USS Seadragon

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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.

The first USS Seadragon (SS-194), was a Sargo-class submarine, commissioned in 1939 and struck in 1948.
The second USS Seadragon (SSN-584), was a Skate-class submarine, commissioned in 1959 and struck in 1986.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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