Two ships of the
United States Navy have borne the name USS ''Trigger'', named in honor of the
triggerfish
Triggerfish are about 40 species of often brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacific. ...
, any of numerous deep-bodied fishes of warm seas having an anterior dorsal fin with two or three stout erectile spines.
* The first was a commissioned in 1942 and sunk in 1945.
* The second was a submarine, commissioned in 1952, stricken in 1973 and sold to
Italy.
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United States Navy ship names