USS Perch
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Two ships of the United States Navy
have borne the name USS Perch, named in honor of the perch
, a type of fresh-water spiny-finned fish belonging to the family Percidae
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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 Perch, named in honor of the perch
Perch
Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which there are three species in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek perke meaning spotted, and the...
, a type of fresh-water spiny-finned fish belonging to the family Percidae
Percidae
The Percidae are a family of perciform fish found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The family contains about 200 species in ten genera...
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- The first PerchUSS Perch (SS-176)USS Perch was a Porpoise-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship to be named for the perch.Her keel was laid down on 25 February 1935 by the Electric Boat Company, in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 9 May 1936 , and commissioned on 19 November 1936, Lieutenant...
, (SS-176), was a Porpoise-classUnited States Porpoise class submarineThe Porpoise class were submarines built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s, and incorporated a number of modern features that would make them the basis for subsequent classes such as the Salmon, Tambor, Gato, Balao, and Tench classes...
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 1936 and stricken in 1942. - The second PerchUSS Perch (SS-313)USS Perch , a Balao-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the perch, a rather small European fresh-water spiny-finned fish....
, (SS-313), was a Balao-classBalao class submarineThe Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 122 units built, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight internal differences...
submarine, commissioned in 1944 and stricken in 1971.