USS Flier (SS-250)

Interesting Facts and Information

As were the majority of US submarines in World War II, USS Flier was named after a fish.  According to Wikipedia, the flier (Centrarchus macropterus) is a sunfish (family Centrarchidae) native to muddy-bottomed swamps, ponds, weedy lakes, and riverine backwaters across the American South, from southern Illinois east to the Potomac River basin and south to Texas. The flier, which can live up to five years, grows to a maximum recorded length of about 30 cm (one foot). The maximum recorded weight of the species is just over one-half kilogram (about 19 oz).

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