| | USS Cuttlefish (SS 171) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | USS Cuttlefish (SC-5/SS-171), a Cachalot-class submarine and one of the " V-boats," was the second ship of the United StatesNavy to be named for the cuttlefish, a ten-armed marine mollusk similar to the squid. |
 | | Cuttlefish arrived at Pearl Harbor on 16 June 1939 and was based there on patrol duty, as well as joining inbattle problems and exercises in the Hawaiian area. |
 | | As it became obvious that the Japanese Fleet was out in strength, Cuttlefish was ordered to patrol about 700 mileswest of Midway, remaining on station during the Battle of Midway of 4 June to 6 June 1942. |
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