USS Baya (SS-318)
 USS Baya (SS/AGSS-318) a Balao-class submarine was a ship of the United States Navy named for the baya (Mycteroperca jordani) a serranoid food-fish.Baya was launched on 2 January 1944 by Electric Boat Co. Groton Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. C. C. Kirkpatrick wife of Lieutenant Commander Kirkpatrick; and commissioned on 20 May 1944 Commander A. H. Holtz in command.