USS Bluefish

Last updated March 23, 2019

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Bluefish, after the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

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Bluefish only extant species of fish of the family Pomatomidae

The bluefish is the only extant species of the family Pomatomidae. It is a marine pelagic fish found around the world in temperate and subtropical waters, except for the northern Pacific Ocean. Bluefish are known as tailor in Australia, elf in South Africa, and shad in Natal. It is a popular gamefish and food fish.

USS Bluefish (SS-222), was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1959.
USS Bluefish (SSN-675), was a Sturgeon-class submarine, commissioned in 1971 and struck in 1996.

USS Bluefish (SS-222), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish. Between 9 September 1943 and 29 July 1945 she completed nine war patrols. Her operating area extended from the Netherlands East Indies to the waters south of Honshū. According to the notoriously unreliable JANAC accounting, Bluefish sank 12 Japanese ships totaling 50,839 tons.

USS Bluefish (SSN-675), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish.

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