 USS Mink (IX-123)

USS "Mink" (IX-123), an "Armadillo"-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the mink, a mammal found in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, valued for its lustrous fur.Her keel was laid down as "Judah Touro" 20 October 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract (T. Z.ET1.S.C3) by Delta S. B.