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 | | U.S.S. Cobia, Batfish, Ling, Lionfish,Torsk, Becuna, Cod, Pampanito, Croaker, Silversides, Clamagor, Requim, and U.S.S. Marlin.(6) With the exception of the Marlin, a small submarine designed for costal operations in the 1950's, all the above ships were of the World War II era. |
 | | The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington was preserved in Texas, (10) the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Salem, (11) in the yard of her birth in Massachusetts. |
 | | The heavy cruiser U.S.S. Des Moines rests at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, this cruiser, along with her sisters were the largest heavy cruisers built by the United States and the only ones mounting automatic eight inch guns in their class. |
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