USS Queenfish

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..

The first Queenfish, (SS-393), was a Balao-class submarine, commissioned in 1944 and struck in 1963.
The second Queenfish, (SSN-651), was a Sturgeon-class submarine, commissioned in 1966 and struck in 1992.

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