Trepang
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Trepang may refer to:
- trepang, a marine invertebrate harvested by trepangingTrepangingTrepanging is the Anglicisation of the act of collection or harvesting of sea cucumbers, known in Indonesian, as "trepang".The collector or fisher of trepang is coined a trepanger....
, thus:- a common name for species of the holothuroidea (sea cucumber) class of animals
- Trepang (SS-412)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...
, a World War II submarine sunk in 1967. - Trepang (SSN-674)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...
, a submarine commissioned from 1970 to 1999.