High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Tautog (SSN-639), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Tautog (Tautoga Onitis), and is found along the Northern Atlantic coast. It seldom exceeds three feet and is usually not larger than ten pounds. The Tautog is favored as a food and game fish. Distinguishing characteristics are the small mouth, continuous spinous dorsal fins and black skin with green-grey blotches. The word Tautog is from the Narranganset Indian language.