USS Permit (SS-178), a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the permit. Her keel was laid on 6 June 1935 by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut; launched on 5 October 1936 sponsored by Mrs. Harold G. Bowen, and commissioned on 17 March 1937, Lieutenant Charles O. Humphreys in command.