Two ships of the
United States Navy
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have borne the name USS ''Permit'', named in honor of the
permit, a food fish, often called "round
pompano
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", found in waters from
North Carolina
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to
Brazil
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.
* The first , was a
''Porpoise''-class submarine
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, commissioned in 1937 and stricken in 1956.
* The second , was a submarine of the (originally the "''Thresher''" class, until was lost in 1963). ''Permit'' was commissioned in 1962 and stricken in 1991.
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United States Navy ship names