USS Tiger Shark
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No ship of the United States Navy
has ever borne the name USS Tiger Shark or Tigershark, though the name is popular for fictional submarine
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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...
has ever borne the name USS Tiger Shark or Tigershark, though the name is popular for fictional submarine
Submarine
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
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- The title "character" of the 1959 sci-fi movie The Atomic SubmarineThe Atomic SubmarineThe Atomic Submarine is a 1959 science fiction film starring Arthur Franz, Dick Foran and Brett Halsey, with John Hillard as the voice of the alien. The film was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the script was adapted by Orville H. Hampton from a short story by Jack Rabin and Irving Block...
is named Tiger Shark. - USS Tiger Shark is the setting for the movie, "Submarine CommandSubmarine commandSubmarine Command is a 1951 film starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, and Darryl Hickman, directed by John Farrow...
" (1951) starring William Holden as a submarine captain haunted by a life and death decision made during wartime. - USS Tiger Shark is the setting for the 2002 suspense/horror movie BelowBelow (film)Below is a 2002 World War II horror film directed by David Twohy. It was written by Lucas Sussman, Darren Aronofsky and David Twohy, and stars Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Flemyng and Dexter Fletcher.It was filmed on location...
. - USS Tigershark is the setting for an episode of the television series JAGJAG (TV series)JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...
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