Ships
In 1920, the Navy adopted a numbering scheme that distinguished between coastal and general purpose boats, designated "SS"; and fleet boats, designated "SF." Accordingly, T-1 through T-3 were originally designated SF-1 through SF-3, and V-1 through V-9 were designated SF-4 through SF-12. V-4 was also designated SM-1 at one time, indicative of her mine-laying role.
- V-1 (SF-4): Barracuda (SS-163)
- V-2 (SF-5): Bass (SS-164)
- V-3 (SF-6): Bonita (SS-165)
- V-4 (SF-7/SM-1): Argonaut (SS-166)
- V-5 (SF-8/SC-1): Narwhal (SS-167)
- V-6 (SF-9/SC-2): Nautilus (SS-168)
- V-7 (SF-10/SC-3): Dolphin (SS-169)
- V-8 (SF-11/SC-4): Cachalot (SS-170)
- V-9 (SF-12/SC-5): Cuttlefish (SS-171)
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Famous quotes containing the word ships:
“I saw three ships come sailing by,
Come sailing by, come sailing by,
I saw three ships come sailing by,
On Christmas Day in the morning.”
—Unknown. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. . .
Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938)
“Haven’t you heard, though,
About the ships where war has found them out
At sea, about the towns where war has come
Through opening clouds at night with droning speed
Further o’erhead than all but stars and angels
And children in the ships and in the towns?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“I saw three ships go sailing by,
Over the sea, the lifting sea....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)