USS Tiger Shark
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Although real United States Navy submarines have been named USS Shark, no ship of the U.S. Navy has ever borne the name USS Tiger Shark or USS Tigershark[1], but the name is popular for fictional submarines.
Fictional submarines
[edit]- USS Tiger Shark is the setting for the 1951 movie Submarine Command, starring William Holden as a submarine captain haunted by a life and death decision made during wartime.
- USS Tiger Shark is the setting for the 16th episode of the second season (1958) of the syndicated television anthology series The Silent Service.
- Tiger Shark is a submarine featured in the 1959 sci-fi movie The Atomic Submarine.
- USS Tigershark (SSN-28) is featured in the 1995 episode of the TV series JAG.
- USS Tiger Shark is the setting for the 2002 suspense/horror movie Below.
See also
[edit]- List of fictional ships
- Ice Station Zebra (film), with a fictional U.S. Navy submarine named USS Tigerfish
References
[edit]- ^ "Alphabetical Listing". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-10-13.