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| | USS Tinosa (SS-283) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Tinosa (SS-283) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | USS Tinosa (SS-283), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tinosa, a poisonous, fl, tropical fish. |
 | | Tinosa herself sank two Japanese cargo ships, Taibu Maru and Toyohi Maru, in a night attack on 4 May. On this patrol, she also sank a trawler with her 4-inch gun on 9 May and claimed to have damaged three other vessels. |
 | | Tinosa departed San Diego on 7 November 1944 and proceeded, via Pearl Harbor, to Nansei Shoto to reconnoiter its waters and to test new FM sonar equipment in locating Japanese mines. |
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