USS Sterlet

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USS Sterlet (SS-392), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sterlet, a small sturgeon found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, whose meat is considered delicious and whose eggs are one of the world's great delicacies, caviar.

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
1950-08-26T00:00:00Z
1950-08-26T00:00:00Z
ship recommissioning
1943-07-14T00:00:00Z
1943-07-14T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1943-10-27T00:00:00Z
1943-10-27T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1948-09-18T00:00:00Z
1948-09-18T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1968-09-30T00:00:00Z
1968-09-30T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
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USS Sterlet (SS-392) off Oahu, Hawaii (USA), on 30 September 1968 (L45-269.05.01)USS Sterlet (SS-392) off Oahu, Hawaii (USA), on 30 September 1968 (L45-269.05.01)
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