USS Barbel
# USS Barbel

Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named Barbel, after the barbel, a type of European carp.

* USS Barbel (SS-316), was a Balao-class submarine commissioned in April 1944 and lost at sea sometime in February 1945.
* USS Barbel (SS-580), was the lead ship of her class and in service from 1959 to 1989.

## Sources

* This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
