USS Tigrone (SS/SSR-419), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tigrone, a tiger shark found in tropical waters. Her keel was laid down on 8 May 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 July 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Grisham, and commissioned on 25 October 1944 with Commander Hiram Cassedy in command.