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was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil

was named for 19th century US Naval officer Captain Alexander Dallas

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whose elongated spots suggested the Spanish language word meaning "painted

USS BARB SSN 596 PATCH Sewing Charge Added To Vest:No was the first ship ofUSS Barb (SSN 596), a Permit class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barb, a kingfish of the Atlantic coast. The contract to build her was awarded to the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and her keel was laid down on 9 November 1959.