USS Stingray

Two submarines of the United States Navy have been 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 No. 13), was a C-class submarine in commission from 1909 to 1919 that was renamed USS C-2 in 1911 and served during World War I.
• The second USS Stingray (SS-186) was a Salmon-class submarine in commission from 1938 to 1945 that served during World War II.

In fiction

• A fictitious U.S. Navy Cold War nuclear attack submarine named USS Stingray appears in the 1986 novel To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph.
• A fictitious U.S. Navy World War II diesel-electric submarine named USS Stingray (SS-161) is featured in the American 1996 comedy film Down Periscope. (In reality, SS-161 was the hull number of the S-boat S-50.)