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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.
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 Chicago, after the city of Chicago, Illinois.
USS Bullhead (SS-332), a Balao-class submarine, was the very last US Navy ship sunk by enemy action during World War II, probably on the same day that an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bullhead. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 16 July 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Howard R. Doyle, and commissioned 4 December 1944 with Commander W. T. Griffith in command.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name 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.
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 ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Billfish, after the billfish.
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 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 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.
USS Sea Fox (SS-402), a Balao-class submarine, was a vessel of the United States Navy named for the sea fox, a large shark, also called the thresher shark, which frequents the coast of Europe and the Americas.
USS PGM-18 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was built and originally commissioned as USS PC-1255, a PC-461-class submarine chaser, and was decommissioned and converted in late 1944. USS PGM-18 struck a mine off the coast of Okinawa in April 1945; 13 men lost their lives when PGM-18 sank.
