USS Sculpin (SS-494)

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USS Sculpin (SS-494), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin, a spiny, large-headed, broad-mouthed, usually scale-less fish of the family Cottidae. Her construction by the Portsmouth Navy Yard was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.

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• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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