USS Thornback
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uss-thornback-238-1045859
title:
USS Thornback
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USS Thornback (SS-418), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the thornback, a slender member of the shark family with a long pointed snout and a sharp spine at the end of each dorsal fin, native to northern Atlantic waters ranging from the temperate to the Arctic. Her keel was laid down on 5 April 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 7 July 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Peter K. Fischler, and commissioned on 13 October 1944 with Commander
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Submarine of the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thornback
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2024-02-17T03:40:02Z
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