USS Snook (SS-279)
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| Length | 95 m |
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| Construction started | April 17, 1942 |
| Launched | July 20, 1942 |
| Beam | 8. 31 m |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 17 April 1942 |
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| ID | 2104259 |
About USS Snook (SS-279)
USS Snook (SS-279), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line. Snook's keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine on 17 April 1942.
