Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Permit, named in honor of the permit, a food fish, often called "round pompano", found in waters from North Carolina to Brazil. The first , was a Porpoise-class submarine, commissioned in 1937 and stricken in 1956. The second , was a submarine of the (originally the "Thresher" class, until was lost in 1963). Permit was commissioned in 1962 and stricken in 1991. United States Navy ship names