USS Silversides (SS-236)
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USS Silversides is a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides.
USS Silversides (SS-236) on or about 31 March 1942 as she was on sea trials
Silversides, a national landmark and a museum, at "full dress ship" in Muskegon for the U.S. Navy's Submarine Centennial, 3 June 2000
Photo of Japanese ship attacked and damaged by USS Silversides on 14 October 1942
Silversides as seen in a Michigan winter in Muskegon, 26 January 2008
USS Trigger (SS-237)
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USS Trigger was a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish.
USS Silversides (SS-236)
…brought Silversides to the scene. She deliberately drew the attention of some of the escorts, then quickly dove to escape the gunfire. Soon, submarines Trigger (SS-237) and Sterlet (SS-392) joined in helping Silversides to guard Salmon and escorting the stricken submarine back to Saipan, arriving on 3 November. Silversides…
USS Trigger (SS-237) underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, 6 April 1942
Periscope camera shot from USS Trigger, of the sinking of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Okikaze.
"USS Trigger Still on Patrol" plaque at the Independence Seaport Museum