USS Loggerhead (SS-374) USS Loggerhead (SS-374) USS "Loggerhead" (SS-374/AGSS-374), a "Balao"-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the loggerhead, "Caretta caretta", a very large, carnivorous sea turtle common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. "Loggerhead" (SS-374) was laid down on 1 April 1944 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisc.; launched 13 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Barbara Fox; and commissioned on 9 February 1945, Commander Ralph M. Metcalf in command. "Loggerhead" emerged from the Manitowoc River into Lake Michigan on 1 March 1945 and headed via Chicago to Lockport, Ill., where she entered
Loggerhead shrike The shrike may also use the thorn to fasten and store its food to return to at a later time. The motion of impalement appears to be instinctive, as parent shrikes do not demonstrate the behavior to their nestlings. However, a young shrike must experience impaling prey upon an actual projection during a critical developmental period; otherwise, it will not learn to use the instinctive impaling action upon an actual projection. Kleptoparasitism has also been observed in nature, in which the shrike chased down another bird and stole its recently-caught prey. Loggerhead shrikes are monogamous birds, and begin breeding during