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USS Searaven
USS ''Searaven'' (SS-196), a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea raven, a sculpin of the northern Atlantic coast of America. Construction and commissioning ''Searaven''′s keel was aid down on 9 August 1938 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 21 June 1939, sponsored by Mrs. Julianna B. Cole, wife of Cyrus W. Cole, Commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, and commissioned on 2 October 1939, with Lieutenant Thomas G. Reamy in command. World War II In the two years preceding the United States's entry into World War II, ''Searaven'' operated in Philippine waters conducting training and maneuvers. At the outbreak of war between the United States and the Japanese Empire, the submarine was at the Cavite Navy Yard in Manila Bay. During her first two war patrols in December 1941 and the spring of 1942, she ran supplies to the American and Filipino troops besieged on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemitripterus Americanus
''Hemitripterus americanus'', the sea raven, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Hemitripterinae of the Family (biology), family Agonidae. The sea raven is found along the Atlantic coast of North America. Taxonomy ''Hemitripterus americanus'' was first formally Species description, described as ''Scorpaena americana'' in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin with its Type locality (biology), type locality given as "America". In 1801 Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider described a new species ''Cottus tripterygius'' and in 1829 Georges Cuvier proposed the new Monotypic taxon, monotypic genus ''Hemitripterus'' for ''C. tripterygius'' which was later shown to be a junior synonym of Gmelin's ''S. americana''. The genus ''Hemitripterus'' is classified within the subfamily Hemtripterinae of the family Agonidae. Description ''Hemitripterus americanus'' are variable in color from blood red to reddish purple to yellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |