Five ships of the United States Navy have been named Ariel, after the sprite Ariel in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest .
Eight ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Hornet, after the stinging insect:
USS Enterprise may refer to the following ships and other vessels:
USS Wasp may refer to the following ships of the Continental and United States navies:
Several ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Hancock or USS John Hancock, in honor of patriot and statesman John Hancock.
USS Scorpion was a schooner of the United States Navy during the War of 1812. She was the second USN ship to be named for the scorpion. The British captured her on 6 September 1814 and took her into service as HMS Confiance. She was placed in Ordinary in 1817 and broken up in 1831.
USS Growler has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.
USS Frolic is a name used more than once by the United States Navy, and may refer to:
The first USS Monticello was a wooden screw-steamer in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the home of Thomas Jefferson. She was briefly named Star in May 1861.
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Scourge:
USS Sea Bird (1863) was a captured Confederate schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War.
Ariel may refer to:
USS Viper – commissioned as USS Ferret – was a brig serving the United States Navy during the early days of the republic. Viper was assigned to enforce the Embargo Act of 1807 along the U.S. East Coast. During the War of 1812, while cruising in the Caribbean, she was captured by the more heavily armed British warships. She then served the Royal Navy as HMS Mohawk until the Navy sold her in 1814. While in British service she served in several actions that earned her crew the Naval General Service Medal,
HMS Ariel was a 20-gun Sphinx-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy. The French captured her in 1779, and she served during the American Revolutionary War for them, and later for the Americans, before reverting to French control. as well as the British. Her French crew scuttled Ariel in 1793 to prevent the British from recapturing her.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
Several vessels have been named Princess Charlotte for one of the many Princesses Charlotte:
Several vessels have been named Tartar:
Several vessels have been named Lynx for the lynx: