USS Perch

USS Perch

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.

* The first "Perch", (SS-176), was a "Porpoise"-class submarine, commissioned in 1936 and struck in 1942.
* The second "Perch", (SS-313), was a "Balao"-class submarine, commissioned in 1944 and struck in 1971.


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