USS Pilotfish (SS-386) [SEP] vessel class
USS Pilotfish (SS-386)
USS "Pilotfish" (SS-386), a "Balao"-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pilot fish, a carangoid fish, often seen in warm latitudes in company with sharks.
Construction and commissioning.
"Pilotfish" was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, Maine, 15 May 1943; launched 30 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Martha Szolmeczka Scheutz; and commissioned 16 December 1943, Lieutenant Commander Robert H. Close in command.
Pilotfish
Pilotfish may refer to:
- Pilotfish (company), a company of designer
- USS Pilotfish (SS-386),
- Pilot fish, a fish of the family "Carangidae"