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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet
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Originally Posted by Gino
Torsk is not a real word in english. The US ran out of fishnames during the huge build-up of submarines during WW2. So they grabbed fishnames from other languages. Torsk is simply Cod in english. Since the name Cod was already taken (and that boat hadn't been sunk in the course of war) they simply took the name USS Torsk.
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Biggles, a better explanation than mine  
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We must have been typing at the same time...
