USS Grouper [SEP] vessel class
USS Grouper
USS "Grouper" (SS/SSK/AGSS-214), a "Gato"-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grouper.
"Grouper" was launched by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut on 27 October 1941 (sponsored by Mrs. Albert F. Church), and commissioned at New London on 12 February 1942, with Lieutenant Commander C. E. Duke in command.
1942.
After shakedown in Long Island Sound, "Grouper" sailed for Pearl
HMS Grouper (1804)
HMS "Grouper" was a Royal Navy "Ballahoo"-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1804. "Grouper" was wrecked off Guadeloupe in 1811. This schooner was the only Royal Navy ship ever to use the name.
Service.
She was commissioned at Bermuda under Lieutenant Provo Hughes for the Leeward Islands. In 1807 her commander was Lieutenant Charles Chester Fitch.