USS Hammerhead

USS Hammerhead

Two boats of the United States Navy have borne the name USS "Hammerhead", named in honor of the hammerhead shark, a voracious shark, found in warm seas, with a curious hammerlike head.

*USS|Hammerhead|SS-364, was a "Gato"-class submarine, commissioned in 1944

*USS|Hammerhead|SSN-663, was a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, commissioned in 1968 and struck in 1995


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