Greater Underwater Propulsive Power

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• submarine — n. /sub meuh reen , sub meuh reen /; adj., v. /sub meuh reen /, n., adj., v., submarined, submarining. n. 1. a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles. 2.… …   Universalium

• USS Remora (SS-487) — USS Remora (SS 487), a Tench class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the remora, a fish with a suctorial disk on its head enabling it to cling to other fish and to ships. Her keel was laid down on 5 March 1945 …   Wikipedia

• USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) — USS Trumpetfish (SS 425), a Balao class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for trumpetfish, any of several fishes so called for their deep, compressed body and long, tubular snout. Her keel was laid down on 23… …   Wikipedia

• USS Tusk (SS-426) — USS Tusk (SS 426), a sclass|Balao|submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tusk, an alternate name for the cusk, a large edible saltwater fish related to the cod. Her keel was laid down on 23 August 1943 at… …   Wikipedia

• USS Quillback (SS-424) — USS Quillback (SS 424), a Tench class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for quillback, a fish of the sucker family, widespread in the freshwaters of North America and Northern Asia. When her construction by the… …   Wikipedia

• USS Thornback (SS-418) — USS Thornback (SS 418), a Tench class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the thornback, a slender member of the shark family with a long pointed snout and a sharp spine at the end of each dorsal fin, native to… …   Wikipedia

• USS Tiru (SS-416) — USS Tiru (SS 416), a Balao class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the tiru, a member of the lizardfish family. Voracious and carnivorous, this fish is found in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic especially in the Bermuda… …   Wikipedia

• USS Tirante (SS-420) — USS Tirante (SS 420), a Tench class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tirante, a silvery, elongated cutlass fish found in waters off Cuba. Her keel was laid down on 28 April 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy… …   Wikipedia

• USS Pomodon (SS-486) — USS Pomodon (SS 486), a Tench class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Pomodon (an obsolete synonym for Hemilutjanus ) genera of snapper. Her keel was laid down on 29 January 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy… …   Wikipedia

• USS Sirago (SS-485) — USS Sirago (SS 485), a Tench class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for sirago, a small fresh water tropical fish. Her keel was laid down on 4 January 1945 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was… …   Wikipedia

• USS Odax (SS-484) — USS Odax (SS 484), a Tench class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for odax, a brilliantly colored, red and green fish belonging to the family Scaridae , the parrot fishes. Her keel was laid down by Portsmouth… …   Wikipedia