Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Astrolabe Bay. Navy records explain the name as a "bay in Alaska" but Astrolabe Bay fails to appear on contemporary maps. What the ship-namers perhaps had in mind was an Astrolabe Point on the mainland of Alaska, between what was then known as Cross Sound and Lituya Bay.
Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Tecumseh, in honor of Tecumseh, a Shawnee Indian chief.
Several ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Hancock or USS John Hancock, in honor of patriot and statesman John Hancock.
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Coral Sea, commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II. All three were aircraft carriers. Of the three vessels, only one retained the name through its career.
Two escort carriers of the United States Navy have been named USS Prince William, after Prince William Sound in Alaska.
USS Gary may refer to:
USS Morris may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Galena. They were named for various communities that, in turn, were named for a native lead sulfide, the chief ore of lead. Cities, towns, and villages with the name exist in Kansas, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, and Alaska.
USS Vermillion could be referring to a number of different ships in the United States Navy. All of these vessels are named for a bay located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, southeast of Vermilion Parish and southwest of Iberia Parish.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Emperor. A third was planned, but never entered service:
Three ships in the Confederate States Navy were named CSS Tennessee
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Alikula Bay for one of bays on Coronation Island in Alaska.
USS Belfast (PF-35), the only ship of the name, was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1943 to 1945. She then served in the Soviet Navy as EK-3.
USS Grosbeak is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Astrolabe, after the instrument astrolabe
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bucareli Bay for the bay off the western coast of Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
USS Burges may refer to:
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Callao.
USS Luzon may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Alazon Bay for Alazon Bay in Texas.
USS Didrickson Bay refers to one of two ships of the United States Navy named for Didrickson Bay in Alaska: