USS Nerka
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USS Nerka may refer to:
- USS Nerka (SS-380)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...
, a United States Navy submarine authorized during World War II; her construction contract was canceled in July 1944 - USS Nerka, a fictional World War II submarine of the United States Navy that serves as the setting for the 1958 film Run Silent, Run Deep, an adaptationRun Silent, Run DeepRun Silent, Run Deep is a novel published first in 1955 by then-Commander Edward L. Beach, Jr.. The name refers to "silent running", a submarine stealth tactic. It is also the name of a 1958 movie based on the same novel...
of the 1955 novel Run Silent, Run Deep.