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Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal |
 | | USS Halfbeak (SS-352), a Balao-class">Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the halfbeak, a garlike fish with a beak formed by an extension of the lower jaw, found in warmer seas. |
 | | Halfbeak was launched 19 February 1946 by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn., sponsored by Mrs. |
 | | Halfbeak was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1971. |
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