USS Torsk
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USS Torsk, is a Tench-class submarine built for the United States Navy during World War II, currently part of the museum ship fleet of Historic Ships in Baltimore.
USS Torsk (SS-423) at Pier Three in Baltimore Harbor, September 2012
Torsk underway on 16 February 1945
Sail and boat's mascot emblem in September 2009
Torsk underway on 15 January 1965 after her Fleet Snorkel conversion
Brosme
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The cusk is a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae. It is the only species in the genus Brosme. Its other common names include European cusk, tusk, brosmius and moonfish.
USS Torsk
…Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. The deck guns were removed in 1952 as part of the US Navy's Fleet Snorkel conversion. The keel for Torsk, which was named for the eponymous fish, was laid down at the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 7 June 1944. The completed hull was launched on 6 September. Work was completed by the end of the year…
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Brosme for sale at the fish market in Bergen, Norway, in 2012
Fisherman with cusk