Fauna of the United States Virgin Islands for instance parrotfish, hogfish, surgeon fish, butterflyfish, squirrelfish, damselfish, fairy basslet, hawkfish, spotted drum, porcupinefish, barracuda, blue chromis, snapper, Creole wrasse, hamlet, French grunt, filefish, goby, wahoo, Atlantic blue marlin, and hundreds of others. The U.S.V.I is home to 386 square miles of coral reefs, which is more than twice the archipelago’s total landmass and is a critical habitat for hundreds of tropical fish species and coral species. The coral reefs also provide habitat for mollusks, sea urchins, sea fans, sea anemones and sponges. Some of the coral species found here are the elkhorn coral, brain coral, pillar coral, staghorn
USS Blenny (SS-324) engaged in evaluating new equipment. "Blenny" was reclassified an Auxiliary Submarine, AGSS-324, c. 1969. She was decommissioned, 7 November 1969 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet. "Blenny" was struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1973. She was sunk to form part of an artificial reef about fifteen miles (24 km) off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland in June, 1989. "Blenny" received four battle stars for her World War II service and one battle star for Korean War service. USS Blenny (SS-324) USS "Blenny" (SS/AGSS-324), a submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the