USS Gar

USS Gar (SS-206) was the first of the Gar subclass of the Tambor-class submarines to be commissioned for the United States Navy just prior to the country's 7 December 1941 entry into World War II. These submarines were a slightly improved version of preceding submarines of the Tambor class. While Gar survived the war, all of her sister ships — USS Grampus (SS-207), 'USS Grayback (SS-208), USS Grayling (SS-209), USS Grenadier (SS-210), and USS Gudgeon (SS-211) — were lost. She is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gar, a fish of the family Lepisosteidae.

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

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World War II Q362

1939-12-27T00:00:00Z

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keel laying

1940-11-27T00:00:00Z

1940-11-27T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1945-12-11T00:00:00Z

1945-12-11T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

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Frameless

Ss206Gar

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	shipwreck		USS Gar	shipwreck, submarine, Tambor-class submarine	Wikidata
commons	image		Ss206Gar		Commons