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USS Walrus (SS-431)
USS Walrus (SS-431), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the walrus, a gregarious, aquatic mammal found in Arctic waters, related to the seal and a prime source of leather, oil, ivory, and food. Her construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944.
See USS Walrus for other ships of the same name.
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