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Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Tecumseh, in honor of Tecumseh, a Shawnee Indian chief.
USS Grampus may refer to:
One ship and one submarine of the United States Navy have been named USS New Mexico in honor of the state of New Mexico.
Four United States Navy ships have been named USS Chicago, after the city of Chicago, Illinois.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Batfish, named in honor of the batfish, any of several fishes; a pediculate fish of the West Indies, the flying gurnard of the Atlantic, or a California sting ray.
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 at Portsmouth Navy Yard on 23 July 1942. She was launched on 12 November 1942 sponsored by Mrs. Lewis Parks, and commissioned on 20 April 1943 with Lieutenant Commander Frederic C. Lucas, Jr., in command.
USS Billfish (SSN-676), 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.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Sunfish, named in honor of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, a plectognath marine fish, having a deep body truncated behind, and high dorsal and anal fins.
Two boats of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hammerhead, named in honor of the hammerhead shark, a voracious shark, found in warm seas, with a curious hammerlike head.
Two vessels of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Pintado, named in honor of the pintado.
Two submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Queenfish, named in honor of the queenfish, a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Bluefish, after the bluefish.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Pargo, named in honor of the pargo, a fish of the genus Lutjanus found in the West Indies.
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.
Two submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Ray, named in honor of the ray, a fish characterized by a flat body, large pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Sargo, named in honor of the sargo, a food and gamefish of the porgy family, inhabiting coastal waters of the southern United States.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Seadragon, named in honor of the seadragon, a small fish more commonly called the dragonet.
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Flying Fish, named in honor of the flying fish.
Two vessels of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Grenadier, named in honor of the grenadiers, a family (Macrouridae) of soft-finned deep-sea fishes with long, tapering bodies and short, pointed tails, also known as rattails.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Harder, named in honor of the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa.
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
