USS Puffer
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Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Puffer, named in honor of the pufferfish
, which inflates its body with air.
Pufferfish
Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the Tetraodontiformes order. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called pufferfish, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab...
, which inflates its body with air.
- USS Puffer (SS-268)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....
, was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1960. - USS Puffer (SSN-652)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:...
, was a Sturgeon-class submarine, commissioned in 1969 and struck in 1996.