USS Sea Devil (SSN-664) [SEP] named after
USS Sea Devil (SSN-664)
USS "Sea Devil" (SSN-664), a "Sturgeon"-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil ("Manta birostria"), also known as the manta ray or devil ray, the largest of all living rays, noted for power and endurance.
Construction and commissioning.
The contract to build "Sea Devil" was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia. on 28
, USS" Grayling "(SSN-646), USS "Ray" (SSN-653), USS "Sand Lance" (SSN-660), USS "Sea Devil" (SSN-664), USS "Seahorse" (SSN-669), USS "Narwhal" (SSN-671), USS "Bluefish" (SSN-675), USS "Billfish" (SSN-676), USS" Batfish" (SSN-681), USS L." Mendel Rivers" (SSN-686), USS "Sunfish" (SSN-649), and the Barbel-class submarine USS