Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Artemis after Artemis, the Olympian goddess known to the Romans as Diana.
Phoebe may refer to:
At least seven United States Navy ships have been named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama.
USS America may refer to:
Several ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Hancock or USS John Hancock, in honor of patriot and statesman John Hancock.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Belleau Wood, after the Battle of Belleau Wood near Château-Thierry in France.
Artemis is the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and chastity.
USS or USNS Maury may refer to the following ships, named for Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury:
USS Percival may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
USS Sirona (AKA-43) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the asteroid 116 Sirona, which in turn is named after the Celtic goddess Sirona. USS Sirona served as a commissioned ship for 13 months.
USS Valeria (AKA-48) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 611 Valeria, discovered in 1906 by Joel Hastings Metcalf, an amateur astronomer who made the initial identification of 41 minor planets. The meaning of the name is unknown. Valeria served as a commissioned ship for 8 months.
USS Tabora (AKA-45) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 721 Tabora. The minor planet was itself named after a ship, as after its discovery in 1911 it was named in 1913 at a conference in Hamburg, Germany held aboard the ocean liner Tabora of the Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie.
USS Sylvania (AKA-44) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 519 Sylvania, which in turn is a word for forests. She served as a commissioned ship for 18 months.
The second USS Sappho (AKA-38) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named for the minor planet 80 Sappho, which in turn was named for the Greek poet Sappho. USS Sappho served as a commissioned ship for 12 months.
USS Ostara (AKA-33) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the asteroid 343 Ostara, which in turn was named after the Teutonic goddess of spring, described by Jacob Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologie as equivalent to the Anglo-Saxon Eostre. USS Ostara served as a commissioned ship for 13 months.
USS Sylvania has been the name of two ships in the service of the United States Navy.
USS Arcturus may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
Empire Bittern was a steamship, built as a livestock-carrying cargo ship in 1902 at Belfast, Ireland as Iowa for the White Diamond Steamship Company Ltd of Liverpool. The ship was sold to the Hamburg Amerika Linie and renamed Bohemia in 1913.
Many commercial ships have been named the Iowa in honor of Iowa, the 29th United States state.
Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Artémise in honour of Queen Artemisia I of Caria:
Two submarines of the French Navy have borne the name Artémis in honour of the goddess Artemis: