sea monster believed to haunt the coasts of Norway.... (SS-371) Lagarto USS Lagarto (SS-371) USS Lagarto , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lagarto, a lizard fish.Her keel was laid down on 12 January 1944 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin... (SS-372) Lamprey USS Lamprey (SS-372) USS Lamprey , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the lamprey, any of certain eel-like aquatic vertebrates.... (SS-373) Lizardfish USS Lizardfish (SS-373) USS Lizardfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the lizardfish, a slender marine fish having a scaly lizardlike head and large mouth.... (SS-374) Loggerhead USS Loggerhead (SS-374) USS Loggerhead , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the loggerhead, Caretta caretta, a very large, carnivorous sea turtle common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.... (SS-375) Macabi USS Macabi (SS-375) USS Macabi was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the macabi, a fish living in tropical seas and off the American coasts as far north as San Diego and Long Island and reaching a length of .... (SS-376) Mapiro USS Mapiro (SS-376) USS Mapiro , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the mapiro,a fish of the Gobioidea suborder occurring off the West Indies and the Atlantic coasts of Central America and Mexico.... (SS-377) Menhaden USS Menhaden (SS-377) The second USS Menhaden was United States Navy Balao-class submarine. Launched in 1944, she operated out of Pearl Harbor until 1946, then continued in use out of various ports in the Pacific until the 1970s... (SS-378) Mero USS Mero (SS-378) USS Mero , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the mero, any of several large groupers found in warm ocean waters.... (SS-379) Needlefish USS Needlefish (SS-379) USS Needlefish would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the needlefish, any of a family of voracious elongate teleost fishes resembling, but not related to, the fresh water gars.... (SS-380) Nerka USS Nerka (SS-380) USS Nerka , named for the nerka, a lake and river salmon of the Pacific Northwest, also called blueback, sawqui, red salmon, and redfish, would have been a United States Navy Balao-class submarine. Her construction was authorized during World War II, but cancelled on 29 July 1944.The name USS... (SS-381) Sand Lance USS Sand Lance (SS-381) USS Sand Lance , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sand lance, a member of the ammodytidae family. Her keel was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. She was launched on 25 June 1943 sponsored by Mrs... (SS-382) Picuda USS Picuda (SS-382) USS Picuda , a Balao-class submarine, was originally named Obispo, making her the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the obispo, a spotted sting ray.-Construction and launching:... (SS-383) Pampanito USS Pampanito (SS-383) USS Pampanito , a Balao-class submarine, was a United States Navy ship, the only one named for a variety of the pompano fish . She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a Naval Reserve Training ship from 1960 to 1971... (SS-384) Parche USS Parche (SS-384) The first USS Parche was a United States Navy submarine. She bore the name of a butterfly fish, Chaetodon capistratus.... (SS-385) Bang USS Bang (SS-385) USS Bang was a United States Navy , named after the bang, a dark blue or black fish of the Atlantic herring family found in the coastal waters of the United States north of North Carolina.... (SS-386) Pilotfish USS Pilotfish (SS-386) USS Pilotfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pilotfish, a carangoid fish, often seen in warm latitudes in company with sharks.... (SS-387) Pintado USS Pintado (SS-387) USS Pintado , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pintado.-Operational history:Pintado was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 7 May 1943; launched 15 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Antonio Prince; and commissioned 1 January 1944, Lieutenant... (SS-388) Pipefish USS Pipefish (SS-388) USS Pipefish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pipefish, a long, narrow, bony-scaled fish with straight, tubular snout found in Panama that has extraordinary powers of concealment in vegetation.Pipefish was laid down on 31 May 1943 by the... (SS-389) Piranha USS Piranha (SS-389) USS Piranha , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the piranha, a carnivorous freshwater fish of South America. Piranha was laid down 21 June 1943 by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched 27 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. William S... (SS-390) Plaice USS Plaice (SS-390) USS Plaice , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the plaice, one of the various American flatfish; summer flounder. She participated in the Pacific War campaign of World War II, receiving six battle stars for her service... (SS-391) Pomfret USS Pomfret (SS-391) USS Pomfret , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pomfret, a fish of the seabream family; a powerful and speedy swimmer, capable of operating at great depths.... (SS-392) Sterlet USS Sterlet (SS-392) USS Sterlet , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sterlet, a small sturgeon found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, whose meat is considered delicious and whose eggs are one of the world's great delicacies, caviar.Her keel was laid down on 14... (SS-393) Queenfish USS Queenfish (SS-393) USS Queenfish , 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.... (SS-394) Razorback USS Razorback (SS-394) USS Razorback , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the razorback, a species of whale found in the far southern reaches of the Pacific Ocean. It is arguably the longest-serving submarine still existing in the world, having been commissioned by two... (SS-395) Redfish USS Redfish (SS-395) USS Redfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the redfish, a variety of salmon also called blueback, sawqui, red salmon, and nerka. Her keel was laid down on 9 September 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery, Maine... (SS-396) Ronquil USS Ronquil (SS-396) USS Ronquil , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the ronquil, a spiny-finned fish found along the northwest coast of North America... (SS-397) Scabbardfish USS Scabbardfish (SS-397) USS Scabbardfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scabbarddfish, a long, compressed, silver-colored fish found on European coasts and around New Zealand.... (SS-398) Segundo USS Segundo (SS-398) USS Segundo , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the segundo, a cavalla fish of Caribbean waters.... (SS-399) Sea Cat USS Sea Cat (SS-399) USS Sea Cat , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for a shortened form of sea catfish, a marine fish of little food value found off the southeastern coast of the United States.-World War II service:... (SS-400) Sea Devil USS Sea Devil (SS-400) USS Sea Devil , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil , the largest of all rays, noted for power and endurance.-Construction and commissioning:... (SS-401) Sea Dog USS Sea Dog (SS-401) USS Sea Dog was a Balao-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first ship to be named for the dogfish, a small shark of the North Atlantic, considered destructive by fishermen.... (SS-402) Sea Fox USS Sea Fox (SS-402) USS Sea Fox , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea fox, a large shark, also called the thresher shark, which frequents the coast of Europe and the Americas.... (SS-403) Atule USS Atule (SS-403) USS Atule , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the atule.Her keel was laid down on 25 November 1943 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Atule was launched on 6 March 1944 sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Louise Kauffman, the daughter of... (SS-404) Spikefish USS Spikefish (SS-404) USS Spikefish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy. Spikefish was the first United States submarine to record 10,000 dives... (SS-405) Sea Owl USS Sea Owl (SS-405) USS Sea Owl , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea owl, a lumpfish of the North Atlantic.... (SS-406) Sea Poacher USS Sea Poacher (SS-406) USS Sea Poacher , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea poacher, a slender, mailed fish of the North Atlantic.... (SS-407) Sea Robin USS Sea Robin (SS-407) USS Sea Robin , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea robin. This is a spiny-finned fish with red or brown coloring on its body and fins... (SS-408) Sennet USS Sennet (SS-408) USS Sennet , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sennet, a barracuda.Sennet was laid down on 8 March 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 6 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Roscoe W. Downs; and commissioned on 22 August 1944, Commander... (SS-409) Piper USS Piper (SS-409) USS Piper , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named after the piper, a fish of the halfbeak family found in warm seas mostly along the shore... (SS-410) Threadfin USS Threadfin (SS-410) USS Threadfin , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the threadfin, any of a family of fishes related to the mullets and distinguished by filamentous rays on the lower part of the pectoral fin.... (SS-411) Spadefish USS Spadefish (SS-411) USS Spadefish , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spadefish. Although she was commissioned late in the war and spent only one year in the Pacific war zone, she was to run up a record of 88,091 tons in 21 ships and numerous trawlers... (SS-412) Trepang USS Trepang (SS-412) The first USS Trepang was a Balao-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was named for the trepang, a marine animal sometimes called a 'sea slug' or a 'sea cucumber', having a long, tough, muscular body and found in the coral reefs of the East Indies.When the contract to build her was... (SS-413) Spot USS Spot (SS-413) USS Spot was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the spot, a small sciaenoid food fish of the Atlantic coast, with a black spot behind its shoulders.... (SS-414) Springer USS Springer (SS-414) USS Springer was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named after the springer, a Grampus.Springer was laid down on 3 October 1943 at Vallejo, Calif., by the Mare Island Navy Yard; launched on 3 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. M. S... (SS-415) Stickleback USS Stickleback (SS-415) USS Stickleback , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the stickleback, any of numerous small scaleless fish having two or more free spines in front of the dorsal fin. Her keel was laid down on 1 March 1944 by the Mare Island Navy Yard of Vallejo,... (SS-416) Tiru USS Tiru (SS-416) USS Tiru , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the tiru.Tiru—laid down on 17 April 1944 at Vallejo, Calif., by the Mare Island Navy Yard—remained uncompleted for three years as a result of the curtailment of the submarine building program at the end of World War II... (SS-417) Tench USS Tench (SS-417) USS Tench , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tench. Her keel was laid down on 1 April 1944 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 7 July 1944, sponsored by Claudia Alta Johnson, the wife of Rep. Lyndon Baines... (SS-418) Thornback USS Thornback (SS-418) USS Thornback , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the thornback, a slender member of the shark family with a long pointed snout and a sharp spine at the end of each dorsal fin, native to northern Atlantic waters ranging from the temperate to the... (SS-419) Tigrone USS Tigrone (SS-419) USS Tigrone , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tigrone, a tiger shark found in tropical waters. Her keel was laid down on 8 May 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 July 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Charles F... (SS-420) Tirante USS Tirante (SS-420) USS Tirante , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tirante, a silvery, elongated "cutlass fish" found in waters off Cuba. Her keel was laid down on 28 April 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 9 August 1944... (SS-421) Trutta USS Trutta (SS-421) USS Trutta , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trutta, a variety of trout, distinguished from the typical trout by its small, black spots and its smaller and fewer scales... (SS-422) Toro USS Toro (SS-422) USS Toro , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the toro, a name applied to various fish including the cowfish, the catalufa, and the cavallo. Her keel was laid down on 27 May 1944 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 23 August 1944... (SS-423) Torsk USS Torsk (SS-423) The USS Torsk is docked at the Baltimore Maritime Museum and is one of two Tench Class submarines still located inside the United States. It is nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast." In 1945, Torsk made two war patrols off Japan, sinking one cargo vessel and two coastal defense... (SS-424) Quillback USS Quillback (SS-424) USS Quillback , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for quillback, a fish of the sucker family, widespread in the freshwaters of North America and Northern Asia.-Construction:... (SS-425) Trumpetfish USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) USS Trumpetfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for trumpetfish, any of several fishes so-called for their deep, compressed body and long, tubular snout. Her keel was laid down on 23 August 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Cramp... (SS-426) Tusk USS Tusk (SS-426) USS Tusk , a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tusk, an alternate name for the cusk, a large edible saltwater fish related to the cod. Her keel was laid down on 23 August 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company. She was launched on 8... (SS-427) Turbot USS Turbot (SS-427) USS Turbot , a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the turbot, a large, brown and white flatfish, valued as a food.... (SS-428) Ulua USS Ulua (SS-428) USS Ulua , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the ulua, an important food fish of the tropical Pacific Ocean. She was never completed.... (SS-429) Unicorn USS Unicorn (SS-429) USS Unicorn , a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be given that name for the narwhal, an Arctic marine cetacean with a single tusk suggesting the horn of a unicorn and therefore sometimes called the "sea unicorn." She was never built.The contract for... (SS-430) Vendace USS Vendace (SS-430) USS Vendace , a proposed World War II Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the vendace, a species of whitefish native to Lochmaben in Scotland... (SS-431) Walrus USS Walrus (SS-431) USS Walrus , a proposed United States Navy Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus. Her construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29... (SS-432) Whitefish USS Whitefish (SS-432) USS Whitefish , a proposed United States Navy Balao-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the Coregonus or "whitefish", a freshwater food fish closely related to the trout and salmon found in waters of the Northern Hemisphere... (SS-433) Whiting USS Whiting (SS-433) USS Whiting , a proposed World War II Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Merlangius merlangus or "whiting", a small European food fish... (SS-434) Wolffish USS Wolffish (SS-434) USS Wolffish was a proposed United States Navy World War II Balao-class submarine. She has been the only U.S. Navy ship named for the wolffish , although several U.S... (SS-435) Corsair USS Corsair (SS-435) USS Corsair , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the California rockfish, or a pirate or privateer, especially Turkish or Saracen.... (SS-436) Unicorn USS Unicorn (SS-436) USS Unicorn , a World War II Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be given that name for the narwhal, an Arctic marine cetacean with a single tusk suggesting the horn of a unicorn and sometimes called the "sea unicorn." Like the first USS Unicorn , she was... (SS-437) Walrus USS Walrus (SS-437) USS Walrus , a World War II Tench-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus, a gregarious, aquatic mammal found in Arctic waters, related to the seal and a prime source of leather, oil, ivory, and food... 438 to 474 cancelled (SS-475) Argonaut USS Argonaut (SS-475) USS Argonaut was a operated by the United States Navy . Constructed at Portsmouth Navy Yard during the second half of 1944, Argonaut was commissioned into the USN in 1945 and operated during the final year of World War II, although her only contact with the Japanese was when she sank a junk in... (SS-476) Runner USS Runner (SS-476) USS Runner , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the runner, an amberfish inhabiting subtropical waters. Her keel was laid down on 10 July 1944 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard of Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 17 October 1944 sponsored by... (SS-477) Conger USS Conger (SS-477) USS Conger , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the conger, an eel found in warm seas at moderate depths, common to both coasts of the Atlantic Ocean.... (SS-478) Cutlass USS Cutlass (SS-478) USS Cutlass , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cutlassfish, a long, thin fish found widely along the coasts of the United States and in the West Indies. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 10 July 1944. She was launched on... (SS-479) Diablo USS Diablo (SS-479) USS Diablo , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the diablo, a member of the batfish family, common in the West Indies and along the southern coast of the United states. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 1... (SS-480) Medregal USS Medregal (SS-480) USS Medregal , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the medregal, a streamlined, fast-swimming, bluish-colored fish of the jack family which abounds in waters of the West Indies and in the Atlantic as far north as the Carolinas.Medregals keel was laid... (SS-481) Requin USS Requin (SS-481) USS Requin , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the requin, a sand shark. Her name was pronounced by her crew.... (SS-482) Irex USS Irex (SS-482) USS Irex , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the irex, one of the oceanic fishes belonging to the family carangidae. Her keel was laid down on 2 October 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 26 January 1945... (SS-483) Sea Leopard USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) USS Sea Leopard , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the leopard seal. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 7 November 1944. She was launched on 2 March 1945 sponsored by Hon. Margaret Chase Smith, United States Congresswoman from... (SS-484) Odax USS Odax (SS-484) USS Odax , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for odax, a brilliantly colored, red and green fish belonging to the family Scaridae, the parrot fishes. Her keel was laid down by Portsmouth Navy Yard on 4 December 1944. She was launched on 10 April 1945... (SS-485) Sirago USS Sirago (SS-485) USS Sirago , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for sirago, a small fresh water tropical fish. Her keel was laid down on 4 January 1945 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 13 May 1945 sponsored by Mrs. L. Mendel Rivers,... (SS-486) Pomodon USS Pomodon (SS-486) USS Pomodon , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Pomodon genera of snapper. Her keel was laid down on 29 January 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 12 June 1945 sponsored by Mrs... (SS-487) Remora USS Remora (SS-487) USS Remora , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the remora, a fish with a suctorial disk on its head enabling it to cling to other fish and to ships. Her keel was laid down on 5 March 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was... (SS-488) Sarda USS Sarda (SS-488) USS Sarda , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sarda, a game fish of the central, southwestern, and western Pacific Ocean. Financed by bonds purchased during the Seventh War Loan by the residents of Lynn, Massachusetts, her keel was laid down... (SS-489) Spinax USS Spinax (SS-489) USS Spinax , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named after the spinax, one of the spiny sharks scientifically known as Squalidal. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 25 November 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Tom C... (SS-490) Volador USS Volador (SS-490) USS Volador , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the volador. The contract to build her was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and her keel was laid down on 15 June 1945, but work on her construction was discontinued in January 1946... (SS-491) Pompano USS Pompano (SS-491) USS Pompano , a Tench-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pompano, a marine carangoid living in the southern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico coasts of North America... (SS-492) Grayling USS Grayling (SS-492) USS Grayling , a Tench-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout. Her name was assigned on 29 August 1944, but her construction was cancelled 12 August 1945.- References :... (SS-493) Needlefish USS Needlefish (SS-493) USS Needlefish , a proposed World War II Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the needlefish, a family of voracious elongate teleost fishes resembling, but not related to, the fresh-water gars... (SS-494) Sculpin USS Sculpin (SS-494) USS Sculpin , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin, a spiny, large-headed, broad-mouthed, usually scale-less fish of the family Cottidae. Her construction by the Portsmouth Navy Yard was authorized but the contract for her construction... SS-495 to SS-521 cancelled (SS-522) Amberjack USS Amberjack (SS-522) USS Amberjack , a Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the amberjack, a vigorous sport fish found in the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil.- Commissioning :... (SS-523) Grampus USS Grampus (SS-523) USS Grampus , a Tench-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for two members of the dolphin family : Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin, and orca, also known as the "Killer Whale." Her keel was laid down on 8 February 1944 at Boston Navy Yard... (SS-524) Pickerel USS Pickerel (SS-524) USS Pickerel , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for a young or small pike. The contract to build her was awarded to the Boston Naval Shipyard and her keel was laid down on 8 February 1944. She was launched without a christening ceremony on 15... (SS-525) Grenadier USS Grenadier (SS-525) USS Grenadier , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier, a soft-finned deep sea fish of the Macrouridae with a long, tapering body and short, pointed tail family, also known as rattails... (SS-526) Dorado USS Dorado (SS-526) USS Dorado , a Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado, the Spanish language name for the fish also known as the dolphinfish and the mahi-mahi. Her keel was laid down, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944.-References:... (SS-527) Comber USS Comber (SS-527) USS Comber , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. She was named for the comber, a fish found in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the eastern Atlantic as far north as the British Isles.... (SS-528) Sea Panther USS Sea Panther (SS-528) USS Sea Panther , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea panther, a black-spotted, South African fish. Her name was assigned, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944 before she was laid down.- References :... (SS-529) Tiburon USS Tiburon (SS-529) USS Tiburon , a cancelled Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tiburon, a large voracious shark found in the Caribbean Sea and along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Central America... SS-530 to SS-549 cancelled (SS-550) Barracuda USS Barracuda (SSK-1) USS Barracuda , the lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish. Her keel was laid down on 1 July 1949 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2... (SS-551) Bass (SS-552) Bonita SS-553 offshore procurement of KNM Kinn (S316) SS-554 offshore procurement of HDMS Springeren (S329) (AGSS-555) Dolphin USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) USS Dolphin was the United States Navy's only operational diesel-electric, deep-diving, research and development submarine. Her keel was laid down on 9 November 1962 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 8 June 1968 sponsored by Mrs. Daniel K... SS-556 offshore procurement for Norway SS-557 to SS-562 cancelled (SS-563) Tang USS Tang (SS-563) USS Tang , the lead ship of her class was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tang.She was the first American submarine designed under the Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program for underwater performance rather than surfaced speed and handling... (SS-564) Trigger USS Trigger (SS-564) USS Trigger , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish, any of numerous deep-bodied fishes of warm seas having an anterior dorsal fin with two or three stout erectile spines.... (SS-565) Wahoo USS Wahoo (SS-565) USS Wahoo , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the wahoo, a dark blue food fish of Florida and the West Indies. The contract to build her was awarded to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and her keel was laid down on 24 October 1949. She was launched... (SS-566) Trout USS Trout (SS-566) USS Trout , a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trout fish.-Construction and commissioning:... (SS-567) Gudgeon USS Gudgeon (SS-567) USS Gudgeon , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gudgeon, a species of small fresh-water minnow.-Construction and commissioning :... (SS-568) Harder USS Harder (SS-568) USS Harder , a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa.... (AGSS-569) Albacore USS Albacore (AGSS-569) USS Albacore was a unique research submarine that pioneered the American version of the teardrop hull form of modern submarines. The revolutionary design was derived from extensive hydrodynamic and wind tunnel testing, with an emphasis on underwater speed and maneuverability... completed as SST-1 (AGSS-570) (SSN-571) Nautilus USS Nautilus (SSN-571) USS Nautilus is the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine. She was the first vessel to complete a submerged transit beneath the North Pole on August 3, 1958... (SSR-572) Sailfish USS Sailfish (SSR-572) USS Sailfish , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sailfish, a large gamefish inhabiting tropical seas, related to the swordfish, but possessing scales and a large sail-like dorsal fin.Sailfish was laid down on 8 December 1953... (SSR-573) Salmon USS Salmon (SSR-573) USS Salmon , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft-finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning.... (SSG-574) Grayback USS Grayback (SSG-574) USS Grayback , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayback, a small herring of great commercial importance in the Great Lakes.... (SSN-575) Seawolf USS Seawolf (SSN-575) USS Seawolf , a unique submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, the second nuclear submarine, and the only U.S. submarine built with a liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor.... (SS-576) Darter USS Darter (SS-576) USS Darter , a unique submarine based on the , but incorporating many improvements, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter , a type of small American fresh-water fish closely related to the perch.... (SSG-577) Growler USS Growler (SSG-577) USS Growler , an early cruise missile submarine of the Grayback class, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the growler, a large-mouth black bass.-Construction and training:... (SSN-578) Skate USS Skate (SSN-578) USS Skate , the third submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear submarines... (SSN-579) Swordfish USS Swordfish (SSN-579) USS Swordfish , a , was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin.... (SS-580) Barbel USS Barbel (SS-580) USS Barbel was the lead ship of her class of submarines in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named for the barbel, a cyprinoid fish, commonly called a minnow or carp.... (SS-581) Blueback USS Blueback (SS-581) USS Blueback is a decommissioned Barbel-class submarine formerly in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy submarine named for a form of the rainbow or steelhead trout found only in Lake Crescent on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state... (SS-582) Bonefish USS Bonefish (SS-582) ' was a Barbel-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy submarine named for the bonefish.The contract to build her was awarded on 29 June 1956 to the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey and her keel was laid down on 3 June 1957. She was launched on 22... (SSN-583) Sargo USS Sargo (SSN-583) USS Sargo , a Skate-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sargo, a food and game fish of the porgy family, inhabiting coastal waters of the southern United States.... (SSN-584) Seadragon USS Seadragon (SSN-584) USS Seadragon , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seadragon, a small fish commonly called the dragonet.... (SSN-585) Skipjack USS Skipjack (SSN-585) USS Skipjack , the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the Skipjack tuna fish.... (SSRN-586) Triton USS Triton (SSRN-586) USS Triton , a United States Navy nuclear-powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth , doing so in early 1960. Triton accomplished this objective during her shakedown cruise while under the command of Captain Edward L. "Ned" Beach, Jr... (SSGN-587) Halibut USS Halibut (SSGN-587) USS Halibut , a unique guided missile submarine turned special operations platform, later redesignated as an attack submarine SSN-587, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the halibut.-Operational history:... (SSN-588) Scamp USS Scamp (SSN-588) USS Scamp , a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the serranidae family of fish.... (SSN-589) Scorpion USS Scorpion (SSN-589) USS Scorpion was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy, and the sixth ship of the U.S. Navy to carry that name. Scorpion was declared lost on 5 June 1968 with 99 crew members dying in the incident. The USS Scorpion is one of two nuclear submarines the U.S... (SSN-590) Sculpin USS Sculpin (SSN-590) USS Sculpin , a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin.... (SSN-591) Shark USS Shark (SSN-591) USS Shark , a Skipjack-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large predatory fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan, dermal denticles covering the body to protect from parasites, and rows of replaceable teeth in the... (SSN-592) Snook USS Snook (SSN-592) USS Snook , a Skipjack-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line.... (SSN-593) Thresher USS Thresher (SSN-593) The second USS Thresher was the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. Her loss at sea during deep-diving tests in 1963 is often considered a watershed event in the implementation of the rigorous submarine safety program SUBSAFE.The contract to build... (SSN-594) Permit USS Permit (SSN-594) USS Permit became the lead ship of her class of submarine when the former lead ship, was lost. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the permit, a food fish, often called "round pompano," found in waters from North Carolina to Brazil.The contract to build her was... (SSN-595) Plunger USS Plunger (SSN-595) USS Plunger , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named "plunger", meaning a diver or a daring gambler.The contract to build her as a guided-missile submarine was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 23 March 1959, but by the time her keel was laid down on 2 March 1960 she... (SSN-596) Barb USS Barb (SSN-596) USS Barb , a Permit-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barb, a kingfish of the Atlantic coast.... (SSN-597) Tullibee USS Tullibee (SSN-597) USS Tullibee , a unique submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tullibee, any of several whitefishes of central and northern North America.... (SSBN-598) George Washington USS George Washington (SSBN-598) USS George Washington , the lead ship of her class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines, was the third United States Navy ship of the name, in honor of George Washington , first President of the United States, and the first of that name to be purpose-built as a warship.-Construction and... (SSBN-599) Patrick Henry USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) USS Patrick Henry , named for the American Revolutionary War figure Patrick Henry , was a nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine of the United States Navy... (SSBN-600) Theodore Roosevelt USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600) USS Theodore Roosevelt , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for President Theodore Roosevelt . Initially unnamed and assigned hull classification symbol SSGN-600 as a guided missile submarine, her keel was laid down on 20 May 1958 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard using... (SSBN-601) Robert E. Lee USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) USS Robert E. Lee , a fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Robert E. Lee , the commanding general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War.... (SSBN-602) Abraham Lincoln USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) USS Abraham Lincoln , a fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Abraham Lincoln , the 16th President of the United States .... (SSN-603) Pollack USS Pollack (SSN-603) USS Pollack , a Permit-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.... (SSN-604) Haddo USS Haddo (SSN-604) USS Haddo , a Thresher/Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddo, a pink salmon fish prevalent on the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada.... (SSN-605) Jack USS Jack (SSN-605) , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the jack, any young pike, green pike or pickerel, or large California rockfish.... (SSN-606) Tinosa USS Tinosa (SSN-606) USS Tinosa , a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tinosa, a poisonous, black, tropical fish.... (SSN-607) Dace USS Dace (SSN-607) USS Dace , a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dace, any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her... (SSBN-608) Ethan Allen USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) USS Ethan Allen , lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen.... (SSBN-609) Sam Houston USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609) USS Sam Houston , an , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Sam Houston , President of the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston was the U.S... (SSBN-610) Thomas A. Edison USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610) USS Thomas A. Edison , an ballistic-missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the inventor, Thomas Edison .-Ship history:... (SSBN-611) John Marshall USS John Marshall (SSBN-611) USS John Marshall was an , the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John Marshall , the Chief Justice of the United States... (SSN-612) Guardfish USS Guardfish (SSN-612) USS Guardfish , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guardfish, a voracious green and silvery fish with elongated pike-like body and long narrow jaws.... (SSN-613) Flasher USS Flasher (SSN-613) USS Flasher , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flasher, a member of the Lobotidae family of fishes, which have an unusual placement of the second dorsal and anal fins, posteriorly on the body, close to the tail.-Construction history:The contract to build her was... (SSN-614) Greenling USS Greenling (SSN-614) USS Greenling , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the greenling, an elongate, fine-scaled fish found from Kamchatka to California... (SSN-615) Gato USS Gato (SSN-615) ' was a Thresher/Permit-class nuclear submarine known as the "Goal Keeper" or the "Black Cat." She was the second United States Navy ship named after the gato, a species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico.... (SSBN-616) Lafayette USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) USS Lafayette , the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named to honor Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette , a French military hero who fought with and significantly aided the Continental Army during the American... (SSBN-617) Alexander Hamilton USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617) USS Alexander Hamilton , a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Alexander Hamilton , the first Secretary of the Treasury, who was instrumental in the formation of both the United States Coast Guard and the United States... (SSBN-618) Thomas Jefferson USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) USS Thomas Jefferson , an nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Thomas Jefferson , the third President of the United States... (SSBN-619) Andrew Jackson USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) \|... (SSBN-620) John Adams USS John Adams (SSBN-620) USS John Adams , a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for John Adams , the second President of the United States , and his son John Quincy Adams , the sixth President of the United States... (SSN-621) Haddock USS Haddock (SSN-621) USS Haddock , last of the s, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the haddock .The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 24 August 1960 and her keel was laid down on 24 April 1961. She was launched on 21 May 1966 sponsored... (SSBN-622) James Monroe USS James Monroe (SSBN-622) \|... (SSBN-623) Nathan Hale (SSBN-624) Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-625) Henry Clay (SSBN-626) Daniel Webster (SSBN-627) James Madison USS James Madison (SSBN-627) \|-External links:... (SSBN-628) Tecumseh USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628) USS Tecumseh , a ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Tecumseh , the leader of the Shawnee people.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSBN-629) Daniel Boone USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) \|... (SSBN-630) John C. Calhoun (SSBN-631) Ulysses S. Grant USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) \|... (SSBN-632) Von Stueben (SSBN-633) Casimir Pulaski USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633) \|... (SSBN-634) Stonewall Jackson USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) \|... (SSBN-635) Sam Rayburn USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) \|- External links : Includes maps, sketches, a list of ships of the Texas Navy, and a chronology. Also includes photographs of 20th-century U.S. Navy ships named after Texans or Texas locations, including photographs of USS Sam Rayburn .... (SSBN-636) Nathanael Greene USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) USS Nathanael Greene , a fleet ballistic missile submarine, was one of three ships of the United States Navy to be named for Major General Nathanael Greene , who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.... (SSN-637) Sturgeon USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) USS Sturgeon , the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-638) Whale USS Whale (SSN-638) USS Whale was a nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy. She was the second ship of that name, after the whale family of aquatic mammals.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-639) Tautog USS Tautog (SSN-639) USS Tautog , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Tautog , and is found along the Northern Atlantic coast. It seldom exceeds three feet and is usually not larger than ten pounds. The Tautog is favored as a food and game fish... (SSBN-640) Benjamin Franklin USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640) \|... (SSBN-641) Simon Bolivar (SSBN-642) Kamehameha (SSBN-643) George Bancroft USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643) \|... (SSBN-644) Lewis and Clark USS Lewis and Clark (SSBN-644) \|... (SSBN-645) James K. Polk USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645) \|... (SSN-646) Grayling USS Grayling (SSN-646) USS Grayling , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-647) Pogy USS Pogy (SSN-647) USS Pogy , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pogy, or menhaden.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-648) Aspro USS Aspro (SSN-648) USS Aspro , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the aspro, a fish of the Zingel genus found abundantly in the upper Rhone River.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-649) Sunfish USS Sunfish (SSN-649) USS Sunfish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish , a marine species having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins.... (SSN-650) Pargo USS Pargo (SSN-650) USS Pargo , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pargo, also known as the red snapper, a fish of the genus Lutjanus found in the West Indies.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-651) Queenfish USS Queenfish (SSN-651) USS Queenfish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the queenfish, a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-652) Puffer USS Puffer (SSN-652) USS Puffer , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pufferfish, a fish which inflates its body with air.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-653) Ray USS Ray (SSN-653) USS Ray , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the rays, various cartilaginous marine fishes characterized by a flat body, large pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail, belonging to the superorder Batoidea, especially the true rays of the... (SSBN-654) George C. Marshall USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654) -External links:... (SSBN-655) Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-656) George Washington Carver (SSBN-657) Francis Scott Key USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) -External links:... (SSBN-658) Mariano G. Vallejo* USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) -External links:... (SSBN-659) Will Rogers (SSN-660) Sand Lance USS Sand Lance (SSN-660) USS Sand Lance , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship and the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the sand lance, a member of the ammodytidae family.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-661) Lapon USS Lapon (SSN-661) USS Lapon , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast of North America.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-662) Gurnard USS Gurnard (SSN-662) USS Gurnard , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gurnard, a food fish of the genus Trigla and part of the sea robin family.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-663) Hammerhead USS Hammerhead (SSN-663) USS Hammerhead , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hammerhead shark, a voracious fish found in warm seas, with a curious hammerlike head.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-664) Sea Devil USS Sea Devil (SSN-664) USS Sea Devil , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil , also known as the manta ray or devil ray, the largest of all living rays, noted for power and endurance.-Construction and commissioning:The contract to build Sea Devil... (SSN-665) Guitarro USS Guitarro (SSN-665) USS Guitarro , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guitarro, a ray of the guitarfish family.-Keel-laying and launching:... (SSN-666) Hawkbill USS Hawkbill (SSN-666) USS Hawkbill , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle... (SSN-667) Bergall USS Bergall (SSN-667) USS Bergall , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bergall, a small fish found along the Atlantic coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Labrador.... (SSN-668) Spadefish USS Spadefish (SSN-668) USS Spadefish , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spadefish, a spiny-finned fish found in coastal waters of the western Atlantic from Cuba to Cape Cod.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-669) Seahorse USS Seahorse (SSN-669) USS Seahorse , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second submarine and third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and upper body suggest the head and neck of a horse.... (SSN-670) Finback USS Finback (SSN-670) USS Finback , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine,was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback, the common whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-671) Narwhal USS Narwhal (SSN-671) USS Narwhal , a unique submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal, a gray and white arctic whale.... (SSN-672) Pintado USS Pintado (SSN-672) USS Pintado , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pintado, a large mackerel-like fish, whose elongated spots suggested the Spanish language word meaning "painted."... (SSN-673) Flying Fish USS Flying Fish (SSN-673) USS Flying Fish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish, any of number of fishes of tropic and warm temperate seas whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.-Construction and... (SSN-674) Trepang USS Trepang (SSN-674) USS Trepang , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trepang, Holothuroidea, a marine animal having a long, tough, muscular body, sometimes called a 'sea slug' or a 'sea cucumber', found on coral reefs.-Construction and commissioning:The... (SSN-675) Bluefish USS Bluefish (SSN-675) USS Bluefish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-676) Billfish USS Billfish (SSN-676) USS Billfish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the billfish, a name used for any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-677) Drum USS Drum (SSN-677) USS Drum , a Sturgeon class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the drum, also known as the croaker or hardhead, any of various fishes of the Sciaenidae family, capable of making a drumming noise and best known on the Atlantic coast of North... (SSN-678) Archerfish USS Archerfish (SSN-678) USS Archerfish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish, a family of fish notable for their habit of preying on insects and other animals by shooting them down with squirts of water from the mouth.-Construction and... (SSN-679) Silversides USS Silversides (SSN-679) USS Silversides , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silverside, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-680) William H. Bates USS William H. Bates (SSN-680) USS William H. Bates , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was planned to be the second U.S. Navy ship to be named USS Redfish -- for the redfish, a variety of salmon also called blueback, sawqui, red salmon, and nerka -- when the contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in... (SSN-681) Batfish USS Batfish (SSN-681) USS Batfish , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the batfish, any of several fishes: a pediculate fish of the West Indies, an Indo-Pacific fish of the genus Platax, or the bat ray .-Construction and commissioning:The contract to build Batfish was awarded to the... (SSN-682) Tunny USS Tunny (SSN-682) USS Tunny , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the tunny, any of several oceanic fishes resembling the mackerel.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-683) Parche USS Parche (SSN-683) USS Parche , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the parche , a small, coral reef butterfly fish.-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-684) Cavalla USS Cavalla (SSN-684) USS Cavalla , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cavalla, a salt water fish. Although it was a Sturgeon class design, Cavalla was a modified "long hull" boat, approximately longer than the earlier ships in its class.-Construction and commissioning:The contract to... (SSN-685) Glenard P. Lipscomb USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685) USS Glenard P. Lipscomb , a unique submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Glenard P. Lipscomb , who served as a Congressman from the 24th District of California from 1953 until his death in 1970.-Design:Glenard P. Lipscomb was the Navy's second design using a... (SSN-686) L. Mendel Rivers USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) USS L. Mendel Rivers , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine in commission from 1975 to 2001, is the only ship of the United States Navy thus far to have been named for L. Mendel Rivers , U.S. Representative from South Carolinas 1st Congressional District .-Construction and commissioning:The contract... (SSN-687) Richard B. Russell USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687) USS Richard B. Russell , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Richard B. Russell, Jr. , United States Senator from Georgia .-Construction and commissioning:... (SSN-688) Los Angeles USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) USS Los Angeles , lead ship of her class of submarines, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Los Angeles, California. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 8 January 1971 and her keel was laid... (SSN-689) Baton Rouge USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) USS Baton Rouge , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 8 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 18... (SSN-690) Philadelphia USS Philadelphia (SSN-690) USS Philadelphia , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 8 January 1971 and her keel... (SSN-691) Memphis USS Memphis (SSN-691) USS Memphis , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Memphis, Tennessee. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on... (SSN-692) Omaha USS Omaha (SSN-692) USS Omaha , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Omaha, Nebraska. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 27... (SSN-693) Cincinnati USS Cincinnati (SSN-693) USS Cincinnati , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Cincinnati, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on 6 April... (SSN-694) Groton USS Groton (SSN-694) USS Groton , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Groton, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 3... (SSN-695) Birmingham USS Birmingham (SSN-695) USS Birmingham , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Birmingham, Alabama. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 26... (SSN-696) New York City USS New York City (SSN-696) USS New York City , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named specifically for New York City as distinct from the state. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 24... (SSN-697) Indianapolis USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) The third USS Indianapolis , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Indianapolis, Indiana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 January 1972 and her keel... (SSN-698) Bremerton USS Bremerton (SSN-698) USS Bremerton , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bremerton, Washington. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid... (SSN-699) Jacksonville USS Jacksonville (SSN-699) USS Jacksonville , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jacksonville, Florida. The ship is nicknamed "The Bold One". The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut... (SSN-700) Dallas USS Dallas (SSN-700) USS Dallas is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy. It is the Navy's second ship of that name, and the first to be named for the city of Dallas, Texas, although another two ships were scheduled but never completed.-Career:The contract to build Dallas was... (SSN-701) La Jolla USS La Jolla (SSN-701) USS La Jolla , a Los Angeles-class submarine, is named for La Jolla, California. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10 December 1973 and her keel was laid down on 16 October 1976. She was launched on 11... (SSN-702) Phoenix USS Phoenix (SSN-702) USS Phoenix , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named "Phoenix" and the third to be named after the city, Phoenix, Arizona... (SSN-703) Boston USS Boston (SSN-703) USS Boston , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for Boston, Massachusetts.... (SSN-704) Baltimore USS Baltimore (SSN-704) USS Baltimore , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baltimore, Maryland. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down... (SSN-705) City of Corpus Christi USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705) USS City Of Corpus Christi , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Corpus Christi, Texas, though she is the only one required to bear the "City of" prefix .The... (SSN-706) Albuquerque USS Albuquerque (SSN-706) USS Albuquerque , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albuquerque, New Mexico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel... (SSN-707) Portsmouth USS Portsmouth (SSN-707) USS Portsmouth , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Portsmouth, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10... (SSN-708) Minneapolis-Saint Paul USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (SSN-708) USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the first vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the metropolitan area of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, although each city had been honored twice before... (SSN-709) Hyman G. Rickover USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) USS Hyman G. Rickover , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Hyman G. Rickover and the only Los Angeles class submarine not named after a United States city... (SSN-710) Augusta USS Augusta (SSN-710) USS Augusta , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Augusta, Maine.... (SSN-711) San Francisco USS San Francisco (SSN-711) USS San Francisco , a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, is the third ship or boat of the United States Navy to be named for San Francisco, California.-History:... (SSN-712) Atlanta USS Atlanta (SSN-712) USS Atlanta , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Atlanta, Georgia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 August 1975 and her keel was laid down on 17 August... (SSN-713) Houston USS Houston (SSN-713) USS Houston , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Houston, Texas. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 August 1975 and her keel was laid down on 29... (SSN-714) Norfolk USS Norfolk (SSN-714) USS Norfolk , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Norfolk, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 20 February 1976 and her keel was laid down on 1... (SSN-715) Buffalo USS Buffalo (SSN-715) USS Buffalo , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Buffalo, New York . The contract to build it was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 23 February 1976 and its keel was laid down on 25... (SSN-716) Salt Lake City USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716) USS Salt Lake City , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Salt Lake City, Utah. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down... (SSN-717) Olympia USS Olympia (SSN-717) USS Olympia , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Olympia, Washington. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down on 31 March 1981. She was launched... (SSN-718) Honolulu USS Honolulu (SSN-718) USS Honolulu , was a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down on 10... (SSN-719) Providence USS Providence (SSN-719) USS Providence , a , was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Providence, Rhode Island. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 16 April 1979 and her keel was laid down on 14 October 1982. She... (SSN-720) Pittsburgh USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720) USS Pittsburgh , a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 16 April 1979 and her keel was laid down on 15 April 1983. She... (SSN-721) Chicago USS Chicago (SSN-721) USS Chicago is a Los Angeles-class submarine, the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Chicago, Illinois. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 5... (SSN-722) Key West USS Key West (SSN-722) USS Key West , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Key West, Florida. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 6 July... (SSN-723) Oklahoma City USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723) USS Oklahoma City , a , is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 4 January 1984. She was... (SSN-724) Louisville USS Louisville (SSN-724) USS Louisville , a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Louisville, Kentucky. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 11 February 1982 and her keel was laid down on 24 September 1984. ... (SSN-725) Helena USS Helena (SSN-725) USS Helena , a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Helena, Montana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 28 March 1985. She was launched... (SSGN-726) Ohio (SSGN-727) Michigan (SSGN-728) Florida USS Florida (SSGN-728) USS Florida , an ballistic missile submarine, is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 27th state... (SSGN-729) Georgia (SSBN-730) Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-731) Alabama (SSBN-732) Alaska USS Alaska (SSBN-732) USS Alaska , is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1986. She is the fourth U.S... (SSBN-733) Nevada USS Nevada (SSBN-733) USS Nevada is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1986. She is the fourth ship of the U.S... (SSBN-734) Tennessee USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) -External links:* at GlobalSecurity.org* at TheSaltySailor.com... (SSBN-735) Pennsylvania USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) \|... (SSBN-736) West Virginia USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) \|... (SSBN-737) Kentucky USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) USS Kentucky , is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1991. She is the third U.S... (SSBN-738) Maryland USS Maryland (SSBN-738) USS Maryland is the 13th of 18 United States Navy ballistic missile submarines, and has been in commission since 1992. She is the fourth U.S... (SSBN-739) Nebraska (SSBN-740) Rhode Island USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) \|... (SSBN-741) Maine USS Maine (SSBN-741) USS Maine is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine in commission since 1995. She is the fourth U.S. Navy ship authorized, and the third commissioned, to be named in honor of the state of Maine... (SSBN-742) Wyoming USS Wyoming (SSBN-742) \|... (SSBN-743) Louisiana USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) The fourth commissioned USS Louisiana is the 18th and last ship of the United States Navys of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines... 744 to 749 unassigned (SSN-750) Newport News USS Newport News (SSN-750) USS Newport News , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Newport News, Virginia.-Construction:The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 3 March 1984. ... (SSN-751) San Juan USS San Juan (SSN-751) USS San Juan , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 November 1982 and her keel was laid down on 9 August 1985. She was... (SSN-752) Pasadena USS Pasadena (SSN-752) USS Pasadena , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Pasadena, California.Pasadena provides the Fleet Commander or Task Force Commander a multi-mission platform... (SSN-753) Albany USS Albany (SSN-753) USS Albany , a , was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albany, New York. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 29 November 1983 and her keel was laid down on 22 April 1985. She was launched on 13... (SSN-754) Topeka USS Topeka (SSN-754) USS Topeka , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Topeka, Kansas. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 28 November 1983 and her keel was laid down on 13 May 1986... (SSN-755) Miami USS Miami (SSN-755) USS Miami is a United States Navy attack submarine of the Los Angeles class. She is the third ship of the U.S Navy to be named after Miami, Florida. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 28 November 1983 and... (SSN-756) Scranton USS Scranton (SSN-756) USS Scranton , a , is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Scranton, Pennsylvania.The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and construction began on 29 August 1986. She was launched on... (SSN-757) Alexandria USS Alexandria (SSN-757) USS Alexandria , a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for both Alexandria, Virginia, and Alexandria, Louisiana.- Construction :... (SSN-758) Asheville USS Asheville (SSN-758) USS Asheville , is a Los Angeles-class submarine. She is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Asheville, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid... (SSN-759) Jefferson City USS Jefferson City (SSN-759) USS Jefferson City , a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jefferson City, Missouri. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid down on 21 September 1987. She... (SSN-760) Annapolis USS Annapolis (SSN-760) USS Annapolis , is the tenth "improved" Los Angeles-class submarine, and is sister-ship to the USS Springfield . Homeported in Groton, CT, she is assigned to Submarine Development Squadron 12... (SSN-761) Springfield USS Springfield (SSN-761) USS Springfield , a , is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. The ship was named in honor of both the cities of Springfield, Illinois and Springfield, Massachusetts.... (SSN-762) Columbus USS Columbus (SSN-762) USS Columbus , a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Columbus, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 21 March 1986 and her keel was laid down on 9 January 1991. She was... (SSN-763) Santa Fe USS Santa Fe (SSN-763) USS Santa Fe , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Santa Fe, New Mexico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 21 March 1986 and her keel was laid down on 9 July 1991. She was... (SSN-764) Boise USS Boise (SSN-764) USS Boise , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Boise, Idaho. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 25 August 1988. She was launched on 23... (SSN-765) Montpelier USS Montpelier (SSN-765) USS Montpelier , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Montpelier, Vermont. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 19 May 1989. She was launched on... (SSN-766) Charlotte USS Charlotte (SSN-766) USS Charlotte , a , is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlotte, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 17 August 1990. She was... (SSN-767) Hampton USS Hampton (SSN-767) USS Hampton , a , is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to bear this name. The earlier Hamptons were given their names for varying reasons, but SSN-767 was specifically named for four cities: Hampton, Virginia; Hampton, Iowa; Hampton, South Carolina; and Hampton, New Hampshire... (SSN-768) Hartford USS Hartford (SSN-768) USS Hartford , a , is the second ship of the Navy to be named for Hartford, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 22 February 1992... (SSN-769) Toledo USS Toledo (SSN-769) USS Toledo , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Toledo, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 10 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 6 May 1991. She was launched on 28 August 1993... (SSN-770) Tucson USS Tucson (SSN-770) USS Tucson , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Tucson, Arizona. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 10 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 15 August 1991.... (SSN-771) Columbia USS Columbia (SSN-771) USS Columbia , a , was the eighth ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. The earlier Columbias were given their names for differing reasons; SSN-771 was specifically named in honor of Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia, Missouri, and Columbia, Illinois.The contract to build Columbia was... (SSN-772) Greeneville USS Greeneville (SSN-772) USS Greeneville , a , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Greeneville, Tennessee. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 December 1988, and her keel was laid down on 28 February 1992... (SSN-773) Cheyenne USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) USS Cheyenne , the last , is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Cheyenne, Wyoming. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 28 November 1989 and her keel was laid down on 6 July 1992. She was launched... (SSN-21) Seawolf USS Seawolf (SSN-21) USS Seawolf , the lead ship of her class, is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look... (SSN-22) Connecticut USS Connecticut (SSN-22) USS Connecticut , a Seawolf-class submarine, is the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the fifth state.The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 3 May 1991 and her keel was laid down on 14... (SSN-23) Jimmy Carter USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) USS Jimmy Carter , the third and last Seawolf-class submarine, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for former President Jimmy Carter, who served in the United States Navy as a Communications Officer, Sonar Officer, Electronics Officer, Weapons Officer, and Supply Officer while... (SSN-774) Virginia USS Virginia (SSN-774) USS Virginia is a United States Navy attack submarine, the lead boat of her class and the tenth vessel of the Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Virginia.... (SSN-775) Texas USS Texas (SSN-775) USS Texas is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the state of Texas.... (SSN-776) Hawaii USS Hawaii (SSN-776) USS Hawaii , a Virginia-class submarine, is the first commissioned warship of the United States Navy to be named for the 50th state... (SSN-777) North Carolina (SSN-778) New Hampshire USS New Hampshire (SSN-778) USS New Hampshire , a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of New Hampshire .She is the first of the Virginia Block II submarines to enter service... (SSN-779) New Mexico USS New Mexico (SSN-779) USS New Mexico , a , is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 47th state.-Construction:The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Newport News in Newport News, Virginia on 14 August 2003. She is the Navy's sixth Virginia-class submarine, has... (SSN-780) Missouri (SSN-781) California USS California (SSN-781) USS California , is the eighth , and the eighth United States Navy ship named for the state of California. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 August 2003. Construction began in December 2006... (SSN-782) Mississippi USS Mississippi (SSN-782) PCU Mississippi is a of the United States Navy, named for the state of Mississippi. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 14 August 2003... (SSN-783) Minnesota USS Minnesota (SSN-783) USS Minnesota will be the 10th of a projected 30 submarines. She will be the third United States Navy ship named for the state of Minnesota. The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia on 14 August 2003. Her name was announced on 15 July... (SSN-784) North Dakota USS North Dakota (SSN-784) North Dakota will be a . She will be the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of North Dakota. The contract to build her was awarded to Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut on 14 August 2003... (SSN-785) John Warner USS John Warner (SSN-785) John Warner will be a . She will be the first in the class to be named after a person; the previous 11 were named after states. John Warner will be built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, and by Northrop Grumman in Newport News, Virginia...	AA-1 (SS-52) USS T-1 (SS-52) The first USS T-1 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-1 was also known as Schley and AA-1.... (Also T-1 (SF-1)) AA-2 (SS-60) USS T-2 (SS-60) USS T-2 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-2 was also known as AA-2.She was laid down as AA-2 on 31 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co... (Also T-2 (SF-2)) AA-3 (SS-61) USS T-3 (SS-61) USS T-3 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy originally named AA-3.She was laid down as AA-3 on 21 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co. of New York, launched on 24 May 1919, sponsored by Mrs... (Also T-3 (SF-3)) Plunger/A-1 (SS-2) Adder/A-2 (SS-3) Grampus/A-3 (SS-4) Moccasin/A-4 (SS-5) Viper/B-1 (SS-10) USS B-1 (SS-10) USS B-1 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of New Suffolk, Long Island, as Viper, making her the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for... Cuttlefish/B-2 (SS-11) USS B-2 (SS-11) USS B-2 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of New Suffolk, L. I., as Cuttlefish, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the... Tarantula/B-3 (SS-12) USS B-3 (SS-12) USS B-3 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of then New Suffolk L. I., as Tarantula, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for... Barracuda (SS-550) USS Barracuda (SSK-1) USS Barracuda , the lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish. Her keel was laid down on 1 July 1949 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2... Octopus/C-1 (SS-9) USS C-1 (SS-9) USS C-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy.C-1 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Octopus. Octopus was launched on 4 October 1906 sponsored by Miss F. Webster, and... Stingray/C-2 (SS-13) USS C-2 (SS-13) USS C-2 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy.C-2 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts - under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company - as USS Stingray. She was launched on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Ms. Elizabeth Stevens, and commissioned on 23... Tarpon/C-3 (SS-14) USS C-3 (SS-14) USS C-3 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Tarpon. She was launched on 8 April 1909 as Tarpon sponsored by Miss Katherine E. Theiss, and... Bonita/C-4 (SS-15) USS C-4 (SS-15) USS C-4 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Bonita. She was launched on 17 June 1909 sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Townsend, and commissioned on 23... Snapper/C-5 (SS-16) USS C-5 (SS-16) USS C-5 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Snapper, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the snapper. Snapper was launched... Narwhal/D-1 (SS-17) USS D-1 (SS-17) USS D-1 was the lead ship of the D-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Narwhal, making her the first ship of the United States Navy... Grayling/D-2 (SS-18) USS D-2 (SS-18) USS D-2 was a D-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Grayling, making her the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the Arctic... Salmon/D-3 (SS-19) USS D-3 (SS-19) USS D-3 was a D-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Salmon, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the... Carp/F-1 (SS-20) USS F-1 (SS-20) USS F-1 was an F-class submarine. She was named Carp when her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the carp. She was launched on 6 September 1911 sponsored by Ms. J. Tynan, renamed F-1 on 17 November... Barracuda/F-2 (SS-21) USS F-2 (SS-21) USS F-2 , an F-class submarine, was named Barracuda when her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California, but was renamed on 17 November 1911. She was launched on 19 March 1912 sponsored by Miss A. R. Rolph, daughter of James Rolph, the mayor of San Francisco, and... Pickerel/F-3 (SS-22) USS F-3 (SS-22) USS F-3 , was a F-class submarine. She was named Pickerel when her keel was laid down by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pickerel, a type of pike. She was renamed F-3 on 17 November 1911, launched on 6... Seal/G-1 (SS-19½) USS G-1 (SS-19½) USS G-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself.-Construction history:G-1 was... Pike/A-5 (SS-6) USS Pike (SS-6) The first USS Pike was a in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-5.She was laid down on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, California by Union Iron Works, launched on 14 January 1903, and commissioned on 28 May 1903 at the Mare Island Navy Yard with Lieutenant Arthur... Porpoise/A-6 (SS-7) USS Porpoise (SS-7) The third USS Porpoise was an early in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-6.She was laid down on 13 December 1900 in Elizabeth, New Jersey at the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of shipyard superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch... Squalus/Sailfish (SS-192) USS Sailfish (SS-192) USS Sailfish , a , was originally named Squalus.Her keel was laid on 18 October 1937 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, as Squalus, the only ship of the United States Navy named for the squalus. She was launched on 14 September 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas C... Shark/A-7 (SS-8) USS Shark (SS-8) The third USS Shark was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-7.Shark was laid down on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, New Jersey in the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of Crescent's superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch... T-1 (SS-52/SF-1) USS T-1 (SS-52) The first USS T-1 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-1 was also known as Schley and AA-1.... (Also Schley and AA-1) T-2 (SS-60/SF-2) USS T-2 (SS-60) USS T-2 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-2 was also known as AA-2.She was laid down as AA-2 on 31 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co... (Also AA-2) T-3 (SS-61/SF-3) USS T-3 (SS-61) USS T-3 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy originally named AA-3.She was laid down as AA-3 on 21 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co. of New York, launched on 24 May 1919, sponsored by Mrs... (Also AA-3) V-4 (SF-7/SM-1) USS Mackerel (SST-1) USS Mackerel (SST-1) USS Mackerel , originally known as USS T-1 , was the lead ship of the T-1-class of training submarines. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the mackerel, a common food and sport fish, and was in service from 1953 to 1973. She was one of the smallest operational... completed as SST-1 (AGSS-570) 438 to 474 cancelled 744 to 749 unassigned SS-108 cancelled SS-495 to SS-521 cancelled SS-530 to SS-550 cancelled SS-553 offshore procurement of KNM Kinn (S316) SS-554 offshore procurement of HDMS Springeren (S329) SS-556 offshore procurement for Norway SS-557 to SS-562 cancelled

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(SSK-1) Barracuda
USS Barracuda (SSK-1)
USS Barracuda , the lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish. Her keel was laid down on 1 July 1949 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2...
(SSK-2) Bass
USS Bass (SSK-2)
USS Bass , a Barracuda-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bass, an edible, spiny-finned fish....
(SSK-3) Bonita
USS Bonita (SSK-3)
USS Bonita , a Barracuda-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bonito, any of several types of fish, including the skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, the Atlantic bonito , the lesser amberjack , or the cobia .The original contract for construction of...
(SST-1) Mackerel/T-1
USS Mackerel (SST-1)
USS Mackerel , originally known as USS T-1 , was the lead ship of the T-1-class of training submarines. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the mackerel, a common food and sport fish, and was in service from 1953 to 1973. She was one of the smallest operational...
(SST-2) Marlin/T-2
USS Marlin (SST-2)
USS Marlin , originally USS T-2 , was a T-1-class training submarine in commission from 1953 to 1973. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the marlin, a large game fish. She was one of the smallest operational submarines ever built for the U.S...
(SF-1) AA-1/T-1
USS T-1 (SS-52)
The first USS T-1 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-1 was also known as Schley and AA-1....

(Also SS-52)
(SF-2) AA-2/T-2
USS T-2 (SS-60)
USS T-2 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-2 was also known as AA-2.She was laid down as AA-2 on 31 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co...

(Also SS-60)
(SF-3) AA-3/T-3
USS T-3 (SS-61)
USS T-3 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy originally named AA-3.She was laid down as AA-3 on 21 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co. of New York, launched on 24 May 1919, sponsored by Mrs...

(Also SS-61)
(SF-4) V-1
(SF-5) V-2
(SF-6) V-3
(SF-7) V-4
(SM-1) Argonaut
(SS-1) Holland
USS Holland (SS-1)
USS Holland was the United States Navy's first commissioned submarine, named for her Irish-American inventor, John Philip Holland, although not the first submarine of the US Navy, which was the 1862...
(SS-2) Plunger/A-1
USS Plunger (SS-2)
USS Plunger SS-2 was one of the earliest submarines of the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the her class and was later renamed A-1 when she was designated an A-type submarine.-Early service:...
(SS-3) Adder/A-2
USS Adder (SS-3)
USS Adder , a Plunger-class submarine, was one of the earliest submarines used by the United States Navy. She was laid down on 3 October 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard, launched on 22 July 1901, and commissioned on 12 January 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk, Ensign Frank L...
(SS-4) Grampus/A-3
USS Grampus (SS-4)
USS Grampus , a Plunger-class submarine later named A-3, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for two members of the dolphin family : Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin, and Orcinus orca, also known as the killer whale.Her keel was laid down on 10 December 1900 at...
(SS-5) Moccasin/A-4
USS Moccasin (SS-5)
The second USS Moccasin was a that was later renamed A-4.She was laid down under the direction of Arthur Leopold Busch on 8 November 1900 in Elizabeth, New Jersey at the Crescent Shipyard, launched on 20 August 1901, and commissioned on 17 January 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk, N.Y....
(SS-6) Pike/A-5
USS Pike (SS-6)
The first USS Pike was a in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-5.She was laid down on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, California by Union Iron Works, launched on 14 January 1903, and commissioned on 28 May 1903 at the Mare Island Navy Yard with Lieutenant Arthur...
(SS-7) Porpoise/A-6
USS Porpoise (SS-7)
The third USS Porpoise was an early in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-6.She was laid down on 13 December 1900 in Elizabeth, New Jersey at the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of shipyard superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch...
(SS-8) Shark/A-7
USS Shark (SS-8)
The third USS Shark was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-7.Shark was laid down on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, New Jersey in the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of Crescent's superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch...
(SS-9) Octopus/C-1
USS C-1 (SS-9)
USS C-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy.C-1 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Octopus. Octopus was launched on 4 October 1906 sponsored by Miss F. Webster, and...
(SS-10) Viper/B-1
USS B-1 (SS-10)
USS B-1 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of New Suffolk, Long Island, as Viper, making her the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for...
(SS-11) Cuttlefish/B-2
USS B-2 (SS-11)
USS B-2 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of New Suffolk, L. I., as Cuttlefish, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the...
(SS-12) Tarantula/B-3
USS B-3 (SS-12)
USS B-3 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of then New Suffolk L. I., as Tarantula, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for...
(SS-13) Stingray/C-2
USS C-2 (SS-13)
USS C-2 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy.C-2 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts - under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company - as USS Stingray. She was launched on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Ms. Elizabeth Stevens, and commissioned on 23...
(SS-14) Tarpon/C-3
USS C-3 (SS-14)
USS C-3 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Tarpon. She was launched on 8 April 1909 as Tarpon sponsored by Miss Katherine E. Theiss, and...
(SS-15) Bonita/C-4
USS C-4 (SS-15)
USS C-4 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Bonita. She was launched on 17 June 1909 sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Townsend, and commissioned on 23...
(SS-16) Snapper/C-5
USS C-5 (SS-16)
USS C-5 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Snapper, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the snapper. Snapper was launched...
(SS-17) Narwhal/D-1
USS D-1 (SS-17)
USS D-1 was the lead ship of the D-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Narwhal, making her the first ship of the United States Navy...
(SS-18) Grayling/D-2
USS D-2 (SS-18)
USS D-2 was a D-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Grayling, making her the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the Arctic...
(SS-19) Salmon/D-3
USS D-3 (SS-19)
USS D-3 was a D-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Salmon, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the...
(SS-19½) Seal/G-1
USS G-1 (SS-19½)
USS G-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself.-Construction history:G-1 was...
(SS-20) Carp/F-1
USS F-1 (SS-20)
USS F-1 was an F-class submarine. She was named Carp when her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the carp. She was launched on 6 September 1911 sponsored by Ms. J. Tynan, renamed F-1 on 17 November...
(SS-21) Barracuda/F-2
USS F-2 (SS-21)
USS F-2 , an F-class submarine, was named Barracuda when her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California, but was renamed on 17 November 1911. She was launched on 19 March 1912 sponsored by Miss A. R. Rolph, daughter of James Rolph, the mayor of San Francisco, and...
(SS-22) Pickerel/F-3
USS F-3 (SS-22)
USS F-3 , was a F-class submarine. She was named Pickerel when her keel was laid down by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pickerel, a type of pike. She was renamed F-3 on 17 November 1911, launched on 6...
(SS-23) F-4
USS F-4 (SS-23)
USS F-4 was a F-class submarine. Her keel was laid down by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington. She was originally named Skate, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the skate. She was renamed F-4 on 17 November 1911. She was launched on 6 January 1912...
(SS-24) E-1
USS E-1 (SS-24)
USS E-1 was an E-class submarine of the United States Navy. Originally named Skipjack, the boat was launched on 27 May 1911 by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. D. R. Battles; renamed E-1 on 17 November 1911; and commissioned on 14 February 1912, Lieutenant Chester W...
(SS-25) E-2
USS E-2 (SS-25)
USS E-2 was an E-class submarine of the United States Navy. Originally named Sturgeon, the boat was launched on 15 June 1911 by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Ms. Margaret Nelson Little; renamed E-2 on 17 November 1911; and commissioned on 14 February 1912, Ensign C. N...
(SS-26) G-4
USS G-4 (SS-26)
USS G-4 was a G-class submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself.G-4 was named Thrasher when her keel was laid down on...
(SS-27) G-2
USS G-2 (SS-27)
USS G-2 was a G-class submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself...
(SS-28) Seawolf/H-1
USS H-1 (SS-28)
USS H-1 , the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy, was originally named Seawolf, making her the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the seawolf....
(SS-29) Nautilus/H-2
USS H-2 (SS-29)
USS H-2 was a H-class submarine. She was originally named Nautilus, the third ship and first submarine of the United States Navy to bear the name, which was derived from a Greek word meaning "sailor" or "ship." The nautilus is also a tropical mollusk having a many-chambered, spiral shell with a...
(SS-30) Garfish/H-3
USS H-3 (SS-30)
USS H-3 was a H-class submarine originally named Garfish, the only ship of the United States Navy named for the garfish, a popular target for recreational anglers....
(SS-31) G-3
USS G-3 (SS-31)
USS G-3 was a G-class submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself...
(SS-32) K-1
USS K-1 (SS-32)
USS K-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy.-Construction history:Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, as Haddock, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddock, a small edible...
(SS-33) K-2
USS K-2 (SS-33)
USS K-2 was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, as Cachalot, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cachalot, another name for the sperm whale, but on 17 November...
(SS-34) K-3
USS K-3 (SS-34)
USS K-3 was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, as Orca, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the orca, another name for the grampus or killer whale, but on 17 November 1911,...
(SS-35) K-4
USS K-4 (SS-35)
USS K-4 was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Moran Company in Seattle, Washington, as Walrus, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus, a gregarious, aquatic mammal related to the seal found in Arctic waters, but...
(SS-36) K-5
USS K-5 (SS-36)
USS K-5 was a K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 17 March 1914 sponsored by Mrs. Warren G. Child, and...
(SS-37) K-6
USS K-6 (SS-37)
USS K-6 was a K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 26 March 1914, sponsored by Mrs...
(SS-38) K-7
USS K-7 (SS-38)
USS K-7 was an K-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works, on San Francisco, California, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 June 1914 sponsored by Mrs...
(SS-39) K-8
USS K-8 (SS-39)
USS K-8 was an K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 11 July 1914 sponsored by Mrs. John W...
(SS-40) L-1
USS L-1 (SS-40)
USS L-1 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 13 April 1914 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 20 January 1915 sponsored by Mrs. Freeland A. Daubin, and commissioned on 11 April 1916 with Lieutenant Freeland A...
(SS-41) L-2
USS L-2 (SS-41)
USS L-2 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 March 1914 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 11 February 1915 sponsored by Mrs. Russel Gray, and commissioned on 29 September 1916, Lieutenant Augustine H...
(SS-42) L-3
USS L-3 (SS-42)
USS L-3 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 18 April 1914 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 15 March 1915 sponsored by Mrs. Lew Morton Atkins, and commissioned on 22 April 1916 with Lieutenant D. J...
(SS-43) L-4
USS L-4 (SS-43)
USS L-4 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 23 March 1914 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 3 April 1915 sponsored by Mrs. Stephen A...
(SS-44) L-5
USS L-5 (SS-44)
USS L-5 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 1914 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut....
(SS-45) L-6
USS L-6 (SS-45)
USS L-6 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 May 1914 by Craig Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California....
(SS-46) L-7
USS L-7 (SS-46)
USS L-7 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 2 June 1914 by Craig Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California....
(SS-47) M-1
USS M-1 (SS-47)
USS M-1 was a unique submarine of the United States Navy. M-1 was designed as a test bed for the newest technology in submarine construction and design. As well as being the world's first double-hulled design , her battery was of a new design and was to have solved some of the past flaws...
(SS-48) L-8
USS L-8 (SS-48)
USS L-8 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 24 February 1915 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine....
(SS-49) L-9
USS L-9 (SS-49)
USS L-9 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 2 November 1914 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 October 1915 sponsored by Miss Heather Pattison Baxter, and commissioned on 4 August 1916 with Lieutenant P. T...
(SS-50) L-10
USS L-10 (SS-50)
USS L-10 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 17 February 1915 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 16 March 1916 sponsored by Miss Catherine Rush, and commissioned on 2 August 1916 with Lieutenant J. C...
(SS-51) L-11
USS L-11 (SS-51)
USS L-11 was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy.L-11 was laid down on 17 February 1915 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 16 May 1916 sponsored by Miss Mary Richards Latimer, and commissioned 15 August 1916, Lieutenant, junior grade W. R...
(SS-52) AA-1/T-1
USS T-1 (SS-52)
The first USS T-1 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-1 was also known as Schley and AA-1....

(Also SF-1)
(SS-53) N-1
USS N-1 (SS-53)
USS N-1 was the lead ship of her class of coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 26 July 1915 by Seattle Construction and Drydock Company in Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 30 December 1916 sponsored by Mrs. Guy E. Davis, and commissioned on 26...
(SS-54) N-2
USS N-2 (SS-54)
USS N-2 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 July 1915 by Seattle Construction and Drydock Company. She was launched on 16 January 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Whitford Drake, and commissioned on 26 September 1917 with Lieutenant Hugh C...
(SS-55) N-3
USS N-3 (SS-55)
USS N-3 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 31 July 1915 by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company. She was launched on 21 February 1917 sponsored by Miss Bertha Coontz, daughter of the commandant of Puget Sound Navy Yard ,and...
(SS-56) N-4
USS N-4 (SS-56)
USS N-4 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 24 March 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut...
(SS-57) N-5
USS N-5 (SS-57)
USS N-5 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 10 April 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut...
(SS-58) N-6
USS N-6 (SS-58)
USS N-6 was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 April 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut...
(SS-59) N-7
USS N-7 (SS-59)
USS N-7 was an N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 20 April 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut...
(SS-60) AA-2/T-2
USS T-2 (SS-60)
USS T-2 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-2 was also known as AA-2.She was laid down as AA-2 on 31 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co...

(Also SF-2)
(SS-61) AA-3/T-3
USS T-3 (SS-61)
USS T-3 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy originally named AA-3.She was laid down as AA-3 on 21 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co. of New York, launched on 24 May 1919, sponsored by Mrs...

(Also SF-3)
(SS-62) O-1
USS O-1 (SS-62)
USS O-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine. Her keel was laid down on 26 March 1917 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 9 July 1918, and commissioned on 5 November 1918 with Lieutenant Commander Norman L...
(SS-63) O-2
USS O-2 (SS-63)
USS O-2 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 July 1917 by the Puget Sound Navy Yard. She was launched on 24 May 1918, and commissioned at Puget Sound on 19 October 1918 with Lieutenant Commander F. T. Chew in command.-Service history:During World War I,...
(SS-64) O-3
USS O-3 (SS-64)
USS O-3 , an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 2 December 1916 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 September 1917, and commissioned on 13 June 1918 with Lieutenant G. L...
(SS-65) O-4
USS O-4 (SS-65)
USS O-4 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 4 December 1916 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 20 October 1917, and commissioned on 29 May 1918 with Lieutenant Robert H...
(SS-66) O-5
USS O-5 (SS-66)
USS O-5 was an O-class submarine. Her keel was laid down on 8 December 1916 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 11 November 1917, and commissioned on 8 June 1918 with Lieutenant George A...
(SS-67) O-6
USS O-6 (SS-67)
USS O-6 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 December 1916 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 25 November 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Carrol Q. Wright, and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 12 June 1918...
(SS-68) O-7
USS O-7 (SS-68)
USS O-7 , an O-class submarine, of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 February 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 16 December 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Constance Sears, and commissioned on 4 July 1918 with Lieutenant Commander...
(SS-69) O-8
USS O-8 (SS-69)
USS O-8 , an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 February 1917 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 31 December 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Alice C. Burg, and commissioned on 11 July 1918 with Lieutenant Commander R.A...
(SS-70) O-9
USS O-9 (SS-70)
USS O-9 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 February 1917 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 January 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Frederick J. Sherman, and commissioned on 27 July 1918 with Lieutenant Oliver M....
(SS-71) O-10
USS O-10 (SS-71)
USS O-10 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 February 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 21 February 1918 sponsored by Mrs. John E...
(SS-72) O-11
USS O-11 (SS-72)
USS O-11 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1916 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut....
(SS-73) O-12
USS O-12 (SS-73)
USS O-12 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1916 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut....
(SS-74) O-13
USS O-13 (SS-74)
USS O-13 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1916 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut....
(SS-75) O-14
USS O-14 (SS-75)
USS O-14 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 July 1916 at California Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California....
(SS-76) O-15
USS O-15 (SS-76)
USS O-15 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 21 September 1916 by California Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California....
(SS-77) O-16
USS O-16 (SS-77)
USS O-16 was an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 7 October 1916 by California Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California....
(SS-78) R-1
USS R-1 (SS-78)
USS R-1 was the lead ship of the R-class coastal and harbor defense submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 October 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 24 August 1918 sponsored by Mrs. George W...
(SS-79) R-2
USS R-2 (SS-79)
USS R-2 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 October 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 23 September 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Charles M...
(SS-80) R-3
USS R-3 (SS-80)
USS R-3 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 11 December 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 18 January 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Charles G...
(SS-81) R-4
USS R-4 (SS-81)
USS R-4 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 October 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 26 October 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Albert W. Stahl, and commissioned on 28 March...
(SS-82) R-5
USS R-5 (SS-82)
USS R-5 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 October 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 24 November 1918 sponsored by Miss Margaretta King, and commissioned on 15 April...
(SS-83) R-6
USS R-6 (SS-83)
USS R-6 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 17 December 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 1 March 1919 sponsored by Ms...
(SS-84) R-7
USS R-7 (SS-84)
USS R-7 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 December 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 5 April 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Ivan E. Bass, and commissioned on 12 June 1919 with...
(SS-85) R-8
USS R-8 (SS-85)
USS R-8 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 4 March 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 17 April 1919 sponsored by Ms. Penelope Potter, and commissioned on 21 July 1919 with...
(SS-86) R-9
USS R-9 (SS-86)
USS R-9 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 24 May 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Irving E...
(SS-87) R-10
USS R-10 (SS-87)
USS R-10 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 21 March 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched 28 June 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Philip C. Ransom, and commissioned on 20 August 1919,...
(SS-88) R-11
USS R-11 (SS-88)
USS R-11 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, on 18 March 1918. She was launched on 21 July 1919 sponsored by Miss Dorothy Batchelder, and commissioned on 5...
(SS-89) R-12
USS R-12 (SS-89)
USS R-12 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.-Construction:Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts on 28 March 1918. She was launched on 15 August 1919 sponsored by Miss Helen Mack, and commissioned at Boston,...
(SS-90) R-13
USS R-13 (SS-90)
USS R-13 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts on 27 March 1918. She was launched on 27 August 1919 sponsored by Miss Fanny B. Chandler, and commissioned on 17 October...
(SS-91) R-14
USS R-14 (SS-91)
USS R-14 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, in Quincy, Massachusetts on 6 November 1918. She was launched on 10 October 1919 sponsored by Ms. Florence L. Gardner and commissioned on 24...
(SS-92) R-15
USS R-15 (SS-92)
USS R-15 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, on 30 April 1917. She was launched on 12 October 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Thales S. Boyd, and commissioned on 27 July 1918 with...
(SS-93) R-16
USS R-16 (SS-93)
USS R-16 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, on 26 April 1917. She was launched on 15 December 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Edward R. Wilson, and commissioned on 5 August 1918 with...
(SS-94) R-17
USS R-17 (SS-94)
USS R-17 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, on 5 May 1917. She was launched on 24 December 1917 sponsored by Miss Bertha F. Dew, and commissioned on 17 August 1918 with...
(SS-95) R-18
USS R-18 (SS-95)
USS R-18 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 June 1917 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 8 January 1918 sponsored by Miss Marion S. Russell, and commissioned on 11 September 1918 with...
(SS-96) R-19
USS R-19 (SS-96)
USS R-19 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy.-Construction and commissioning:R-19s keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California on 23 June 1917. She was launched on 28 January 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Robert L. Irvine, and...
(SS-97) R-20
USS R-20 (SS-97)
USS R-20 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 4 June 1917 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 21 January 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Arnold Foster, and commissioned on 26 October 1918 with...
(SS-98) R-21
USS R-21 (SS-98)
USS R-21 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore...
(SS-99) R-22
USS R-22 (SS-99)
USS R-22 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore...
(SS-100) R-23
USS R-23 (SS-100)
USS R-23 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 25 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore...
(SS-101) R-24
USS R-24 (SS-101)
USS R-24 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 9 May 1919 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore...
(SS-102) R-25
USS R-25 (SS-102)
USS R-25 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down 26 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore...
(SS-103) R-26
USS R-26 (SS-103)
USS R-26 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down 26 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore...
(SS-104) R-27
USS R-27 (SS-104)
USS R-27 was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 May 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut; the R-boats built by Lake Torpedo Boat are sometimes considered a separate class from those built by Fore...
(SS-105) S-1
USS S-1 (SS-105)
USS S-1 was the lead boat of the S-class of submarines of the United States Navy. The Navy had awarded contracts for the first three S-boats under the same general specifications but of different design types...
(SS-106) S-2
USS S-2 (SS-106)
USS S-2 was the prototype of the "Lake-type" S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 30 July 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 15 February 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Philip B. Brill, and commissioned on 25 May 1920,...
(SS-107) S-3
USS S-3 (SS-107)
USS S-3 was the prototype of the "Government-type" S-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 August 1917 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 21 December 1918 sponsored by Mrs. William L. Hill, and commissioned on 30 January 1919 with Commander John W...
SS-108 cancelled
(SS-109) S-4
USS S-4 (SS-109)
USS S-4 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. In 1927, she was sunk by being accidentally rammed by a Coast Guard destroyer with the loss of all hands but was raised and restored to service until stricken in 1936.-Building:...
(SS-110) S-5
USS S-5 (SS-110)
USS S-5 was a "Government-type" S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 4 December 1917 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 10 November 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Glenn S. Burrell, and commissioned on 6 March 1920 with Lieutenant Commander...
(SS-111) S-6
USS S-6 (SS-111)
USS S-6 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 January 1918 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 23 December 1919 sponsored by Ms. Eleanor Westcott; and commissioned on 17 May 1920 with Lieutenant Commander George B...
(SS-112) S-7
USS S-7 (SS-112)
USS S-7 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 January 1918 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 5 February 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Henry L...
(SS-113) S-8
USS S-8 (SS-113)
USS S-8 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 9 November 1918 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 21 April 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Roy W. Ryden, and commissioned on 1 October 1920 with Lieutenant Commander Eric F...
(SS-114) S-9
USS S-9 (SS-114)
USS S-9 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 20 January 1919 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 17 June 1920 sponsored by Mrs. James E...
(SS-115) S-10
USS S-10 (SS-115)
USS S-10 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 11 September 1919 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 1 December 1920 sponsored by Miss Marian K. Payne, and commissioned on 21 September 1922 with Lieutenant Commander Carroll Q...
(SS-116) S-11
USS S-11 (SS-116)
USS S-11 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 2 December 1919 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 7 February 1921 sponsored by Miss Anna E. Roosevelt and commissioned on 11 January 1923 with Lieutenant Wilder D...
(SS-117) S-12
USS S-12 (SS-117)
USS S-12 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 8 January 1920 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 4 August 1921 sponsored by Mrs. Gordon Woodbury and commissioned on 30 April 1923 with Lieutenant Francis S...
(SS-118) S-13
USS S-13 (SS-118)
USS S-13 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 February 1920 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 October 1921 sponsored by Miss Mary Howe, and commissioned on 14 July 1923 with Lieutenant Wilder D...
(SS-119) S-14
USS S-14 (SS-119)
USS S-14 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 7 December 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 22 October 1919 sponsored by Mrs. George T. Parker, and commissioned on 11 February 1921 with...
(SS-120) S-15
USS S-15 (SS-120)
USS S-15 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 13 December 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 8 March 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Simon Lake, and commissioned on 15 January 1921 with Lieutenant...
(SS-121) S-16
USS S-16 (SS-121)
USS S-16 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 March 1918 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 23 December 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Archibald W. McNeil, and commissioned on 17 December 1920,...
(SS-122) S-17
USS S-17 (SS-122)
USS S-17 was a second-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 March 1918 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 22 May 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Raymond G. Thomas, and commissioned on 1 March 1921 with Lieutenant...
(SS-123) S-18
USS S-18 (SS-123)
USS S-18 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 29 April 1920 sponsored by Miss Virginia Bell Johnson, and commissioned on 3 April 1924 with...
(SS-124) S-19
USS S-19 (SS-124)
USS S-19 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1918 by the Electric Boat Company in New York City, on subcontract to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 21 June 1920 sponsored by Ms...
(SS-125) S-20
USS S-20 (SS-125)
USS S-20 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 9 June 1920 sponsored by Miss Anne Claggett Zell, and commissioned on 22 November 1922 with...
(SS-126) S-21
USS S-21 (SS-126)
USS S-21 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 19 December 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 18 August 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Baxter, and commissioned on 24 August 1921 with...
(SS-127) S-22
USS S-22 (SS-127)
USS S-22 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 6 January 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 15 July 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Mark C. Bowman, and commissioned on 23 June 1924 with...
(SS-128) S-23
USS S-23 (SS-128)
USS S-23 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 18 January 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 October 1920 sponsored by Miss Barbara Sears, and commissioned on 30 October 1923 with...
(SS-129) S-24
USS S-24 (SS-129)
USS S-24 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 1 November 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 June 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Herbert B. Loper, and commissioned on 24 August 1923 with...
(SS-130) S-25
USS S-25 (SS-130)
USS S-25 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy.S-25 was laid down on 26 October 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 29 May 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Ross P. Schlabach, and commissioned on 9 July 1923 with Lieutenant...
(SS-131) S-26
USS S-26 (SS-131)
USS S-26 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 7 November 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy, Massachusetts. She launched on 22 August 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Carlos Bean, and commissioned on 15 October 1923 with Lieutenant Edmund W...
(SS-132) S-27
USS S-27 (SS-132)
USS S-27 was a S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her construction was authorized in March 1917, and her keel was laid down on 11 April 1919 by the Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 18 October 1922 sponsored by Mrs...
(SS-133) S-28
USS S-28 (SS-133)
USS S-28 was a S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 April 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 20 September 1922, sponsored by Mrs. William R. Monroe, and commissioned on 13 December 1923, Lieutenant Kemp C...
(SS-134) S-29
USS S-29 (SS-134)
USS S-29 , was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 17 April 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 9 November 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Ronan C. Grady, and commissioned on 22 May 1924 with...
(SS-135) S-30
USS S-30 (SS-135)
USS S-30 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy during World War II.S-30 was laid down on 1 April 1918 by the Union Iron Works at San Francisco, California. She was launched on 21 November 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Edward S. Stalnaker, and commissioned on 29 October 1920 with Lieutenant...
(SS-136) S-31
USS S-31 (SS-136)
USS S-31 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 13 April 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 28 December 1918 sponsored by Mrs. George A. Walker, and commissioned on 11 May 1922 with Lieutenant William A...
(SS-137) S-32
USS S-32 (SS-137)
USS S-32 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy.S-32 was laid down on 12 April 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 11 January 1919 sponsored by Miss Margaret Tynan, and commissioned on 15 June 1922 with Lieutenant Edward E...
(SS-138) S-33
USS S-33 (SS-138)
USS S-33 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 June 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 5 December 1918 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas M. Searles, and commissioned on 18 April 1922 with Lieutenant George P...
(SS-139) S-34
USS S-34 (SS-139)
USS S-34 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy.S-34 was laid down on 28 May 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 13 February 1919 sponsored by Miss Florence Hellman, and commissioned on 12 July 1922 with Lieutenant Elroy L...
(SS-140) S-35
USS S-35 (SS-140)
USS S-35 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 14 June 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 27 February 1919 sponsored by Miss Louise C. Bailey, and commissioned on 17 August 1922 with Lieutenant...
(SS-141) S-36
USS S-36 (SS-141)
USS S-36 was a S-class submarine in the United States Navy.Her keel was laid down on 10 December 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of San Francisco, California. She was launched on 3 June 1919 sponsored by Miss Helen Russell, and commissioned on 4 April 1923 with Lieutenant Leon C...
(SS-142) S-37
USS S-37 (SS-142)
USS S-37 was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 12 December 1918 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 20 June 1919 sponsored by Miss Mildred Bulger, and commissioned on 16 July 1923 with Lieutenant Paul R...
(SS-143) S-38
USS S-38 (SS-143)
USS S-38 was a S-class submarine of the United States Navy.Her keel was laid down on 15 January 1919 by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 17 June 1919 sponsored by Mrs. Grace M. Collins, and commissioned on 11 May 1923 with Lieutenant Clifford H...
(SS-144) S-39
USS S-39 (SS-144)
USS S-39 was a United States NavyS-class submarine that saw combat in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. She was accidentally run aground on her fifth war time patrol and was subsequently abandoned....
(SS-145) S-40
USS S-40 (SS-145)
USS S-40 was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 5 March 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 5 January 1921 sponsored by Mrs. John H. Rosseter, and commissioned on 20 November 1923 with...
(SS-146) S-41
USS S-41 (SS-146)
USS S-41 , a, was a first-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 17 April 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco, California. She was launched on 21 February 1921 sponsored by Mrs. John F. Conners, and commissioned on 15 January 1924...
(SS-147) H-4
USS H-4 (SS-147)
The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915. Eleven were delivered, and served as the American Holland class submarines, but shipment of the final six was held up pending the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the boats were stored in...
(SS-148) H-5
USS H-5 (SS-148)
The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915. Eleven were delivered, and served as the American Holland class submarines, but shipment of the final six was held up pending the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the boats were stored in...
(SS-149) H-6
USS H-6 (SS-149)
USS H-6 was an H-class submarine that served in the United States Navy from 1918-1931.The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915...
(SS-150) H-7
USS H-7 (SS-150)
USS H-7 was an H-class submarine that served in active duty with the United States Navy from 1918-1922.The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915...
(SS-151) H-8
USS H-8 (SS-151)
USS H-8 was an H-class submarine that was on active duty with the United States Navy from 1918-1922.The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915...
(SS-152) H-9
USS H-9 (SS-152)
USS H-9 was an H-class submarine that was on active duty with the United States Navy from 1918-1922.The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915...
(SS-153) S-42
USS S-42 (SS-153)
USS S-42 was the first member in the third group of S-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 16 December 1920 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 30 April 1923 sponsored by Mrs. Henry A...
(SS-154) S-43
USS S-43 (SS-154)
USS S-43 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 13 December 1920 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 31 March 1923 sponsored by Mrs. John H. Brown, and commissioned on 31 December 1924 with...
(SS-155) S-44
USS S-44 (SS-155)
USS S-44 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy.Her keel was laid down on 19 February 1921 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 27 October 1923 sponsored by Mrs. H.E. Grieshaber, and was commissioned on 16 February 1925...
(SS-156) S-45
USS S-45 (SS-156)
USS S-45 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 29 December 1920 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 26 June 1923 sponsored by Mrs. Charles Hibbard, and delivered and commissioned on 31 March...
(SS-157) S-46
USS S-46 (SS-157)
USS S-46 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 23 February 1921 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 11 September 1923 sponsored by Miss Grace Roosevelt, and commissioned on 5 June 1925,...
(SS-158) S-47
USS S-47 (SS-158)
USS S-47 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 26 February 1921 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 5 January 1924 sponsored by Mrs. Morris D...
(SS-159) S-48
USS S-48 (SS-159)
thumb|right|300px|USS S-48, stern resting on the bottom after sinking near Bridgeport CtUSS S-48 was the first submarine in the fourth group of S-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 22 October 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She...
(SS-160) S-49
USS S-49 (SS-160)
USS S-49 was a fourth-group S-class submarine submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 22 October 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 23 April 1921 sponsored by Mrs. Joseph E. Austin, and commissioned on 6 June 1922 with...
(SS-161) S-50
USS S-50 (SS-161)
USS S-50 was a fourth-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 15 March 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 18 June 1921 sponsored by Mrs. William G. Esmond, and commissioned on 20 May 1922 with Lieutenant J. A...
(SS-162) S-51
USS S-51 (SS-162)
USS S-51 was a fourth-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy.Her keel was laid down on 22 December 1919 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 August 1921 sponsored by Mrs. R.J. Mills, and commissioned on 24 June 1922 with Lieutenant W. S...
(SS-163) Barracuda
USS Barracuda (SS-163)
USS Barracuda , lead ship of her class and first of the "V-boats," was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda .- Construction :...
(SS-164) Bass
USS Bass (SS-164)
USS Bass , a Barracuda-class submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bass. Her keel was laid at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched as V-2 on 27 December 1924 sponsored by Mrs. Douglas E...
(SS-165) Bonita
USS Bonita (SS-165)
USS Bonita , a Barracuda-class submarine and one of the "V-boats," was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bonito....
(SS-166) Argonaut (never formally held this classification)
(SS-167) Narwhal
USS Narwhal (SS-167)
USS Narwhal , the lead ship of her class of submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal. She was named V-5 when her keel was laid down on 10 May 1927 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.V-5 was launched on 17 December 1929...
(SS-168) Nautilus
USS Nautilus (SS-168)
USS Nautilus , a and one of the "V-boats", was the third ship of the United States Navy to officially bear that popular ship's name. She was originally named and designated V-6 , but was redesignated and given hull classification symbol SC-2 on 11 February 1925...
(SS-169) Dolphin
USS Dolphin (SS-169)
USS Dolphin , a submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for that aquatic mammal. She also bore the name V-7 and the classifications SF-10 and SSC-3 prior to her commissioning. She was launched on 6 March 1932 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard,...
(SS-170) Cachalot
USS Cachalot (SS-170)
USS Cachalot , the lead ship of her class and one of the "V-boats", was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sperm whale. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 19 October 1933 as V-8 sponsored by Miss K. D...
(SS-171) Cuttlefish
USS Cuttlefish (SS-171)
USS Cuttlefish , a Cachalot-class submarine and one of the "V-boats," was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cuttlefish. Her keel was laid down by Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 21 November 1933 sponsored by Mrs. B. S. Bullard, and...
(SS-172) Porpoise
USS Porpoise (SS-172)
USS Porpoise , the fifth United States Navy ship to bear her name, was the lead ship of her class of submarines.She was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine on 27 October 1933; launched on 20 June 1935, sponsored by Miss Eva Croft; and commissioned on 15 August 1935,...
(SS-173) Pike
USS Pike (SS-173)
USS Pike was laid down on 20 December 1933 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, Maine; launched on 12 September 1935; sponsored by Miss Jane Logan Snyder; and commissioned on 2 December 1935, Lieutenant Heber H. "Tex" McLean in command. Pike was the first all-welded submarine...
(SS-174) Shark
USS Shark (SS-174)
was a Porpoise-class submarine, the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 October 1933...
(SS-175) Tarpon
USS Tarpon (SS-175)
USS Tarpon , second ship of this name, was laid down on 22 December 1933 at Groton, Connecticut, by the Electric Boat Corporation; launched on 4 September 1935; sponsored by Miss Eleanore Katherine Roosevelt, daughter of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt; and commissioned on 12...
(SS-176) Perch
USS Perch (SS-176)
USS Perch was a Porpoise-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship to be named for the perch.Her keel was laid down on 25 February 1935 by the Electric Boat Company, in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 9 May 1936 , and commissioned on 19 November 1936, Lieutenant...
(SS-177) Pickerel
USS Pickerel (SS-177)
USS Pickerel , a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pickerel, a young or small pike....
(SS-178) Permit
USS Permit (SS-178)
USS Permit , a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the permit.Her keel was laid on 6 June 1935 by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut; launched on 5 October 1936 sponsored by Mrs. Harold G. Bowen, and commissioned on 17 March 1937,...
(SS-179) Plunger
USS Plunger (SS-179)
, a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named plunger after a diver or a daring gambler. Unlike most American submarines of the day, she was not named for a fish or other sea-dwelling creature....
(SS-180) Pollack
USS Pollack (SS-180)
USS Pollack , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel....
(SS-181) Pompano
USS Pompano (SS-181)
USS Pompano , a United States Porpoise-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pompano....
(SS-182) Salmon
USS Salmon (SS-182)
USS Salmon was the lead ship of her class of submarine. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft-finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning.Her keel was laid down...
(SS-183) Seal
USS Seal (SS-183)
USS Seal , a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seal, a sea mammal valued for its skin and oil. Her keel was laid down on 25 May 1936 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 25 April 1937 at the Naval Submarine...
(SS-184) Skipjack
USS Skipjack (SS-184)
USS Skipjack , a Salmon-class submarine, wasthe second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the fish. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 22 July 1936...
(SS-185) Snapper
USS Snapper (SS-185)
USS Snapper , a Salmon-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy of the name and the second to be named for the snapper, any of numerous carnivorous, bass-like fishes, esteemed as food and as game fishes. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 23 July 1936. She...
(SS-186) Stingray
USS Stingray (SS-186)
USS Stingray , a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the stingray, which is a large ray with a whiplike tail and sharp spines capable of inflicting severe wounds. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 1 October 1936. She was launched...
(SS-187) Sturgeon
USS Sturgeon (SS-187)
USS Sturgeon , a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon.Her keel was laid down on October 27, 1936 by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on March 15, 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Charles S. Freeman; and commissioned on June 25, 1938...
(SS-188) Sargo
USS Sargo (SS-188)
USS Sargo , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sargo.Her keel was laid on 12 May 1937 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 6 June 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Chester W. Nimitz , and commissioned on...
(SS-189) Saury
USS Saury (SS-189)
USS Saury , a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the saury, a long-beaked relative of the flying fish found in the temperate zones of the Atlantic....
(SS-190) Spearfish
USS Spearfish (SS-190)
USS Spearfish , a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spearfish, any of several large, powerful, pelagic fishes of the genus Tetrapturus allied to the marlins and sailfishes....
(SS-191) Sculpin
USS Sculpin (SS-191)
USS Sculpin , a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin.Her keel was laid down on 7 September 1937 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 27 July 1938 sponsored by Mrs. J.R. Defrees, and commissioned on 16 January...
(SS-192) Squalus/Sailfish
USS Sailfish (SS-192)
USS Sailfish , a , was originally named Squalus.Her keel was laid on 18 October 1937 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, as Squalus, the only ship of the United States Navy named for the squalus. She was launched on 14 September 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas C...
(SS-193) Swordfish
USS Swordfish (SS-193)
USS Swordfish , a Sargo-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin...
(SS-194) Seadragon
USS Seadragon (SS-194)
USS Seadragon , a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seadragon.Her keel was laid on 18 April 1938 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was christened and launched on 21 April 1939, sponsored by Mrs. J.O...
(SS-195) Sealion
USS Sealion (SS-195)
USS Sealion , a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea lion, any of several large, eared seals native to the Pacific....
(SS-196) Searaven
USS Searaven (SS-196)
USS Searaven , a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea raven, a sculpin of the northern Atlantic coast of America....
(SS-197) Seawolf
USS Seawolf (SS-197)
USS Seawolf , a Sargo-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf.Her keel was laid down on 27 September 1938 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 15 August 1939 sponsored by Mrs. Edward C. Kalbfus and commissioned on 1...
(SS-198) Tambor
USS Tambor (SS-198)
USS Tambor , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tambor.Her keel was laid down on 16 January 1939 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 December 1939 sponsored by Miss Lucia Ellis, and...
(SS-199) Tautog
USS Tautog (SS-199)
', a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tautog, a small edible sport fish, which is also called a blackfish....
(SS-200) Thresher
USS Thresher (SS-200)
', a Tambor-class submarine, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for the thresher shark. Her keel was laid down 27 May 1939 at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 27 March 1940 sponsored by Mrs. Claude A...
(SS-201) Triton
USS Triton (SS-201)
USS Triton , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first submarine and third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Triton. Her keel was down on 5 July 1939 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 25 March 1940 sponsored by Mrs. Ernest J. King, wife of Rear Admiral King, and...
(SS-202) Trout
USS Trout (SS-202)
USS Trout was a United States Navy Tambor-class submarine, serving in the Pacific from 1941 to 1944. She received 11 battle stars for World War II service and three Presidential Unit Citations, for her second, third, and fifth patrols...
(SS-203) Tuna
USS Tuna (SS-203)
USS Tuna was a United States Navy Tambor-class submarine, serving in the Pacific during World War II and earning seven battle stars for her service. After the war, she participated in the Bikini Atoll atomic testing in 1946.-Origins:...
(SS-204) Mackerel
USS Mackerel (SS-204)
USS Mackerel , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for the mackerel, a common food and sport fish....
(SS-205) Marlin
USS Marlin (SS-205)
USS Marlin , a Mackerel-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the marlin, a large game fish....
(SS-206) Gar
USS Gar (SS-206)
USS Gar , a Tambor-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gar, a fish of the Lepisosteidae family....
(SS-207) Grampus
USS Grampus (SS-207)
USS Grampus , a Tambor-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for a member of the dolphin family : Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin....
(SS-208) Grayback
USS Grayback (SS-208)
USS Grayback , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lake herring.Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 31 January 1941 sponsored by Mrs...
(SS-209) Grayling
USS Grayling (SS-209)
USS Grayling , a Tambor-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout....
(SS-210) Grenadier
USS Grenadier (SS-210)
USS Grenadier , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier fish, relatives of cod that are very common in bathyal and abyssal habitats....
(SS-211) Gudgeon
USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
USS Gudgeon , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gudgeon). Her keel was laid down by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on 25 January 1941, sponsored by Mrs. William S. Pye, and commissioned on 21 April 1941 with Lieutenant Commander...
(SS-212) Gato
USS Gato (SS-212)
USS Gato was the lead ship of her class of submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the gato, a species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico....
(SS-213) Greenling
USS Greenling (SS-213)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the greenling, an elongate, fine-scaled fish found from Kamchatka to California....
(SS-214) Grouper
USS Grouper (SS-214)
USS Grouper , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grouper, a salt-water fish noted as a gamefish and for its food values....
(SS-215) Growler
USS Growler (SS-215)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler, a large-mouth black bass. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2 November 1941 , and commissioned on 20 March 1942 with Lieutenant Commander...
(SS-216) Grunion
USS Grunion (SS-216)
was a Gato-class submarine that was sunk at Kiska, Alaska, during World War II. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grunion, a small fish of the silversides family, indigenous to the western American coast....
(SS-217) Guardfish
USS Guardfish (SS-217)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guardfish, a voracious green and silvery fish with elongated pike-like body and long narrow jaws....
(SS-218) Albacore
USS Albacore (SS-218)
was a Gato-class submarine which served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, winning four Presidential Unit Citations and nine battle stars for her service...
(SS-219) Amberjack
USS Amberjack (SS-219)
was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship named for the amberjack, a vigorous sport fish found in the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil....
(SS-220) Barb
USS Barb (SS-220)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barbus.Her keel was laid down on 7 June 1941 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2 April 1942 , and commissioned on 8 July 1942, Lieutenant Commander John R...
(SS-221) Blackfish
USS Blackfish (SS-221)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the blackfish, any one of several small, toothed whales....
(SS-222) Bluefish
USS Bluefish (SS-222)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish, a fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States....
(SS-223) Bonefish
USS Bonefish (SS-223)
was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the bonefish, which is a name for the ladyfish, dogfish, and sturgeon.- Operational history :...
(SS-224) Cod
(SS-225) Cero
USS Cero (SS-225)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cero mackerel, a large food and game fish of the mackerel family, found chiefly in the West Indies....
(SS-226) Corvina
USS Corvina (SS-226)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the corvina, any of various important food fishes related to the weakfish and the croaker of the Atlantic coast....
(SS-227) Darter
USS Darter (SS-227)
USS Darter , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter.Her keel was laid down on 20 October 1942 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 6 June 1943 , and commissioned on 7 September 1943, Commander William S....
(SS-228) Drum
USS Drum (SS-228)
USS Drum is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named after the drum, any of various types of fish capable of making a drumming sound. Drum is presently on display as a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama, at Battleship Memorial Park.Drum was laid down on 11 September...
(SS-229) Flying Fish
USS Flying Fish (SS-229)
USS Flying Fish , a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish, a family of fishes of tropic and warm temperate seas whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.The keel of...
(SS-230) Finback
USS Finback (SS-230)
, a Gato-class submarine was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback, the common whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States....
(SS-231) Haddock
USS Haddock (SS-231)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the haddock, a small edible Atlantic fish, related to the cod...
(SS-232) Halibut
USS Halibut (SS-232)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the halibut, a large species of flatfish found on both sides of the Atlantic. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard of Kittery, Maine on 16 May 1941. She was launched on 3 December 1941 , and...
(SS-233) Herring
USS Herring (SS-233)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the herring, a type of small oily fish found in the temperate, shallow waters of the North Atlantic....
(SS-234) Kingfish
USS Kingfish (SS-234)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the kingfish, a fish found along the Atlantic coast of the United States....
(SS-235) Shad
USS Shad (SS-235)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine and second vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the shad, a fish of the herring family, common along coasts of the United States....
(SS-236) Silversides
USS Silversides (SS-236)
USS Silversides is a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body....
(SS-237) Trigger
USS Trigger (SS-237)
was a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish, any of numerous deep-bodied fishes of warm seas having an anterior dorsal fin with two or three stout erectile spines....
(SS-238) Wahoo
USS Wahoo (SS-238)
was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo, a dark blue food fish of Florida and the West Indies....
(SS-239) Whale
USS Whale (SS-239)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the whale, an extremely large, aquatic mammal that is fishlike in form....
(SS-240) Angler
USS Angler (SS-240)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the anglerfish.Her keel was laid down on 9 November 1942 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 4 July 1943 , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy...
(SS-241) Bashaw
USS Bashaw (SS-241)
USS Bashaw , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bashaw, a catfish....
(SS-242) Bluegill
USS Bluegill (SS-242)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluegill, a freshwater sunfish of the Mississippi River basin and Great Lakes....
(SS-243) Bream
USS Bream (SS-243)
USS Bream , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bream.Bream was laid down on 5 February 1943 by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.. She was launched on 17 October 1943 USS Bream (SS/SSK/AGSS-243), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of...
(SS-244) Cavalla
USS Cavalla (SS-244)
USS Cavalla , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for a salt water fish, best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku, a veteran of the Pearl Harbor attack....
(SS-245) Cobia
USS Cobia (SS-245)
USS Cobia is a , formerly of the United States Navy, named for the cobia, a food fish found in warm waters.Cobia was laid down on 17 March 1943 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. She was launched on 28 November 1943 , and commissioned on 29 March 1944, Lieutenant Commander Albert L...
(SS-246) Croaker
USS Croaker (SS-246)
USS Croaker , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes which make throbbing or drumming noises....
(SS-247) Dace
USS Dace (SS-247)
, a Gato class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family....
(SS-248) Dorado
USS Dorado (SS-248)
USS Dorado , a Gato-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado, also known as the dolphinfish or mahi-mahi....
(SS-249) Flasher
USS Flasher (SS-249)
USS Flasher was a Gato-class submarine which served in the Pacific during World War II. She received three Presidential Unit Citations and six battle stars, and sank 21 ships for a total of 100,231 tons of Japanese shipping....
(SS-250) Flier
USS Flier (SS-250)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flier, a round sunfish widely known in the United States....
(SS-251) Flounder
USS Flounder (SS-251)
, a Gato class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flounder, a valuable food fish, many varieties of which are found in great schools along the Atlantic coast north of Cape Cod....
(SS-252) Gabilan
USS Gabilan (SS-252)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gabilan, an eagle-ray fish of the Gulf of California....
(SS-253) Gunnel
USS Gunnel (SS-253)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gunnel, a blennoid fish of the north Atlantic ranging south as far as Cape Cod....
(SS-254) Gurnard
USS Gurnard (SS-254)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gurnard, a trigloid fish having three free pectoral rays, a food fish of the genus Trigla. The striped gurnard inhabits the South Atlantic....
(SS-255) Haddo
USS Haddo (SS-255)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddo, a pink salmon fish prevalent on the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada....
(SS-256) Hake
USS Hake (SS-256)
USS Hake , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hake, a kind of fish.Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut. She was launched 17 July 1942 , and commissioned 30 October 1942, Lieutenant Commander J. C...
(SS-257) Harder
USS Harder (SS-257)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa. One of the most famous submarines of World War II, she received the Presidential Unit Citation. Her skipper, the resolute and resourceful Commander ...
(SS-258) Hoe
USS Hoe (SS-258)
, a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hoe, one of various sharks, especially the dogfish.Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut on 2 January 1942. She was launched 17 September 1942 , and commissioned 16 December 1942,...
(SS-259) Jack
USS Jack (SS-259)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the jack ....
(SS-260) Lapon
USS Lapon (SS-260)
, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast of the United States of America....
(SS-261) Mingo
USS Mingo (SS-261)
— a Gato-class submarine — was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the mingo snapper, a fish of the Caribbean with rough leathery skin. A Civil War ship had also been named Mingo, after an Iroquois term of reproach....
(SS-262) Muskallunge
USS Muskallunge (SS-262)
, a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the muskallunge, a fish of the pike family found in the upper Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes region, and northward....
(SS-263) Paddle
USS Paddle (SS-263)
USS Paddle , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the paddle, a large ganoid fish of the Mississippi and its larger tributaries....
(SS-264) Pargo
USS Pargo (SS-264)
USS Pargo , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pargo, a fish of the genus Lutjanus found in the West Indies....
(SS-265) Peto
USS Peto (SS-265)
USS Peto , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the peto, a sharp-nosed tropical fish of the mackerel family....
(SS-266) Pogy
USS Pogy (SS-266)
USS Pogy , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pogy, or menhaden.The first Pogy was laid down 15 September 1941 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisc., launched 23 June 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Julius A. Furer; and commissioned 10...
(SS-267) Pompon
USS Pompon (SS-267)
USS Pompon , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pompon, an American fish of the Anisot family....
(SS-268) Puffer
USS Puffer (SS-268)
USS Puffer , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the puffer, a fish which inflates its body with air....
(SS-269) Rasher
USS Rasher (SS-269)
USS Rasher , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the rasher, a vermilion-colored rockfish or scorpionfish found along the California coast....
(SS-270) Raton
USS Raton (SS-270)
USS Raton , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the raton, a polynemoid fish inhabiting semitropical waters off the Pacific coast of America....
(SS-271) Ray
USS Ray (SS-271)
USS Ray , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ray, a fish characterized by a flat body, large pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail....
(SS-272) Redfin
USS Redfin (SS-272)
USS Redfin , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the redfin, any of several North American fishes with reddish fins....
(SS-273) Robalo
USS Robalo (SS-273)
USS Robalo , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the róbalo or common snook. Her keel was laid down on 24 October 1942 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was launched on 9 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. E.S...
(SS-274) Rock
USS Rock (SS-274)
USS Rock , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy to be named for the rock, a striped bass found in the Chesapeake Bay region and elsewhere along the Atlantic Coast....
(SS-275) Runner
USS Runner (SS-275)
USS Runner was a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the runner, an amberfish inhabiting subtropical waters, so called for its rapid leaps from the water....
(SS-276) Sawfish
USS Sawfish (SS-276)
USS Sawfish , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sawfish, a viviparous ray which has a long flat snout with a row of toothlike structures along each edge...
(SS-277) Scamp
USS Scamp (SS-277)
USS Scamp , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the Serranidae family....
(SS-278) Scorpion
USS Scorpion (SS-278)
USS Scorpion — a Gato-class submarine — was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scorpion, an arachnid having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip....
(SS-279) Snook
USS Snook (SS-279)
USS Snook , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line....
(SS-280) Steelhead
USS Steelhead (SS-280)
USS Steelhead , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the steelhead, a North American trout found from California to Alaska....
(SS-281) Sunfish
USS Sunfish (SS-281)
USS Sunfish , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish, Mola Mola, a plectognath marine fish, having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins....
(SS-282) Tunny
USS Tunny (SS-282)
The USS Tunny was a Gato-class submarine which saw service in World War II and in the Vietnam War. Tunny received nine battle stars and two Presidential Unit Citations for her World War II service and five battle stars for her operations during the Vietnam War.Tunny was the first submarine of the...
(SS-283) Tinosa
USS Tinosa (SS-283)
USS Tinosa , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tinosa, a poisonous, black, tropical fish.The first Tinosa was laid down on 21 February 1942 at Vallejo, California, by the Mare Island Navy Yard; launched on 7 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. William E. Molloy; and...
(SS-284) Tullibee
USS Tullibee (SS-284)
USS Tullibee , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tullibee, a whitefish of central and northern North America. Her keel was laid down on April 1, 1942 at Mare Island, California, by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on November 11, 1942 sponsored by Mrs....
(SS-285) Balao
USS Balao (SS-285)
USS Balao , was the lead ship of the United States Navy's Balao-class submarines during World War II; Balao is the name of any of several halfbeak fish....
(SS-286) Billfish
USS Billfish (SS-286)
, a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to bear the generic name for any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws. Her keel was laid down at Portsmouth Navy Yard on 23 July 1942. She was launched on 12 November 1942 sponsored by , a Balao-class...
(SS-287) Bowfin
USS Bowfin (SS-287)
USS Bowfin , Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bowfin, a voracious, predatory fish native to the Great Lakes, the Mississippi valley, and nearby waters...
(SS-288) Cabrilla
USS Cabrilla (SS-288)
USS Cabrilla , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cabrilla, an edible fish inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea and waters off the coast of California....
(SS-289) Capelin
USS Capelin (SS-289)
USS Capelin , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capelin, a small fish of the smelt family. Her keel was laid down by Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 January 1943 sponsored by Mrs. I.C. Bogart, and commissioned on 4 June 1943,...
(SS-290) Cisco
USS Cisco (SS-290)
USS Cisco , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cisco, a whitefish of the Great Lakes. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 24 December 1942 sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Bennett, through her...
(SS-291) Crevalle
USS Crevalle (SS-291)
USS Crevalle , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the crevalle, the yellow mackerel, a food fish, found on both coasts of tropical America, and in the Atlantic as far north as Cape Cod...
(SS-292) Devilfish
USS Devilfish (SS-292)
USS Devilfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the devil fish, any of several gigantic, viviparous rays found in warm seas, the octopus or other large cephalopods....
(SS-293) Dragonet
USS Dragonet (SS-293)
USS Dragonet , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the dragonet, a family of fishes found in the warm seas of the world....
(SS-294) Escolar
USS Escolar (SS-294)
USS Escolar , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the escolar, a predatory fish of the open ocean related to the mackerels and tuna....
(SS-295) Hackleback
USS Hackleback (SS-295)
USS Hackleback , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named after the hackleback, a freshwater fish of the sturgeon family....
(SS-296) Lancetfish
USS Lancetfish (SS-296)
USS Lancetfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lancetfish , a large voracious, deep sea fish having long lancetlike teeth and a high long dorsal fin....
(SS-297) Ling
USS Ling (SS-297)
USS Ling is a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the ling fish, also known as the cobia.-History:...
(SS-298) Lionfish
USS Lionfish (SS-298)
USS Lionfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the lionfish, a scorpaenid fish found in the West Indies and the tropical Pacific....
(SS-299) Manta
USS Manta (SS-299)
USS Manta , a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the manta, a very large ray, sometimes called a devilfish....
(SS-300) Moray
USS Moray (SS-300)
USS Moray , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the moray, a family of large eels found in crevices of coral reefs in tropical and subtropical oceans....
(SS-301) Roncador
USS Roncador (SS-301)
USS Roncador , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the roncador, a fish, of the family Sciaenidae, found on the West Coast of North America....
(SS-302) Sabalo
USS Sabalo (SS-302)
USS Sabalo , a , was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named sabalo, another name for the tarpon, a large, silvery game fish of the herring group, found in the warmer parts of the Western Atlantic....
(SS-303) Sablefish
USS Sablefish (SS-303)
USS Sablefish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sablefish, a large, dark fish found along North America's Pacific coast from California to Alaska....
(SS-304) Seahorse
USS Seahorse (SS-304)
USS Seahorse , a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and the fore part of its body suggest the head and neck of a horse....
(SS-305) Skate
USS Skate (SS-305)
USS Skate was a United States Navy Balao-class submarine named for the skate, a type of ray.Skate was laid down at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard of Vallejo, California, 1 August 1942. She was launched on 4 March 1943, sponsored by Mrs. George P. Shamer and commissioned on 15 April with Commander...
(SS-306) Tang
USS Tang (SS-306)
USS Tang was a Balao-class submarine of World War II. She was built and launched in 1943.In her short career, the Tang sank 33 ships displacing 116,454 tons Her commanding officer received the Medal of Honor for her last two engagements...
(SS-307) Tilefish
USS Tilefish (SS-307)
USS Tilefish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tilefish, a large, yellow-spotted deepwater food fish....
(SS-308) Apogon
USS Apogon (SS-308)
USS Apogon , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the apogon, a group of large-headed salt water fishes with oblong compressed bodies found in tropical or subtropical waters...
(SS-309) Aspro
USS Aspro (SS-309)
USS Aspro , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the aspro, a fish found abundantly in the upper Rhône River. According to legend, the aspro comes to the surface only in bad weather, when other fishes take refuge near the bottom...
(SS-310) Batfish
USS Batfish (SS-310)
USS Batfish , is a Balao-class submarine, the first vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the batfish, a small pediculate fish resembling the stingray.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SS-311) Archerfish
USS Archerfish (SS-311)
USS Archer-Fish was a Balao-class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish, a family of fish notable for its ability to project a powerful spout of water at its insect prey...
(SS-312) Burrfish
USS Burrfish (SS-312)
USS Burrfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the burrfish, a swellfish of the Atlantic coast....
(SS-313) Perch
USS Perch (SS-313)
USS Perch , a Balao-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the perch, a rather small European fresh-water spiny-finned fish....
(SS-314) Shark
USS Shark (SS-314)
, a Balao-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large marine predator.- History :Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 28 January 1943. She was launched on 17 October 1943 , a Balao-class submarine, was...
(SS-315) Sealion
USS Sealion (SS-315)
USS Sealion , a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea lion, any of several large, eared seals native to the Pacific....
(SS-316) Barbel
USS Barbel (SS-316)
USS Barbel , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barbel, a cyprinoid fish, commonly called a minnow or carp....
(SS-317) Barbero
USS Barbero (SS-317)
USS Barbero was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for a family of fishes commonly called surgeon fish....
(SS-318) Baya
USS Baya (SS-318)
USS Baya , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the baya, a serranoid food-fish.Baya was launched on 2 January 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. C. C. Kirkpatrick, wife of Lieutenant Commander Kirkpatrick; and commissioned on 20 May 1944,...
(SS-319) Becuna
USS Becuna (SS-319)
USS Becuna , a Balao-class submarine, is a former ship of the United States Navy named for the becuna, a pike-like fish of Europe.-World War II:...
(SS-320) Bergall
USS Bergall (SS-320)
USS Bergall , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bergall, a small fish of the New England coast. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut...
(SS-321) Besugo
USS Besugo (SS-321)
USS Besugo , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the besugo, a fish of the porgie family....
(SS-322) Blackfin
USS Blackfin (SS-322)
USS Blackfin , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blackfin, a food fish of the Great Lakes....
(SS-323) Caiman
USS Caiman (SS-323)
USS Caiman , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the caiman, a fresh water alligator inhabiting the Amazon River area....
(SS-324) Blenny
USS Blenny (SS-324)
USS Blenny , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blenny, a fish found along the rocky shores of the Atlantic Ocean....
(SS-325) Blower
USS Blower (SS-325)
USS Blower , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blower, a fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States and the West Indies....
(SS-326) Blueback
USS Blueback (SS-326)
USS Blueback , a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for a type of salmon. Her keel was laid down on 29 July 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 7 May 1944 sponsored by Mrs...
(SS-327) Boarfish
USS Boarfish (SS-327)
USS Boarfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the boarfish, a fish having a projecting hog-like snout....
(SS-328) Charr
USS Charr (SS-328)
USS Charr , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the charr, a trout of the waters of northwestern North America....
(SS-329) Chub
USS Chub (SS-329)
USS Chub , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the chub, a game fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The name is also given locally to a wide variety of American fishes...
(SS-330) Brill
USS Brill (SS-330)
USS Brill , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the brill, a European flat-fish.-USS Brill:...
(SS-331) Bugara
USS Bugara (SS-331)
USS Bugara , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bugara, a multicolored fish found along the coast of California....
(SS-332) Bullhead
USS Bullhead (SS-332)
USS Bullhead , a Balao-class submarine, was the very last US Navy ship sunk by enemy action during World War II, probably on the same day that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bullhead...
(SS-333) Bumper
USS Bumper (SS-333)
USS Bumper , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bumper, a fish of the West Indian Ocean....
(SS-334) Cabezon
USS Cabezon (SS-334)
USS Cabezon was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the cabezon, a saltwater fish of sculpin family inhabiting the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans ....
(SS-335) Dentuda
USS Dentuda (SS-335)
USS Dentuda , originally named Capidoli, was renamed Dentuda on 24 September 1942, launched on 10 September 1944 by Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut; sponsored by Mrs. T. W. Hogan, wife of Commander Hogan; and commissioned on 30 December 1944, Commander John S. McCain, Jr., in command...
(SS-336) Capitaine
USS Capitaine (SS-336)
USS Capitaine , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the capitaine, a brilliantly colored fish inhabiting waters of the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Panama....
(SS-337) Carbonero
USS Carbonero (SS-337)
USS Carbonero was a Balao-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the carbonero, a salt-water fish found in the West Indies. Her keel was laid down on 16 December 1943 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 19 October 1944...
(SS-338) Carp
USS Carp (SS-338)
USS Carp , a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the carp, a fresh water fish inhabiting the waters of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America....
(SS-339) Catfish
USS Catfish (SS-339)
USS Catfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the catfish.Catfish was launched 19 November 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. J. J. Crowley; and commissioned 19 March 1945, Lieutenant Commander W. A...
(SS-340) Entemedor
USS Entemedor (SS-340)
USS Entemedor , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the entemedor, a fish of the electric ray family found in shallow waters from Baja California to Panama....
(SS-341) Chivo
USS Chivo (SS-341)
USS Chivo , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the "chivo"" or big-scaled goatfish Pseudopenaeus grandisquamis, a fish inhabiting the Pacific Ocean between Panama and Mexico....
(SS-342) Chopper
USS Chopper (SS-342)
USS Chopper , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the chopper, a fish common in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 4 February 1945 sponsored by Mrs. G. S...
(SS-343) Clamagore
USS Clamagore (SS-343)
USS Clamagore was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, built in 1945 and still in training when World War II ended. It was named for the clamagore or blue parrotfish Scarus coeruleus found in the West Indies and along the Atlantic coast as far north as Maryland.Clamagore was built...
(SS-344) Cobbler
USS Cobbler (SS-344)
USS Cobbler , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cobbler, the killifish of New South Wales....
(SS-345) Cochino
USS Cochino (SS-345)
USS Cochino , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cochino, a triggerfish found in the Atlantic. Her keel was laid down by Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 April 1945 sponsored by Mrs. M.E. Serat, and...
(SS-346) Corporal
USS Corporal (SS-346)
USS Corporal , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the corporal, an alternate name for the fallfish, found in streams of the eastern United States....
(SS-347) Cubera
USS Cubera (SS-347)
USS Cubera , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cubera, a large fish of the snapper family found in the West Indies....
(SS-348) Cusk
USS Cusk (SS-348)
USS Cusk , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the cusk, a large food fish related to the cod....
(SS-349) Diodon
USS Diodon (SS-349)
USS Diodon , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Diodon, a genus of the porcupine fishes....
(SS-350) Dogfish
USS Dogfish (SS-350)
USS Dogfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dogfish.Her keel was laid down on 22 June 1944 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 27 October 1945 sponsored by Mrs. A. M. Morgan, and commissioned on 29...
(SS-351) Greenfish
USS Greenfish (SS-351)
USS Greenfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the greenfish, one of various labroid fishes, Florida bluefish or ladyfish....
(SS-352) Halfbeak
USS Halfbeak (SS-352)
USS Halfbeak , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the halfbeak, a garlike fish with a beak formed by an extension of the lower jaw, found in warmer seas....
(SS-353) Dugong
USS Dugong (SS-353)
USS Dugong , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dugong, an aquatic herbivorous mammal related to the manatee. Her construction was canceled on 23 October 1944.-References:...
(SS-354) Eel
USS Eel (SS-354)
USS Eel , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the eels, an order of voracious, snakelike fishes, having a smooth, slimy skin and no pelvic fins....
(SS-355) Espada
USS Espada (SS-355)
USS Espada , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named in that manner for the swordfish. Her construction was cancelled on 23 October 1944.- References :...
(SS-356) Jawfish
USS Jawfish (SS-356)
USS Jawfish , a Balao-class submarine, was originally named Fanegal for the fanegal or blackbelly rosefish on 28 August 1942, but was renamed Jawfish for the jawfish , a fish that burrows into patches of sand and coral rubble around the edges of reefs, on 24 September 1942...
(SS-357) Ono
USS Ono (SS-357)
USS Ono , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy of that name. This Ono took its name from the ono, a dark blue scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas, also known as the wahoo.Ono , ex-Friar, was authorized for...
(SS-358) Garlopa
USS Garlopa (SS-358)
USS Garlopa , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the garlopa, a large species of grouper found on the west coast of Mexico. Her keel was laid down at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but construction was canceled on...
(SS-359) Garrupa
USS Garrupa (SS-359)
USS Garrupa , would have been a Balao-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the garrupa, one of various fishes of the grouper type. Her keel was laid down at Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but was canceled on 29 July 1944.- References...
(SS-360) Goldring
USS Goldring (SS-360)
USS Goldring , would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the goldring, an edible fish of the Mississippi River. Her keel was laid down at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, but construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944.-...
(SS-361) Golet
USS Golet (SS-361)
USS Golet , a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the golet, a California trout. Her keel was laid down by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was launched on 1 August 1943 sponsored by Mrs...
(SS-362) Guavina
USS Guavina (SS-362)
USS Guavina , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the guavina, a fish which may reach a length of indigenous to the West Indies and the Atlantic coasts of Central America and Mexico....
(SS-363) Guitarro
USS Guitarro (SS-363)
USS Guitarro , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guitarro, a ray of the guitarfish family.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SS-364) Hammerhead
USS Hammerhead (SS-364)
USS Hammerhead , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hammerhead shark; a shark found in warm seas with a flattened anterior forward of the gill slits, presenting a hammer-like silhouette when viewed from above.The first Hammerhead was launched 24...
(SS-365) Hardhead
USS Hardhead (SS-365)
USS Hardhead , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hardhead, a fish of the croaker family. Hardhead received six battle stars for World War II service. All six of her combat patrols were "successful"....
(SS-366) Hawkbill
USS Hawkbill (SS-366)
USS Hawkbill , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle ....
(SS-367) Icefish
USS Icefish (SS-367)
USS Icefish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the icefish, any member of the family Salangidae, small smeltlike fishes of China and Japan. Also known as whitebait....
(SS-368) Jallao
USS Jallao (SS-368)
USS Jallao , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the jallao, a pearl-white haemulonid food fish of the Gulf of Mexico....
(SS-369) Kete
USS Kete (SS-369)
USS Kete , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the kete, the foureye butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus. Her keel was laid down by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was launched on 9 April 1944 sponsored by Mrs. E. S....
(SS-370) Kraken
USS Kraken (SS-370)
USS Kraken , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the kraken, a legendary sea monster believed to haunt the coasts of Norway....
(SS-371) Lagarto
USS Lagarto (SS-371)
USS Lagarto , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lagarto, a lizard fish.Her keel was laid down on 12 January 1944 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin...
(SS-372) Lamprey
USS Lamprey (SS-372)
USS Lamprey , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the lamprey, any of certain eel-like aquatic vertebrates....
(SS-373) Lizardfish
USS Lizardfish (SS-373)
USS Lizardfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the lizardfish, a slender marine fish having a scaly lizardlike head and large mouth....
(SS-374) Loggerhead
USS Loggerhead (SS-374)
USS Loggerhead , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the loggerhead, Caretta caretta, a very large, carnivorous sea turtle common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans....
(SS-375) Macabi
USS Macabi (SS-375)
USS Macabi was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the macabi, a fish living in tropical seas and off the American coasts as far north as San Diego and Long Island and reaching a length of ....
(SS-376) Mapiro
USS Mapiro (SS-376)
USS Mapiro , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the mapiro,a fish of the Gobioidea suborder occurring off the West Indies and the Atlantic coasts of Central America and Mexico....
(SS-377) Menhaden
USS Menhaden (SS-377)
The second USS Menhaden was United States Navy Balao-class submarine. Launched in 1944, she operated out of Pearl Harbor until 1946, then continued in use out of various ports in the Pacific until the 1970s...
(SS-378) Mero
USS Mero (SS-378)
USS Mero , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the mero, any of several large groupers found in warm ocean waters....
(SS-379) Needlefish
USS Needlefish (SS-379)
USS Needlefish would have been a Balao-class submarine, the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the needlefish, any of a family of voracious elongate teleost fishes resembling, but not related to, the fresh water gars....
(SS-380) Nerka
USS Nerka (SS-380)
USS Nerka , named for the nerka, a lake and river salmon of the Pacific Northwest, also called blueback, sawqui, red salmon, and redfish, would have been a United States Navy Balao-class submarine. Her construction was authorized during World War II, but cancelled on 29 July 1944.The name USS...
(SS-381) Sand Lance
USS Sand Lance (SS-381)
USS Sand Lance , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sand lance, a member of the ammodytidae family. Her keel was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. She was launched on 25 June 1943 sponsored by Mrs...
(SS-382) Picuda
USS Picuda (SS-382)
USS Picuda , a Balao-class submarine, was originally named Obispo, making her the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the obispo, a spotted sting ray.-Construction and launching:...
(SS-383) Pampanito
USS Pampanito (SS-383)
USS Pampanito , a Balao-class submarine, was a United States Navy ship, the only one named for a variety of the pompano fish . She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a Naval Reserve Training ship from 1960 to 1971...
(SS-384) Parche
USS Parche (SS-384)
The first USS Parche was a United States Navy submarine. She bore the name of a butterfly fish, Chaetodon capistratus....
(SS-385) Bang
USS Bang (SS-385)
USS Bang was a United States Navy , named after the bang, a dark blue or black fish of the Atlantic herring family found in the coastal waters of the United States north of North Carolina....
(SS-386) Pilotfish
USS Pilotfish (SS-386)
USS Pilotfish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pilotfish, a carangoid fish, often seen in warm latitudes in company with sharks....
(SS-387) Pintado
USS Pintado (SS-387)
USS Pintado , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pintado.-Operational history:Pintado was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 7 May 1943; launched 15 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Antonio Prince; and commissioned 1 January 1944, Lieutenant...
(SS-388) Pipefish
USS Pipefish (SS-388)
USS Pipefish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pipefish, a long, narrow, bony-scaled fish with straight, tubular snout found in Panama that has extraordinary powers of concealment in vegetation.Pipefish was laid down on 31 May 1943 by the...
(SS-389) Piranha
USS Piranha (SS-389)
USS Piranha , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the piranha, a carnivorous freshwater fish of South America. Piranha was laid down 21 June 1943 by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched 27 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. William S...
(SS-390) Plaice
USS Plaice (SS-390)
USS Plaice , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the plaice, one of the various American flatfish; summer flounder. She participated in the Pacific War campaign of World War II, receiving six battle stars for her service...
(SS-391) Pomfret
USS Pomfret (SS-391)
USS Pomfret , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pomfret, a fish of the seabream family; a powerful and speedy swimmer, capable of operating at great depths....
(SS-392) Sterlet
USS Sterlet (SS-392)
USS Sterlet , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sterlet, a small sturgeon found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, whose meat is considered delicious and whose eggs are one of the world's great delicacies, caviar.Her keel was laid down on 14...
(SS-393) Queenfish
USS Queenfish (SS-393)
USS Queenfish , 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....
(SS-394) Razorback
USS Razorback (SS-394)
USS Razorback , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the razorback, a species of whale found in the far southern reaches of the Pacific Ocean. It is arguably the longest-serving submarine still existing in the world, having been commissioned by two...
(SS-395) Redfish
USS Redfish (SS-395)
USS Redfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the redfish, a variety of salmon also called blueback, sawqui, red salmon, and nerka. Her keel was laid down on 9 September 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery, Maine...
(SS-396) Ronquil
USS Ronquil (SS-396)
USS Ronquil , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the ronquil, a spiny-finned fish found along the northwest coast of North America...
(SS-397) Scabbardfish
USS Scabbardfish (SS-397)
USS Scabbardfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scabbarddfish, a long, compressed, silver-colored fish found on European coasts and around New Zealand....
(SS-398) Segundo
USS Segundo (SS-398)
USS Segundo , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the segundo, a cavalla fish of Caribbean waters....
(SS-399) Sea Cat
USS Sea Cat (SS-399)
USS Sea Cat , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for a shortened form of sea catfish, a marine fish of little food value found off the southeastern coast of the United States.-World War II service:...
(SS-400) Sea Devil
USS Sea Devil (SS-400)
USS Sea Devil , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil , the largest of all rays, noted for power and endurance.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SS-401) Sea Dog
USS Sea Dog (SS-401)
USS Sea Dog was a Balao-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first ship to be named for the dogfish, a small shark of the North Atlantic, considered destructive by fishermen....
(SS-402) Sea Fox
USS Sea Fox (SS-402)
USS Sea Fox , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea fox, a large shark, also called the thresher shark, which frequents the coast of Europe and the Americas....
(SS-403) Atule
USS Atule (SS-403)
USS Atule , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the atule.Her keel was laid down on 25 November 1943 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Atule was launched on 6 March 1944 sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Louise Kauffman, the daughter of...
(SS-404) Spikefish
USS Spikefish (SS-404)
USS Spikefish , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy. Spikefish was the first United States submarine to record 10,000 dives...
(SS-405) Sea Owl
USS Sea Owl (SS-405)
USS Sea Owl , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea owl, a lumpfish of the North Atlantic....
(SS-406) Sea Poacher
USS Sea Poacher (SS-406)
USS Sea Poacher , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea poacher, a slender, mailed fish of the North Atlantic....
(SS-407) Sea Robin
USS Sea Robin (SS-407)
USS Sea Robin , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea robin. This is a spiny-finned fish with red or brown coloring on its body and fins...
(SS-408) Sennet
USS Sennet (SS-408)
USS Sennet , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sennet, a barracuda.Sennet was laid down on 8 March 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 6 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Roscoe W. Downs; and commissioned on 22 August 1944, Commander...
(SS-409) Piper
USS Piper (SS-409)
USS Piper , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named after the piper, a fish of the halfbeak family found in warm seas mostly along the shore...
(SS-410) Threadfin
USS Threadfin (SS-410)
USS Threadfin , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the threadfin, any of a family of fishes related to the mullets and distinguished by filamentous rays on the lower part of the pectoral fin....
(SS-411) Spadefish
USS Spadefish (SS-411)
USS Spadefish , a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spadefish. Although she was commissioned late in the war and spent only one year in the Pacific war zone, she was to run up a record of 88,091 tons in 21 ships and numerous trawlers...
(SS-412) Trepang
USS Trepang (SS-412)
The first USS Trepang was a Balao-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was named for the trepang, a marine animal sometimes called a 'sea slug' or a 'sea cucumber', having a long, tough, muscular body and found in the coral reefs of the East Indies.When the contract to build her was...
(SS-413) Spot
USS Spot (SS-413)
USS Spot was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the spot, a small sciaenoid food fish of the Atlantic coast, with a black spot behind its shoulders....
(SS-414) Springer
USS Springer (SS-414)
USS Springer was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named after the springer, a Grampus.Springer was laid down on 3 October 1943 at Vallejo, Calif., by the Mare Island Navy Yard; launched on 3 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. M. S...
(SS-415) Stickleback
USS Stickleback (SS-415)
USS Stickleback , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the stickleback, any of numerous small scaleless fish having two or more free spines in front of the dorsal fin. Her keel was laid down on 1 March 1944 by the Mare Island Navy Yard of Vallejo,...
(SS-416) Tiru
USS Tiru (SS-416)
USS Tiru , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the tiru.Tiru—laid down on 17 April 1944 at Vallejo, Calif., by the Mare Island Navy Yard—remained uncompleted for three years as a result of the curtailment of the submarine building program at the end of World War II...
(SS-417) Tench
USS Tench (SS-417)
USS Tench , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tench. Her keel was laid down on 1 April 1944 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 7 July 1944, sponsored by Claudia Alta Johnson, the wife of Rep. Lyndon Baines...
(SS-418) Thornback
USS Thornback (SS-418)
USS Thornback , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the thornback, a slender member of the shark family with a long pointed snout and a sharp spine at the end of each dorsal fin, native to northern Atlantic waters ranging from the temperate to the...
(SS-419) Tigrone
USS Tigrone (SS-419)
USS Tigrone , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tigrone, a tiger shark found in tropical waters. Her keel was laid down on 8 May 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 July 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Charles F...
(SS-420) Tirante
USS Tirante (SS-420)
USS Tirante , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tirante, a silvery, elongated "cutlass fish" found in waters off Cuba. Her keel was laid down on 28 April 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 9 August 1944...
(SS-421) Trutta
USS Trutta (SS-421)
USS Trutta , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trutta, a variety of trout, distinguished from the typical trout by its small, black spots and its smaller and fewer scales...
(SS-422) Toro
USS Toro (SS-422)
USS Toro , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the toro, a name applied to various fish including the cowfish, the catalufa, and the cavallo. Her keel was laid down on 27 May 1944 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 23 August 1944...
(SS-423) Torsk
USS Torsk (SS-423)
The USS Torsk is docked at the Baltimore Maritime Museum and is one of two Tench Class submarines still located inside the United States. It is nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast." In 1945, Torsk made two war patrols off Japan, sinking one cargo vessel and two coastal defense...
(SS-424) Quillback
USS Quillback (SS-424)
USS Quillback , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for quillback, a fish of the sucker family, widespread in the freshwaters of North America and Northern Asia.-Construction:...
(SS-425) Trumpetfish
USS Trumpetfish (SS-425)
USS Trumpetfish , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for trumpetfish, any of several fishes so-called for their deep, compressed body and long, tubular snout. Her keel was laid down on 23 August 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Cramp...
(SS-426) Tusk
USS Tusk (SS-426)
USS Tusk , a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tusk, an alternate name for the cusk, a large edible saltwater fish related to the cod. Her keel was laid down on 23 August 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company. She was launched on 8...
(SS-427) Turbot
USS Turbot (SS-427)
USS Turbot , a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the turbot, a large, brown and white flatfish, valued as a food....
(SS-428) Ulua
USS Ulua (SS-428)
USS Ulua , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the ulua, an important food fish of the tropical Pacific Ocean. She was never completed....
(SS-429) Unicorn
USS Unicorn (SS-429)
USS Unicorn , a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine of the United States Navy to be given that name for the narwhal, an Arctic marine cetacean with a single tusk suggesting the horn of a unicorn and therefore sometimes called the "sea unicorn." She was never built.The contract for...
(SS-430) Vendace
USS Vendace (SS-430)
USS Vendace , a proposed World War II Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the vendace, a species of whitefish native to Lochmaben in Scotland...
(SS-431) Walrus
USS Walrus (SS-431)
USS Walrus , a proposed United States Navy Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus. Her construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29...
(SS-432) Whitefish
USS Whitefish (SS-432)
USS Whitefish , a proposed United States Navy Balao-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the Coregonus or "whitefish", a freshwater food fish closely related to the trout and salmon found in waters of the Northern Hemisphere...
(SS-433) Whiting
USS Whiting (SS-433)
USS Whiting , a proposed World War II Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Merlangius merlangus or "whiting", a small European food fish...
(SS-434) Wolffish
USS Wolffish (SS-434)
USS Wolffish was a proposed United States Navy World War II Balao-class submarine. She has been the only U.S. Navy ship named for the wolffish , although several U.S...
(SS-435) Corsair
USS Corsair (SS-435)
USS Corsair , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the California rockfish, or a pirate or privateer, especially Turkish or Saracen....
(SS-436) Unicorn
USS Unicorn (SS-436)
USS Unicorn , a World War II Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be given that name for the narwhal, an Arctic marine cetacean with a single tusk suggesting the horn of a unicorn and sometimes called the "sea unicorn." Like the first USS Unicorn , she was...
(SS-437) Walrus
USS Walrus (SS-437)
USS Walrus , a World War II Tench-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus, a gregarious, aquatic mammal found in Arctic waters, related to the seal and a prime source of leather, oil, ivory, and food...
438 to 474 cancelled
(SS-475) Argonaut
USS Argonaut (SS-475)
USS Argonaut was a operated by the United States Navy . Constructed at Portsmouth Navy Yard during the second half of 1944, Argonaut was commissioned into the USN in 1945 and operated during the final year of World War II, although her only contact with the Japanese was when she sank a junk in...
(SS-476) Runner
USS Runner (SS-476)
USS Runner , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the runner, an amberfish inhabiting subtropical waters. Her keel was laid down on 10 July 1944 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard of Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 17 October 1944 sponsored by...
(SS-477) Conger
USS Conger (SS-477)
USS Conger , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the conger, an eel found in warm seas at moderate depths, common to both coasts of the Atlantic Ocean....
(SS-478) Cutlass
USS Cutlass (SS-478)
USS Cutlass , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cutlassfish, a long, thin fish found widely along the coasts of the United States and in the West Indies. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 10 July 1944. She was launched on...
(SS-479) Diablo
USS Diablo (SS-479)
USS Diablo , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the diablo, a member of the batfish family, common in the West Indies and along the southern coast of the United states. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 1...
(SS-480) Medregal
USS Medregal (SS-480)
USS Medregal , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the medregal, a streamlined, fast-swimming, bluish-colored fish of the jack family which abounds in waters of the West Indies and in the Atlantic as far north as the Carolinas.Medregals keel was laid...
(SS-481) Requin
USS Requin (SS-481)
USS Requin , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the requin, a sand shark. Her name was pronounced by her crew....
(SS-482) Irex
USS Irex (SS-482)
USS Irex , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the irex, one of the oceanic fishes belonging to the family carangidae. Her keel was laid down on 2 October 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 26 January 1945...
(SS-483) Sea Leopard
USS Sea Leopard (SS-483)
USS Sea Leopard , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the leopard seal. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 7 November 1944. She was launched on 2 March 1945 sponsored by Hon. Margaret Chase Smith, United States Congresswoman from...
(SS-484) Odax
USS Odax (SS-484)
USS Odax , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for odax, a brilliantly colored, red and green fish belonging to the family Scaridae, the parrot fishes. Her keel was laid down by Portsmouth Navy Yard on 4 December 1944. She was launched on 10 April 1945...
(SS-485) Sirago
USS Sirago (SS-485)
USS Sirago , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for sirago, a small fresh water tropical fish. Her keel was laid down on 4 January 1945 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 13 May 1945 sponsored by Mrs. L. Mendel Rivers,...
(SS-486) Pomodon
USS Pomodon (SS-486)
USS Pomodon , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Pomodon genera of snapper. Her keel was laid down on 29 January 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 12 June 1945 sponsored by Mrs...
(SS-487) Remora
USS Remora (SS-487)
USS Remora , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the remora, a fish with a suctorial disk on its head enabling it to cling to other fish and to ships. Her keel was laid down on 5 March 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was...
(SS-488) Sarda
USS Sarda (SS-488)
USS Sarda , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sarda, a game fish of the central, southwestern, and western Pacific Ocean. Financed by bonds purchased during the Seventh War Loan by the residents of Lynn, Massachusetts, her keel was laid down...
(SS-489) Spinax
USS Spinax (SS-489)
USS Spinax , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named after the spinax, one of the spiny sharks scientifically known as Squalidal. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 25 November 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Tom C...
(SS-490) Volador
USS Volador (SS-490)
USS Volador , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the volador. The contract to build her was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and her keel was laid down on 15 June 1945, but work on her construction was discontinued in January 1946...
(SS-491) Pompano
USS Pompano (SS-491)
USS Pompano , a Tench-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pompano, a marine carangoid living in the southern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico coasts of North America...
(SS-492) Grayling
USS Grayling (SS-492)
USS Grayling , a Tench-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout. Her name was assigned on 29 August 1944, but her construction was cancelled 12 August 1945.- References :...
(SS-493) Needlefish
USS Needlefish (SS-493)
USS Needlefish , a proposed World War II Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the needlefish, a family of voracious elongate teleost fishes resembling, but not related to, the fresh-water gars...
(SS-494) Sculpin
USS Sculpin (SS-494)
USS Sculpin , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin, a spiny, large-headed, broad-mouthed, usually scale-less fish of the family Cottidae. Her construction by the Portsmouth Navy Yard was authorized but the contract for her construction...
SS-495 to SS-521 cancelled
(SS-522) Amberjack
USS Amberjack (SS-522)
USS Amberjack , a Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the amberjack, a vigorous sport fish found in the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil.- Commissioning :...
(SS-523) Grampus
USS Grampus (SS-523)
USS Grampus , a Tench-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for two members of the dolphin family : Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin, and orca, also known as the "Killer Whale." Her keel was laid down on 8 February 1944 at Boston Navy Yard...
(SS-524) Pickerel
USS Pickerel (SS-524)
USS Pickerel , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for a young or small pike. The contract to build her was awarded to the Boston Naval Shipyard and her keel was laid down on 8 February 1944. She was launched without a christening ceremony on 15...
(SS-525) Grenadier
USS Grenadier (SS-525)
USS Grenadier , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier, a soft-finned deep sea fish of the Macrouridae with a long, tapering body and short, pointed tail family, also known as rattails...
(SS-526) Dorado
USS Dorado (SS-526)
USS Dorado , a Tench-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the dorado, the Spanish language name for the fish also known as the dolphinfish and the mahi-mahi. Her keel was laid down, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944.-References:...
(SS-527) Comber
USS Comber (SS-527)
USS Comber , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. She was named for the comber, a fish found in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the eastern Atlantic as far north as the British Isles....
(SS-528) Sea Panther
USS Sea Panther (SS-528)
USS Sea Panther , a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea panther, a black-spotted, South African fish. Her name was assigned, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944 before she was laid down.- References :...
(SS-529) Tiburon
USS Tiburon (SS-529)
USS Tiburon , a cancelled Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tiburon, a large voracious shark found in the Caribbean Sea and along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Central America...
SS-530 to SS-549 cancelled
(SS-550) Barracuda
USS Barracuda (SSK-1)
USS Barracuda , the lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish. Her keel was laid down on 1 July 1949 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2...
(SS-551) Bass
(SS-552) Bonita
SS-553 offshore procurement of KNM Kinn (S316)
SS-554 offshore procurement of HDMS Springeren (S329)
(AGSS-555) Dolphin
USS Dolphin (AGSS-555)
USS Dolphin was the United States Navy's only operational diesel-electric, deep-diving, research and development submarine. Her keel was laid down on 9 November 1962 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 8 June 1968 sponsored by Mrs. Daniel K...
SS-556 offshore procurement for Norway
SS-557 to SS-562 cancelled
(SS-563) Tang
USS Tang (SS-563)
USS Tang , the lead ship of her class was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tang.She was the first American submarine designed under the Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program for underwater performance rather than surfaced speed and handling...
(SS-564) Trigger
USS Trigger (SS-564)
USS Trigger , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish, any of numerous deep-bodied fishes of warm seas having an anterior dorsal fin with two or three stout erectile spines....
(SS-565) Wahoo
USS Wahoo (SS-565)
USS Wahoo , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the wahoo, a dark blue food fish of Florida and the West Indies. The contract to build her was awarded to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and her keel was laid down on 24 October 1949. She was launched...
(SS-566) Trout
USS Trout (SS-566)
USS Trout , a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trout fish.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SS-567) Gudgeon
USS Gudgeon (SS-567)
USS Gudgeon , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gudgeon, a species of small fresh-water minnow.-Construction and commissioning :...
(SS-568) Harder
USS Harder (SS-568)
USS Harder , a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa....
(AGSS-569) Albacore
USS Albacore (AGSS-569)
USS Albacore was a unique research submarine that pioneered the American version of the teardrop hull form of modern submarines. The revolutionary design was derived from extensive hydrodynamic and wind tunnel testing, with an emphasis on underwater speed and maneuverability...
completed as SST-1 (AGSS-570)
(SSN-571) Nautilus
USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
USS Nautilus is the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine. She was the first vessel to complete a submerged transit beneath the North Pole on August 3, 1958...
(SSR-572) Sailfish
USS Sailfish (SSR-572)
USS Sailfish , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sailfish, a large gamefish inhabiting tropical seas, related to the swordfish, but possessing scales and a large sail-like dorsal fin.Sailfish was laid down on 8 December 1953...
(SSR-573) Salmon
USS Salmon (SSR-573)
USS Salmon , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft-finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning....
(SSG-574) Grayback
USS Grayback (SSG-574)
USS Grayback , the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayback, a small herring of great commercial importance in the Great Lakes....
(SSN-575) Seawolf
USS Seawolf (SSN-575)
USS Seawolf , a unique submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, the second nuclear submarine, and the only U.S. submarine built with a liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor....
(SS-576) Darter
USS Darter (SS-576)
USS Darter , a unique submarine based on the , but incorporating many improvements, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter , a type of small American fresh-water fish closely related to the perch....
(SSG-577) Growler
USS Growler (SSG-577)
USS Growler , an early cruise missile submarine of the Grayback class, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the growler, a large-mouth black bass.-Construction and training:...
(SSN-578) Skate
USS Skate (SSN-578)
USS Skate , the third submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear submarines...
(SSN-579) Swordfish
USS Swordfish (SSN-579)
USS Swordfish , a , was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin....
(SS-580) Barbel
USS Barbel (SS-580)
USS Barbel was the lead ship of her class of submarines in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named for the barbel, a cyprinoid fish, commonly called a minnow or carp....
(SS-581) Blueback
USS Blueback (SS-581)
USS Blueback is a decommissioned Barbel-class submarine formerly in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy submarine named for a form of the rainbow or steelhead trout found only in Lake Crescent on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state...
(SS-582) Bonefish
USS Bonefish (SS-582)
' was a Barbel-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy submarine named for the bonefish.The contract to build her was awarded on 29 June 1956 to the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey and her keel was laid down on 3 June 1957. She was launched on 22...
(SSN-583) Sargo
USS Sargo (SSN-583)
USS Sargo , a Skate-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sargo, a food and game fish of the porgy family, inhabiting coastal waters of the southern United States....
(SSN-584) Seadragon
USS Seadragon (SSN-584)
USS Seadragon , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seadragon, a small fish commonly called the dragonet....
(SSN-585) Skipjack
USS Skipjack (SSN-585)
USS Skipjack , the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the Skipjack tuna fish....
(SSRN-586) Triton
USS Triton (SSRN-586)
USS Triton , a United States Navy nuclear-powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth , doing so in early 1960. Triton accomplished this objective during her shakedown cruise while under the command of Captain Edward L. "Ned" Beach, Jr...
(SSGN-587) Halibut
USS Halibut (SSGN-587)
USS Halibut , a unique guided missile submarine turned special operations platform, later redesignated as an attack submarine SSN-587, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the halibut.-Operational history:...
(SSN-588) Scamp
USS Scamp (SSN-588)
USS Scamp , a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the serranidae family of fish....
(SSN-589) Scorpion
USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
USS Scorpion was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy, and the sixth ship of the U.S. Navy to carry that name. Scorpion was declared lost on 5 June 1968 with 99 crew members dying in the incident. The USS Scorpion is one of two nuclear submarines the U.S...
(SSN-590) Sculpin
USS Sculpin (SSN-590)
USS Sculpin , a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin....
(SSN-591) Shark
USS Shark (SSN-591)
USS Shark , a Skipjack-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large predatory fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan, dermal denticles covering the body to protect from parasites, and rows of replaceable teeth in the...
(SSN-592) Snook
USS Snook (SSN-592)
USS Snook , a Skipjack-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line....
(SSN-593) Thresher
USS Thresher (SSN-593)
The second USS Thresher was the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. Her loss at sea during deep-diving tests in 1963 is often considered a watershed event in the implementation of the rigorous submarine safety program SUBSAFE.The contract to build...
(SSN-594) Permit
USS Permit (SSN-594)
USS Permit became the lead ship of her class of submarine when the former lead ship, was lost. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the permit, a food fish, often called "round pompano," found in waters from North Carolina to Brazil.The contract to build her was...
(SSN-595) Plunger
USS Plunger (SSN-595)
USS Plunger , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named "plunger", meaning a diver or a daring gambler.The contract to build her as a guided-missile submarine was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 23 March 1959, but by the time her keel was laid down on 2 March 1960 she...
(SSN-596) Barb
USS Barb (SSN-596)
USS Barb , a Permit-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barb, a kingfish of the Atlantic coast....
(SSN-597) Tullibee
USS Tullibee (SSN-597)
USS Tullibee , a unique submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tullibee, any of several whitefishes of central and northern North America....
(SSBN-598) George Washington
USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
USS George Washington , the lead ship of her class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines, was the third United States Navy ship of the name, in honor of George Washington , first President of the United States, and the first of that name to be purpose-built as a warship.-Construction and...
(SSBN-599) Patrick Henry
USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599)
USS Patrick Henry , named for the American Revolutionary War figure Patrick Henry , was a nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine of the United States Navy...
(SSBN-600) Theodore Roosevelt
USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600)
USS Theodore Roosevelt , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for President Theodore Roosevelt . Initially unnamed and assigned hull classification symbol SSGN-600 as a guided missile submarine, her keel was laid down on 20 May 1958 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard using...
(SSBN-601) Robert E. Lee
USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601)
USS Robert E. Lee , a fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Robert E. Lee , the commanding general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War....
(SSBN-602) Abraham Lincoln
USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)
USS Abraham Lincoln , a fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Abraham Lincoln , the 16th President of the United States ....
(SSN-603) Pollack
USS Pollack (SSN-603)
USS Pollack , a Permit-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel....
(SSN-604) Haddo
USS Haddo (SSN-604)
USS Haddo , a Thresher/Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddo, a pink salmon fish prevalent on the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada....
(SSN-605) Jack
USS Jack (SSN-605)
, a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the jack, any young pike, green pike or pickerel, or large California rockfish....
(SSN-606) Tinosa
USS Tinosa (SSN-606)
USS Tinosa , a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tinosa, a poisonous, black, tropical fish....
(SSN-607) Dace
USS Dace (SSN-607)
USS Dace , a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dace, any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her...
(SSBN-608) Ethan Allen
USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608)
USS Ethan Allen , lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen....
(SSBN-609) Sam Houston
USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609)
USS Sam Houston , an , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Sam Houston , President of the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston was the U.S...
(SSBN-610) Thomas A. Edison
USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610)
USS Thomas A. Edison , an ballistic-missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the inventor, Thomas Edison .-Ship history:...
(SSBN-611) John Marshall
USS John Marshall (SSBN-611)
USS John Marshall was an , the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John Marshall , the Chief Justice of the United States...
(SSN-612) Guardfish
USS Guardfish (SSN-612)
USS Guardfish , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guardfish, a voracious green and silvery fish with elongated pike-like body and long narrow jaws....
(SSN-613) Flasher
USS Flasher (SSN-613)
USS Flasher , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flasher, a member of the Lobotidae family of fishes, which have an unusual placement of the second dorsal and anal fins, posteriorly on the body, close to the tail.-Construction history:The contract to build her was...
(SSN-614) Greenling
USS Greenling (SSN-614)
USS Greenling , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the greenling, an elongate, fine-scaled fish found from Kamchatka to California...
(SSN-615) Gato
USS Gato (SSN-615)
' was a Thresher/Permit-class nuclear submarine known as the "Goal Keeper" or the "Black Cat." She was the second United States Navy ship named after the gato, a species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico....
(SSBN-616) Lafayette
USS Lafayette (SSBN-616)
USS Lafayette , the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named to honor Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette , a French military hero who fought with and significantly aided the Continental Army during the American...
(SSBN-617) Alexander Hamilton
USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617)
USS Alexander Hamilton , a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Alexander Hamilton , the first Secretary of the Treasury, who was instrumental in the formation of both the United States Coast Guard and the United States...
(SSBN-618) Thomas Jefferson
USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618)
USS Thomas Jefferson , an nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Thomas Jefferson , the third President of the United States...
(SSBN-619) Andrew Jackson
USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619)
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(SSBN-620) John Adams
USS John Adams (SSBN-620)
USS John Adams , a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for John Adams , the second President of the United States , and his son John Quincy Adams , the sixth President of the United States...
(SSN-621) Haddock
USS Haddock (SSN-621)
USS Haddock , last of the s, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the haddock .The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 24 August 1960 and her keel was laid down on 24 April 1961. She was launched on 21 May 1966 sponsored...
(SSBN-622) James Monroe
USS James Monroe (SSBN-622)
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(SSBN-623) Nathan Hale
(SSBN-624) Woodrow Wilson
(SSBN-625) Henry Clay
(SSBN-626) Daniel Webster
(SSBN-627) James Madison
USS James Madison (SSBN-627)
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(SSBN-628) Tecumseh
USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628)
USS Tecumseh , a ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Tecumseh , the leader of the Shawnee people.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSBN-629) Daniel Boone
USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629)
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(SSBN-630) John C. Calhoun
(SSBN-631) Ulysses S. Grant
USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631)
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(SSBN-632) Von Stueben
(SSBN-633) Casimir Pulaski
USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633)
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(SSBN-634) Stonewall Jackson
USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634)
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(SSBN-635) Sam Rayburn
USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635)
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(SSBN-636) Nathanael Greene
USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636)
USS Nathanael Greene , a fleet ballistic missile submarine, was one of three ships of the United States Navy to be named for Major General Nathanael Greene , who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War....
(SSN-637) Sturgeon
USS Sturgeon (SSN-637)
USS Sturgeon , the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-638) Whale
USS Whale (SSN-638)
USS Whale was a nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy. She was the second ship of that name, after the whale family of aquatic mammals.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-639) Tautog
USS Tautog (SSN-639)
USS Tautog , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Tautog , and is found along the Northern Atlantic coast. It seldom exceeds three feet and is usually not larger than ten pounds. The Tautog is favored as a food and game fish...
(SSBN-640) Benjamin Franklin
USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640)
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(SSBN-641) Simon Bolivar
(SSBN-642) Kamehameha
(SSBN-643) George Bancroft
USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643)
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(SSBN-644) Lewis and Clark
USS Lewis and Clark (SSBN-644)
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(SSBN-645) James K. Polk
USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645)
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(SSN-646) Grayling
USS Grayling (SSN-646)
USS Grayling , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-647) Pogy
USS Pogy (SSN-647)
USS Pogy , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pogy, or menhaden.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-648) Aspro
USS Aspro (SSN-648)
USS Aspro , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the aspro, a fish of the Zingel genus found abundantly in the upper Rhone River.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-649) Sunfish
USS Sunfish (SSN-649)
USS Sunfish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish , a marine species having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins....
(SSN-650) Pargo
USS Pargo (SSN-650)
USS Pargo , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pargo, also known as the red snapper, a fish of the genus Lutjanus found in the West Indies.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-651) Queenfish
USS Queenfish (SSN-651)
USS Queenfish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the queenfish, a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-652) Puffer
USS Puffer (SSN-652)
USS Puffer , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pufferfish, a fish which inflates its body with air.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-653) Ray
USS Ray (SSN-653)
USS Ray , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the rays, various cartilaginous marine fishes characterized by a flat body, large pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail, belonging to the superorder Batoidea, especially the true rays of the...
(SSBN-654) George C. Marshall
USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654)
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(SSBN-655) Henry L. Stimson
(SSBN-656) George Washington Carver
(SSBN-657) Francis Scott Key
USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657)
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(SSBN-658) Mariano G. Vallejo
USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658)
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(SSBN-659) Will Rogers
(SSN-660) Sand Lance
USS Sand Lance (SSN-660)
USS Sand Lance , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship and the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the sand lance, a member of the ammodytidae family.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-661) Lapon
USS Lapon (SSN-661)
USS Lapon , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast of North America.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-662) Gurnard
USS Gurnard (SSN-662)
USS Gurnard , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gurnard, a food fish of the genus Trigla and part of the sea robin family.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-663) Hammerhead
USS Hammerhead (SSN-663)
USS Hammerhead , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hammerhead shark, a voracious fish found in warm seas, with a curious hammerlike head.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-664) Sea Devil
USS Sea Devil (SSN-664)
USS Sea Devil , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil , also known as the manta ray or devil ray, the largest of all living rays, noted for power and endurance.-Construction and commissioning:The contract to build Sea Devil...
(SSN-665) Guitarro
USS Guitarro (SSN-665)
USS Guitarro , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guitarro, a ray of the guitarfish family.-Keel-laying and launching:...
(SSN-666) Hawkbill
USS Hawkbill (SSN-666)
USS Hawkbill , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle...
(SSN-667) Bergall
USS Bergall (SSN-667)
USS Bergall , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bergall, a small fish found along the Atlantic coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Labrador....
(SSN-668) Spadefish
USS Spadefish (SSN-668)
USS Spadefish , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spadefish, a spiny-finned fish found in coastal waters of the western Atlantic from Cuba to Cape Cod.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-669) Seahorse
USS Seahorse (SSN-669)
USS Seahorse , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second submarine and third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and upper body suggest the head and neck of a horse....
(SSN-670) Finback
USS Finback (SSN-670)
USS Finback , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine,was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback, the common whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-671) Narwhal
USS Narwhal (SSN-671)
USS Narwhal , a unique submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal, a gray and white arctic whale....
(SSN-672) Pintado
USS Pintado (SSN-672)
USS Pintado , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pintado, a large mackerel-like fish, whose elongated spots suggested the Spanish language word meaning "painted."...
(SSN-673) Flying Fish
USS Flying Fish (SSN-673)
USS Flying Fish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish, any of number of fishes of tropic and warm temperate seas whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.-Construction and...
(SSN-674) Trepang
USS Trepang (SSN-674)
USS Trepang , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trepang, Holothuroidea, a marine animal having a long, tough, muscular body, sometimes called a 'sea slug' or a 'sea cucumber', found on coral reefs.-Construction and commissioning:The...
(SSN-675) Bluefish
USS Bluefish (SSN-675)
USS Bluefish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-676) Billfish
USS Billfish (SSN-676)
USS Billfish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the billfish, a name used for any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-677) Drum
USS Drum (SSN-677)
USS Drum , a Sturgeon class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the drum, also known as the croaker or hardhead, any of various fishes of the Sciaenidae family, capable of making a drumming noise and best known on the Atlantic coast of North...
(SSN-678) Archerfish
USS Archerfish (SSN-678)
USS Archerfish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish, a family of fish notable for their habit of preying on insects and other animals by shooting them down with squirts of water from the mouth.-Construction and...
(SSN-679) Silversides
USS Silversides (SSN-679)
USS Silversides , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silverside, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-680) William H. Bates
USS William H. Bates (SSN-680)
USS William H. Bates , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was planned to be the second U.S. Navy ship to be named USS Redfish -- for the redfish, a variety of salmon also called blueback, sawqui, red salmon, and nerka -- when the contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in...
(SSN-681) Batfish
USS Batfish (SSN-681)
USS Batfish , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the batfish, any of several fishes: a pediculate fish of the West Indies, an Indo-Pacific fish of the genus Platax, or the bat ray .-Construction and commissioning:The contract to build Batfish was awarded to the...
(SSN-682) Tunny
USS Tunny (SSN-682)
USS Tunny , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the tunny, any of several oceanic fishes resembling the mackerel.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-683) Parche
USS Parche (SSN-683)
USS Parche , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the parche , a small, coral reef butterfly fish.-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-684) Cavalla
USS Cavalla (SSN-684)
USS Cavalla , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cavalla, a salt water fish. Although it was a Sturgeon class design, Cavalla was a modified "long hull" boat, approximately longer than the earlier ships in its class.-Construction and commissioning:The contract to...
(SSN-685) Glenard P. Lipscomb
USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685)
USS Glenard P. Lipscomb , a unique submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Glenard P. Lipscomb , who served as a Congressman from the 24th District of California from 1953 until his death in 1970.-Design:Glenard P. Lipscomb was the Navy's second design using a...
(SSN-686) L. Mendel Rivers
USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686)
USS L. Mendel Rivers , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine in commission from 1975 to 2001, is the only ship of the United States Navy thus far to have been named for L. Mendel Rivers , U.S. Representative from South Carolinas 1st Congressional District .-Construction and commissioning:The contract...
(SSN-687) Richard B. Russell
USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687)
USS Richard B. Russell , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Richard B. Russell, Jr. , United States Senator from Georgia .-Construction and commissioning:...
(SSN-688) Los Angeles
USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)
USS Los Angeles , lead ship of her class of submarines, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Los Angeles, California. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 8 January 1971 and her keel was laid...
(SSN-689) Baton Rouge
USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689)
USS Baton Rouge , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 8 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 18...
(SSN-690) Philadelphia
USS Philadelphia (SSN-690)
USS Philadelphia , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 8 January 1971 and her keel...
(SSN-691) Memphis
USS Memphis (SSN-691)
USS Memphis , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Memphis, Tennessee. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on...
(SSN-692) Omaha
USS Omaha (SSN-692)
USS Omaha , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Omaha, Nebraska. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 27...
(SSN-693) Cincinnati
USS Cincinnati (SSN-693)
USS Cincinnati , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Cincinnati, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on 6 April...
(SSN-694) Groton
USS Groton (SSN-694)
USS Groton , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Groton, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 3...
(SSN-695) Birmingham
USS Birmingham (SSN-695)
USS Birmingham , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Birmingham, Alabama. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 26...
(SSN-696) New York City
USS New York City (SSN-696)
USS New York City , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named specifically for New York City as distinct from the state. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 24...
(SSN-697) Indianapolis
USS Indianapolis (SSN-697)
The third USS Indianapolis , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Indianapolis, Indiana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 January 1972 and her keel...
(SSN-698) Bremerton
USS Bremerton (SSN-698)
USS Bremerton , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bremerton, Washington. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid...
(SSN-699) Jacksonville
USS Jacksonville (SSN-699)
USS Jacksonville , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jacksonville, Florida. The ship is nicknamed "The Bold One". The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut...
(SSN-700) Dallas
USS Dallas (SSN-700)
USS Dallas is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy. It is the Navy's second ship of that name, and the first to be named for the city of Dallas, Texas, although another two ships were scheduled but never completed.-Career:The contract to build Dallas was...
(SSN-701) La Jolla
USS La Jolla (SSN-701)
USS La Jolla , a Los Angeles-class submarine, is named for La Jolla, California. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10 December 1973 and her keel was laid down on 16 October 1976. She was launched on 11...
(SSN-702) Phoenix
USS Phoenix (SSN-702)
USS Phoenix , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named "Phoenix" and the third to be named after the city, Phoenix, Arizona...
(SSN-703) Boston
USS Boston (SSN-703)
USS Boston , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for Boston, Massachusetts....
(SSN-704) Baltimore
USS Baltimore (SSN-704)
USS Baltimore , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baltimore, Maryland. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down...
(SSN-705) City of Corpus Christi
USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705)
USS City Of Corpus Christi , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Corpus Christi, Texas, though she is the only one required to bear the "City of" prefix .The...
(SSN-706) Albuquerque
USS Albuquerque (SSN-706)
USS Albuquerque , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albuquerque, New Mexico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel...
(SSN-707) Portsmouth
USS Portsmouth (SSN-707)
USS Portsmouth , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Portsmouth, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10...
(SSN-708) Minneapolis-Saint Paul
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (SSN-708)
USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the first vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the metropolitan area of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, although each city had been honored twice before...
(SSN-709) Hyman G. Rickover
USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709)
USS Hyman G. Rickover , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Hyman G. Rickover and the only Los Angeles class submarine not named after a United States city...
(SSN-710) Augusta
USS Augusta (SSN-710)
USS Augusta , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Augusta, Maine....
(SSN-711) San Francisco
USS San Francisco (SSN-711)
USS San Francisco , a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, is the third ship or boat of the United States Navy to be named for San Francisco, California.-History:...
(SSN-712) Atlanta
USS Atlanta (SSN-712)
USS Atlanta , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Atlanta, Georgia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 August 1975 and her keel was laid down on 17 August...
(SSN-713) Houston
USS Houston (SSN-713)
USS Houston , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Houston, Texas. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 August 1975 and her keel was laid down on 29...
(SSN-714) Norfolk
USS Norfolk (SSN-714)
USS Norfolk , a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Norfolk, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 20 February 1976 and her keel was laid down on 1...
(SSN-715) Buffalo
USS Buffalo (SSN-715)
USS Buffalo , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Buffalo, New York . The contract to build it was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 23 February 1976 and its keel was laid down on 25...
(SSN-716) Salt Lake City
USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716)
USS Salt Lake City , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Salt Lake City, Utah. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down...
(SSN-717) Olympia
USS Olympia (SSN-717)
USS Olympia , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Olympia, Washington. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down on 31 March 1981. She was launched...
(SSN-718) Honolulu
USS Honolulu (SSN-718)
USS Honolulu , was a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down on 10...
(SSN-719) Providence
USS Providence (SSN-719)
USS Providence , a , was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Providence, Rhode Island. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 16 April 1979 and her keel was laid down on 14 October 1982. She...
(SSN-720) Pittsburgh
USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720)
USS Pittsburgh , a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 16 April 1979 and her keel was laid down on 15 April 1983. She...
(SSN-721) Chicago
USS Chicago (SSN-721)
USS Chicago is a Los Angeles-class submarine, the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Chicago, Illinois. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 5...
(SSN-722) Key West
USS Key West (SSN-722)
USS Key West , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Key West, Florida. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 6 July...
(SSN-723) Oklahoma City
USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723)
USS Oklahoma City , a , is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 4 January 1984. She was...
(SSN-724) Louisville
USS Louisville (SSN-724)
USS Louisville , a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Louisville, Kentucky. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 11 February 1982 and her keel was laid down on 24 September 1984. ...
(SSN-725) Helena
USS Helena (SSN-725)
USS Helena , a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Helena, Montana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 28 March 1985. She was launched...
(SSGN-726) Ohio
(SSGN-727) Michigan
(SSGN-728) Florida
USS Florida (SSGN-728)
USS Florida , an ballistic missile submarine, is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 27th state...
(SSGN-729) Georgia
(SSBN-730) Henry M. Jackson
(SSBN-731) Alabama
(SSBN-732) Alaska
USS Alaska (SSBN-732)
USS Alaska , is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1986. She is the fourth U.S...
(SSBN-733) Nevada
USS Nevada (SSBN-733)
USS Nevada is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1986. She is the fourth ship of the U.S...
(SSBN-734) Tennessee
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734)
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(SSBN-735) Pennsylvania
USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735)
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(SSBN-736) West Virginia
USS West Virginia (SSBN-736)
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(SSBN-737) Kentucky
USS Kentucky (SSBN-737)
USS Kentucky , is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1991. She is the third U.S...
(SSBN-738) Maryland
USS Maryland (SSBN-738)
USS Maryland is the 13th of 18 United States Navy ballistic missile submarines, and has been in commission since 1992. She is the fourth U.S...
(SSBN-739) Nebraska
(SSBN-740) Rhode Island
USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740)
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(SSBN-741) Maine
USS Maine (SSBN-741)
USS Maine is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine in commission since 1995. She is the fourth U.S. Navy ship authorized, and the third commissioned, to be named in honor of the state of Maine...
(SSBN-742) Wyoming
USS Wyoming (SSBN-742)
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(SSBN-743) Louisiana
USS Louisiana (SSBN-743)
The fourth commissioned USS Louisiana is the 18th and last ship of the United States Navys of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines...
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(SSN-750) Newport News
USS Newport News (SSN-750)
USS Newport News , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Newport News, Virginia.-Construction:The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 3 March 1984. ...
(SSN-751) San Juan
USS San Juan (SSN-751)
USS San Juan , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 November 1982 and her keel was laid down on 9 August 1985. She was...
(SSN-752) Pasadena
USS Pasadena (SSN-752)
USS Pasadena , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Pasadena, California.Pasadena provides the Fleet Commander or Task Force Commander a multi-mission platform...
(SSN-753) Albany
USS Albany (SSN-753)
USS Albany , a , was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albany, New York. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 29 November 1983 and her keel was laid down on 22 April 1985. She was launched on 13...
(SSN-754) Topeka
USS Topeka (SSN-754)
USS Topeka , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Topeka, Kansas. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 28 November 1983 and her keel was laid down on 13 May 1986...
(SSN-755) Miami
USS Miami (SSN-755)
USS Miami is a United States Navy attack submarine of the Los Angeles class. She is the third ship of the U.S Navy to be named after Miami, Florida. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 28 November 1983 and...
(SSN-756) Scranton
USS Scranton (SSN-756)
USS Scranton , a , is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Scranton, Pennsylvania.The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and construction began on 29 August 1986. She was launched on...
(SSN-757) Alexandria
USS Alexandria (SSN-757)
USS Alexandria , a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for both Alexandria, Virginia, and Alexandria, Louisiana.- Construction :...
(SSN-758) Asheville
USS Asheville (SSN-758)
USS Asheville , is a Los Angeles-class submarine. She is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Asheville, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid...
(SSN-759) Jefferson City
USS Jefferson City (SSN-759)
USS Jefferson City , a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jefferson City, Missouri. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid down on 21 September 1987. She...
(SSN-760) Annapolis
USS Annapolis (SSN-760)
USS Annapolis , is the tenth "improved" Los Angeles-class submarine, and is sister-ship to the USS Springfield . Homeported in Groton, CT, she is assigned to Submarine Development Squadron 12...
(SSN-761) Springfield
USS Springfield (SSN-761)
USS Springfield , a , is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. The ship was named in honor of both the cities of Springfield, Illinois and Springfield, Massachusetts....
(SSN-762) Columbus
USS Columbus (SSN-762)
USS Columbus , a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Columbus, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 21 March 1986 and her keel was laid down on 9 January 1991. She was...
(SSN-763) Santa Fe
USS Santa Fe (SSN-763)
USS Santa Fe , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Santa Fe, New Mexico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 21 March 1986 and her keel was laid down on 9 July 1991. She was...
(SSN-764) Boise
USS Boise (SSN-764)
USS Boise , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Boise, Idaho. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 25 August 1988. She was launched on 23...
(SSN-765) Montpelier
USS Montpelier (SSN-765)
USS Montpelier , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Montpelier, Vermont. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 19 May 1989. She was launched on...
(SSN-766) Charlotte
USS Charlotte (SSN-766)
USS Charlotte , a , is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlotte, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 17 August 1990. She was...
(SSN-767) Hampton
USS Hampton (SSN-767)
USS Hampton , a , is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to bear this name. The earlier Hamptons were given their names for varying reasons, but SSN-767 was specifically named for four cities: Hampton, Virginia; Hampton, Iowa; Hampton, South Carolina; and Hampton, New Hampshire...
(SSN-768) Hartford
USS Hartford (SSN-768)
USS Hartford , a , is the second ship of the Navy to be named for Hartford, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 22 February 1992...
(SSN-769) Toledo
USS Toledo (SSN-769)
USS Toledo , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Toledo, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 10 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 6 May 1991. She was launched on 28 August 1993...
(SSN-770) Tucson
USS Tucson (SSN-770)
USS Tucson , a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Tucson, Arizona. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 10 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 15 August 1991....
(SSN-771) Columbia
USS Columbia (SSN-771)
USS Columbia , a , was the eighth ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. The earlier Columbias were given their names for differing reasons; SSN-771 was specifically named in honor of Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia, Missouri, and Columbia, Illinois.The contract to build Columbia was...
(SSN-772) Greeneville
USS Greeneville (SSN-772)
USS Greeneville , a , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Greeneville, Tennessee. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 December 1988, and her keel was laid down on 28 February 1992...
(SSN-773) Cheyenne
USS Cheyenne (SSN-773)
USS Cheyenne , the last , is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Cheyenne, Wyoming. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 28 November 1989 and her keel was laid down on 6 July 1992. She was launched...
(SSN-21) Seawolf
USS Seawolf (SSN-21)
USS Seawolf , the lead ship of her class, is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look...
(SSN-22) Connecticut
USS Connecticut (SSN-22)
USS Connecticut , a Seawolf-class submarine, is the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the fifth state.The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 3 May 1991 and her keel was laid down on 14...
(SSN-23) Jimmy Carter
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)
USS Jimmy Carter , the third and last Seawolf-class submarine, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for former President Jimmy Carter, who served in the United States Navy as a Communications Officer, Sonar Officer, Electronics Officer, Weapons Officer, and Supply Officer while...
(SSN-774) Virginia
USS Virginia (SSN-774)
USS Virginia is a United States Navy attack submarine, the lead boat of her class and the tenth vessel of the Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Virginia....
(SSN-775) Texas
USS Texas (SSN-775)
USS Texas is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the state of Texas....
(SSN-776) Hawaii
USS Hawaii (SSN-776)
USS Hawaii , a Virginia-class submarine, is the first commissioned warship of the United States Navy to be named for the 50th state...
(SSN-777) North Carolina
(SSN-778) New Hampshire
USS New Hampshire (SSN-778)
USS New Hampshire , a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of New Hampshire .She is the first of the Virginia Block II submarines to enter service...
(SSN-779) New Mexico
USS New Mexico (SSN-779)
USS New Mexico , a , is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 47th state.-Construction:The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Newport News in Newport News, Virginia on 14 August 2003. She is the Navy's sixth Virginia-class submarine, has...
(SSN-780) Missouri
(SSN-781) California
USS California (SSN-781)
USS California , is the eighth , and the eighth United States Navy ship named for the state of California. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 August 2003. Construction began in December 2006...
(SSN-782) Mississippi
USS Mississippi (SSN-782)
PCU Mississippi is a of the United States Navy, named for the state of Mississippi. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 14 August 2003...
(SSN-783) Minnesota
USS Minnesota (SSN-783)
USS Minnesota will be the 10th of a projected 30 submarines. She will be the third United States Navy ship named for the state of Minnesota. The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia on 14 August 2003. Her name was announced on 15 July...
(SSN-784) North Dakota
USS North Dakota (SSN-784)
North Dakota will be a . She will be the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of North Dakota. The contract to build her was awarded to Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut on 14 August 2003...
(SSN-785) John Warner
USS John Warner (SSN-785)
John Warner will be a . She will be the first in the class to be named after a person; the previous 11 were named after states. John Warner will be built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, and by Northrop Grumman in Newport News, Virginia...

AA-1 (SS-52)

USS T-1 (SS-52)

The first USS T-1 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-1 was also known as Schley and AA-1....

(Also T-1 (SF-1))

AA-2 (SS-60)

USS T-2 (SS-60)

USS T-2 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-2 was also known as AA-2.She was laid down as AA-2 on 31 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co...

(Also T-2 (SF-2))

AA-3 (SS-61)

USS T-3 (SS-61)

USS T-3 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy originally named AA-3.She was laid down as AA-3 on 21 May 1917 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company yard in Quincy, Massachusetts by the Electric Boat Co. of New York, launched on 24 May 1919, sponsored by Mrs...

(Also T-3 (SF-3))

Plunger/A-1 (SS-2)

Adder/A-2 (SS-3)

Grampus/A-3 (SS-4)

Moccasin/A-4 (SS-5)

Viper/B-1 (SS-10)

USS B-1 (SS-10)

USS B-1 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of New Suffolk, Long Island, as Viper, making her the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for...

Cuttlefish/B-2 (SS-11)

USS B-2 (SS-11)

USS B-2 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of New Suffolk, L. I., as Cuttlefish, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the...

Tarantula/B-3 (SS-12)

USS B-3 (SS-12)

USS B-3 was a B-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of then New Suffolk L. I., as Tarantula, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for...

Barracuda (SS-550)

USS Barracuda (SSK-1)

USS Barracuda , the lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish. Her keel was laid down on 1 July 1949 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 2...

Octopus/C-1 (SS-9)

USS C-1 (SS-9)

USS C-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy.C-1 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Octopus. Octopus was launched on 4 October 1906 sponsored by Miss F. Webster, and...

Stingray/C-2 (SS-13)

USS C-2 (SS-13)

USS C-2 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy.C-2 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts - under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company - as USS Stingray. She was launched on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Ms. Elizabeth Stevens, and commissioned on 23...

Tarpon/C-3 (SS-14)

USS C-3 (SS-14)

USS C-3 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Tarpon. She was launched on 8 April 1909 as Tarpon sponsored by Miss Katherine E. Theiss, and...

Bonita/C-4 (SS-15)

USS C-4 (SS-15)

USS C-4 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Bonita. She was launched on 17 June 1909 sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Townsend, and commissioned on 23...

Snapper/C-5 (SS-16)

USS C-5 (SS-16)

USS C-5 was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company, as Snapper, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the snapper. Snapper was launched...

Narwhal/D-1 (SS-17)

USS D-1 (SS-17)

USS D-1 was the lead ship of the D-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Narwhal, making her the first ship of the United States Navy...

Grayling/D-2 (SS-18)

USS D-2 (SS-18)

USS D-2 was a D-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Grayling, making her the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the Arctic...

Salmon/D-3 (SS-19)

USS D-3 (SS-19)

USS D-3 was a D-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Salmon, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the...

Carp/F-1 (SS-20)

USS F-1 (SS-20)

USS F-1 was an F-class submarine. She was named Carp when her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the carp. She was launched on 6 September 1911 sponsored by Ms. J. Tynan, renamed F-1 on 17 November...

Barracuda/F-2 (SS-21)

USS F-2 (SS-21)

USS F-2 , an F-class submarine, was named Barracuda when her keel was laid down by Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California, but was renamed on 17 November 1911. She was launched on 19 March 1912 sponsored by Miss A. R. Rolph, daughter of James Rolph, the mayor of San Francisco, and...

Pickerel/F-3 (SS-22)

USS F-3 (SS-22)

USS F-3 , was a F-class submarine. She was named Pickerel when her keel was laid down by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pickerel, a type of pike. She was renamed F-3 on 17 November 1911, launched on 6...

Seal/G-1 (SS-19½)

USS G-1 (SS-19½)

USS G-1 was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself.-Construction history:G-1 was...

Pike/A-5 (SS-6)

USS Pike (SS-6)

The first USS Pike was a in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-5.She was laid down on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, California by Union Iron Works, launched on 14 January 1903, and commissioned on 28 May 1903 at the Mare Island Navy Yard with Lieutenant Arthur...

Porpoise/A-6 (SS-7)

USS Porpoise (SS-7)

The third USS Porpoise was an early in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-6.She was laid down on 13 December 1900 in Elizabeth, New Jersey at the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of shipyard superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch...

Squalus/Sailfish (SS-192)

USS Sailfish (SS-192)

USS Sailfish , a , was originally named Squalus.Her keel was laid on 18 October 1937 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, as Squalus, the only ship of the United States Navy named for the squalus. She was launched on 14 September 1938 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas C...

Shark/A-7 (SS-8)

USS Shark (SS-8)

The third USS Shark was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-7.Shark was laid down on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, New Jersey in the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of Crescent's superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch...

T-1 (SS-52/SF-1)

USS T-1 (SS-52)

The first USS T-1 was an AA-1-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy; T-1 was also known as Schley and AA-1....

(Also Schley and AA-1)

T-2 (SS-60/SF-2)

USS T-2 (SS-60)

(Also AA-2)

T-3 (SS-61/SF-3)

USS T-3 (SS-61)

(Also AA-3)

V-4 (SF-7/SM-1)

USS Mackerel (SST-1)

USS Mackerel , originally known as USS T-1 , was the lead ship of the T-1-class of training submarines. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the mackerel, a common food and sport fish, and was in service from 1953 to 1973. She was one of the smallest operational...

completed as SST-1 (AGSS-570)

438 to 474 cancelled

744 to 749 unassigned

SS-108 cancelled

SS-495 to SS-521 cancelled

SS-530 to SS-550 cancelled

SS-553 offshore procurement of KNM Kinn (S316)

SS-554 offshore procurement of HDMS Springeren (S329)

SS-556 offshore procurement for Norway

SS-557 to SS-562 cancelled

See also