USS Devilfish (SS/AGSS-292), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the devil fish, any of several gigantic, viviparous rays found in warm seas, the octopus or other large cephalopods. Devilfish was launched on 30 May 1943 by Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Mrs. F. W. Fenno, Jr.; and commissioned on 1 September 1944, Commander Edward Clark Stephen in command.