Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Batfish, named in honor of the batfish, any of several fishes; a pediculate fish of the West Indies, the flying gurnard of the Atlantic, or a California sting ray.
, was a Balao-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1972. , was a Sturgeon-class submarine, commissioned in 1972 and struck in 1999.
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