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 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
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 Trigger (SS-237)
…Salmon that she had been heavily damaged by depth charges and was unable to submerge. Trigger rendezvoused with Salmon that night and was joined by USS Silversides and Sterlet to escort the damaged submarine to Saipan. They were provided with air cover from the Mariana Islands and arrived at Tanapag Harbor on 3…
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