The USS Swordfish, a Skate-class submarine, was the second submarine of the Navy named for the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin. The contract to build her was...
A Tench-class submarine, the USS Conger was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the conger, an eel found in warm seas at moderate depths, common to both coasts of the Atlantic...