{|    |}  , a gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the united states navy to be named for the gurnard, a trigloid fish having three free pectoral rays, a food fish of the genus trigla. the striped gurnard inhabits the south atlantic. her keel was laid down by the electric boat company, groton, connecticut on 2 september 1941. she was launched 1 june 1942 (sponsored by miss suzanne slingluff), and [[ship commissioning|com
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