USS Grenadier
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Two ships of the United States Navy
have borne the name USS Grenadier, named in honor of the grenadiers
, a family (Macrouridae) of soft-finned deep-sea fishes with long, tapering bodies and short, pointed tails, also known as rattails.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have borne the name USS Grenadier, named in honor of the grenadiers
Rattail
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae...
, a family (Macrouridae) of soft-finned deep-sea fishes with long, tapering bodies and short, pointed tails, also known as rattails.
- The first GrenadierUSS Grenadier (SS-210)USS Grenadier , a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier fish, relatives of cod that are very common in bathyal and abyssal habitats....
, (SS-210), was a Tambor-classTambor class submarineThe Tambor class submarine was a United States Navy submarine design, used primarily during World War II. It was the USN's first practical fleet submarine and formed the core of the United States Pacific submarine fleet at the time of the US entry into World War II.-Design history:Early U.S...
submarineSubmarineA submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
, commissioned in 1941 and was scuttled in 1943. - The second GrenadierUSS Grenadier (SS-525)USS Grenadier , a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier, a soft-finned deep sea fish of the Macrouridae with a long, tapering body and short, pointed tail family, also known as rattails...
, (SS-525), was a Tench-classTench class submarineTench-class submarines were a type of submarine built for the United States Navy between 1944 and 1951. They were an evolutionary improvement over the Gato and Balao classes, only about 35 to 40 tons larger, but more strongly built and with a slightly improved internal layout...
submarine, commissioned in 1951 and struck in 1973.