SECNAV announced today that SSN-804 will be the named ... USS Barb

[Mr Quatro]

USS Barb will be a hard name to live up to ...

so glad the US Navy has returned to using names of past submarines named during WWII after fish.



Commander Eugene Fluckey, USN earned the Medal of Honor for his actions aboard the submarine USS Barb (SS-220) during World War II.

Barb is officially credited with sinking 17 enemy vessels totaling 96,628 tons, including the Japanese aircraft carrier Un'yō. In recognition of one outstanding patrol, Barb received the Presidential Unit Citation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Barb_(SS-220)

Post-war history
Returning to the United States after the cessation of hostilities, Barb was placed in commissioned reserve on 9 March 1946 and decommissioned reserve on 12 February 1947 at New London, Connecticut. On 3 December 1951, she was recommissioned and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, operating out of Key West, Florida. She was again decommissioned on 5 February 1954 and underwent the Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (GUPPY) conversion. Recommissioned on 3 August 1954, she served with the Atlantic Fleet until 13 December 1954, when she was decommissioned a final time and loaned to Italy under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.

The submarine was eventually sold for scrap in 1972 for approximately $100,000 (currently $611,000). Admiral Fluckey noted that, had the crew known of this, they would have bought the sub and brought her back to the United States to serve as a museum ship.