Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS "Tang", after the tang, or surgeonfish, especially of the several West Indian species.
*The first "Tang" (SS-306) was a "Balao"-class submarine sunk by her own torpedo during World War II.
*The second "Tang" (SS/AGSS-563) served through the first half of the Cold War.
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