USS Swordfish
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Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Swordfish after the swordfish, a large fish with a long, swordlike beak and a high dorsal fin.
- USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first United States submarine to sink a Japanese ship during World War II.
- USS Swordfish (SSN-579), a Skate-class submarine, is accused by Russia of ramming and sinking the Soviet Golf II class submarine K-129 during the Cold War (see Project Jennifer).
[edit] Fictional ships
- The novel, On the Beach, features a fictional submarine named Swordfish.
- The 2003 movie In Enemy Hands features a fictional Balao-class Swordfish (SS-161), the crew of which is captured by a fictional U-429. In reality, SS-161 was the hull classification symbol of the S-boat S-50
