USS Trumpetfish

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USS Trumpetfish (SS-425), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for trumpetfish, any of several fishes so-called for their deep, compressed body and long, tubular snout. Her keel was laid down on 23 August 1943 at Philadelphia by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company. She was launched on 13 May 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Oswald S. Colclough, and commissioned on 29 January 1946.

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
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1945-05-13T00:00:00Z
1945-05-13T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1943-08-23T00:00:00Z
1943-08-23T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1973-10-15T00:00:00Z
1973-10-15T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
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P2V-5 of VP-18 flying over USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) c1955P2V-5 of VP-18 flying over USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) c1955
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USS Ulua (SS-428) and USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) under constructionUSS Ulua (SS-428) and USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) under construction
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