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Old 05-26-07, 07:34 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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Anyway, as read in the link, US subs named after fish. When these names ran out, they used the same fish but the names used in other countries. For example, USS Torsk. Torsk I believe is Belgium as name of a fish.
Torsk in Swedish means cod. Don't know what they call cod in Belgium though.
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