Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Louisiana in honor of the 18th state.
Eight ships of the United States Navy and United States Revenue Cutter Service have been named USS Massachusetts, after the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
USS Washington may refer to:
Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Alert. During World War I, three ships held the name simultaneously.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS James Madison, after James Madison the fourth President of the United States:
USRC Walter Forward was a schooner constructed for service with the United States Revenue Marine. She was more commonly known as USRC Forward. Forward served with the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy in Mexican waters during the Mexican–American War and was commended for her actions during the Tabasco River landings by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, U.S. Navy. After the war, she was transferred to the U.S. Coast Survey for a short time as USCS Walter Forward before being returned to the Revenue Marine for service during the 1850s and the American Civil War.
USRC Massachusetts was one of the first ten cutters operated by the Revenue-Marine. She was built in Newburyport, Massachusetts and served out of Boston. Massachusetts by tradition is held to be the first revenue cutter to enter active service. She was also the first to be decommissioned, having a very short service life of only about 15 months before being sold.
USRC Active was the name of six vessels of the United States Revenue Cutter Service, and may refer to:
USRC Jefferson Davis was a United States Revenue Cutter Service topsail schooner of the Cushing class built in 1853. She was named for Jefferson Davis, then United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce, and later president of the Confederate States of America.
USRC Forward was a revenue cutter constructed for the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service in 1882 by Pusey & Jones shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the second Revenue Cutter Service vessel named Forward and was named for Walter Forward, the fifteenth United States Secretary of the Treasury. The iron-hulled vessel originally cost US$72,750 and was powered by a two-cylinder steam engine with a topsail schooner brigantine sail pattern. Although Forward was considered a model ship at the time of its construction, it was severely underpowered and had unreliable machinery. The cost of repairs in the first fifteen years of operation was US$52,000.
USRC Alabama, was a wood-hull topsail schooner designed by William Doughty that was commissioned in the United States Revenue Marine from 1819 to 1833. Assigned the homeport of Mobile, Alabama, she sailed the Caribbean extensively with her sister ship, USRC Louisiana and was used mainly in anti-piracy activity.
USRC Louisiana, was a wood hull topsail schooner designed by William Doughty that was commissioned in the United States Revenue Marine from 1819 to 1824. Assigned the homeport of New Orleans, Louisiana, she sailed the Caribbean extensively and was used mainly in anti-piracy activity.
USRC Ashuelot was a Pawtuxet-class screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Marine during the American Civil War.
USRC Pawtuxet was a Pawtuxet-class screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Marine during the American Civil War.
Two vessels of the United States Revenue Cutter Service have been named USRC Scammel:
USRC Vigilant may refer to various ships of the United States Revenue-Marine (1790–1894) and United States Revenue Cutter Service (1894–1915):
USRC Woodbury, also referred to as Levi Woodbury, the first marine cutter to bear the name, was a schooner-rigged revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Cutter Service. Woodbury was authorized on 8 November 1836, and Revenue-Marine Captain H. D. Hunter was assigned to supervise construction. Woodbury was built at Baltimore, Md, by L. H. Duncan, and was launched on 27 March 1837. The cutter was a 120-ton topsail schooner mounted with four 12-pound and one 6-pound cannon.
USRC Wolcott and USRC Oliver Wolcott may refer to more than one ship of the United States Revenue-Marine (1790–1894) or United States Revenue Cutter Service (1894–1915):
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