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Definition of Pogy

Pogy
Pogy Po"gy, n. (Zo["o]l.) The menhaden. Note: Pogy is often confounded with porgy, and therefore incorrectly applied to various fishes.
pogy
Menhaden Men*ha"den, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.

Meaning of Pogy from wikipedia

- States Navy have been named USS Pogy, after the pogy (or menhaden), a widely harvested but little-known fish: USS Pogy (SS-266), a Gato-class submarine...
- USS Pogy (SS-266), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pogy, or menhaden. She was credited with sinking...
- marine fish in the order Clupeiformes. Menhaden is a blend of poghaden (pogy for short) and an Algonquian word akin to Narragansett munnawhatteaûg, derived...
- USS Pogy (SSN-647), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pogy, or menhaden. The contract to build...
- December 1967. In 1968, lacking new naval orders, NYS ceased operations. USS Pogy (SSN-647), then under construction, was towed to Ingalls Shipbuilding in...
- USS Dace (SSN-607) USS Haddock (SSN-621) Sturgeon class: USS Tautog (SSN-639) USS Pogy (SSN-647) USS Aspro (SSN-648) USS Puffer (SSN-652) USS William H. Bates (SSN-680)...
- Sturgeon (SSN-637) Whale (SSN-638) Tautog (SSN-639) Grayling (SSN-646) Pogy (SSN-647) Aspro (SSN-648) Sunfish (SSN-649) Pargo (SSN-650) Queenfish (SSN-651)...
- Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. 13 July 2015. "Pogy I (SS-266)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department...
- 17 was constructed through Woodbine and Kingsland. From 1917 to 1937, a pogy plant producing oil for Procter & Gamble and fertilizer for the Southern...
- USS Laffey 16 Apr: USS Bryant, Goya, USS Harding 19 Apr:  USS Bullhead, USS Pogy, USS Tolman 27 Apr: HMS Redmill 28 Apr: Argo, USS Huron 29 Apr: USS Baya...