USS C-2 (SS-13) was one of five C-class submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The C-class submarines were...
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named USS Stingray for the stingray, a large ray with a whip-like tail and sharp spines capable of inflicting severe wounds: The first Stingray (Submarine...
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USS Stingray (SS-186), a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named the stingray. Stingray′s keel was laid down...
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of USS Pampanito. Pampanito played the fictional USS Stingray (SS-161) in the 1996 comedy film Down Periscope. Kelsey Grammer stars as the Stingray's commanding...
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USS Cod (SS/AGSS/IXSS-224) is a Gato-class submarine, the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the cod, an important and very popular...
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List of United States Navy ships: S (redirect from USS Somerset (1917))
USS S-10 (SS-115) USS S-11 (SS-116) USS S-12 (SS-117) USS S-13 (SS-118) USS S-14 (SS-119) USS S-15 (SS-120) USS S-16 (SS-121) USS S-17 (SS-122) USS S-18...
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(1916) USS Viper (SS-10) (1907) USS Cuttlefish (SS-11) (1907) USS Tarantula (SS-12) (1907) USS Octopus (SS-9) (1908) USS Stingray (SS-13) (1909) USS Tarpon...
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following World War II USS S-50 (SS-161) was a U.S. Navy fourth-group S-class submarine between 1920 and 1931 USS Stingray (SS-161) is a fictional U.S...
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television programmer Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray while filming in the Great Barrier Reef. The stingray's barb pierced his chest, penetrating his thoracic...
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torpedo bomber from the escort carrier USS Midway (CVE-63) attacked the U.S. Navy submarine USS Stingray (SS-186) as she crash-dived in the Pacific Ocean...
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USS Tarpon (SS-175), second United States Navy ship of this name, was a Porpoise-class diesel-electric submarine. Tarpon conducted war patrols in the Pacific...
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Crimson Tide (1995) – USS Alabama Down Periscope (1996) – comedy directed by David S. Ward, depicting fictional USS Stingray (SS-161) Peculiarities of...
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45°33′33″N 85°59′16″W / 45.559167°N 85.987778°W / 45.559167; -85.987778 SS Carl D. Bradley was an American self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that...
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USS Porpoise (SS–172), the fifth United States Navy ship to bear her name, was the lead ship of her class of submarines. Porpoise was laid down at the...
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USS Seawolf (SS-197), a Sargo-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf. Seawolf′s keel was laid down...
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Silversides (SS-236) - USS Silversides Submarine Museum, Muskegon, MI USS Tang (SS-563) - İnciraltı Sea Museum, İzmir, Turkey USS Thornback (SS-418) - Rahmi...
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SS Cedarville was a bulk carrier that carried limestone on the Great Lakes in the mid-20th century until it sank after a collision with another ship, MV Topdalsfjord...
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SS Andrea Doria (pronounced [anˈdrɛːa ˈdɔːrja]) was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia), put into service...
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SS Thistlegorm was a British cargo steamship that was built in Sunderland, North East England in 1940 and sunk by German bomber aircraft in the Red Sea...
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30°02′33″N 87°00′23″W / 30.04250°N 87.00639°W / 30.04250; -87.00639 USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34), (/ɔːrˈɪskəniː/ or /əˈrɪskəniː/), was one of the few Essex-class...
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USS New York (ACR-2/CA-2) was the second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated; the first was the ill-fated Maine, which was soon redesignated...
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USS Apogon (SS-308), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the apogons, a genus of cardinalfishes found in tropical and...
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USS Raton (SS/SSR/AGSS-270), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the raton, a polynemoid fish inhabiting semitropical...
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SS Kamloops was a Canadian lake freighter that was part of the fleet of Canada Steamship Lines from its launching in 1924 until it sank with all hands...
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SS Yongala was a passenger steamship that was built in England in 1903 for the Adelaide Steamship Company. She sank in a cyclone off the coast of Queensland...
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USS Mingo (SS-261) — a Gato-class submarine — was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the mingo snapper. Mingo′s keel was laid down...
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Lieutenant Commander Roy Kehlor Jones, commanding officer of the submarine, USS S-4 (SS-109) which tragically sunk following an accidental collision with the...
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USS Escolar (SS-294), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the escolar. Escolar was laid down by the Cramp...
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USS Crevalle (SS/AGSS-291), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the crevalle, the yellow mackerel, a food fish, found...
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USAT Liberty (redirect from SS Liberty (1918 Federal))
and had served in the United States Navy in that war as animal transport USS Liberty (ID-3461). She was also notable as the first ship constructed at...
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