USS Thresher (SS-200)
 USS Thresher (SS-200) a Tambor-class submarine was the first United States Navy ship to be named for the thresher shark. Her keel was laid down 27 May 1939 at the Electric Boat Company of Groton Connecticut. She was launched on 27 March 1940 sponsored by Mrs. Claude A. Jones and commissioned on 27 August 1940 with Lieutenant Commander William Lovett Anderson (Annapolis Class of 1926) in command.