USS Sturgeon

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USS Sturgeon has been the name of three submarines of the United States Navy:

USS Sturgeon (SS-25) was renamed USS E-2 (SS-25) in 1911; E-2 was commissioned in 1912 and scrapped in 1922.
USS Sturgeon (SS-187), a Salmon-class submarine, was commissioned in 1938 and scrapped in 1948.
USS Sturgeon (SSN-637), the lead ship of the Sturgeonclass, was commissioned in 1967 and scrapped in 1994.

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