ARMY & NAVY: Names for Numbers

ARMY & NAVY

Last week the Navy Department changed the numbers of its big V-type submarines to fish names. New names for the V-1 to V-9, in order: Barracuda, Bass, Bonita, Argonaut, Narwhal, Nautilus, Dolphin, Cachalot, Cuttlefish. In the Navy there have already been four Dolphins, two Bonitas, two Nautiluses, one Barracuda, one Narwhal, one Cachalot, one Cuttlefish.

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