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USS Memphis may refer to:
USS Constellation may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
USS Ranger may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
Eight ships of the United States Navy and Revenue-Marine have been named USS Massachusetts, after the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Kitty Hawk :
USS America may refer to:
USS Pueblo may refer to:
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named Chattanooga, after the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Fargo usually refers to:
The New York Shipbuilding Corporation was an American shipbuilding company that operated from 1899 to 1968, ultimately completing more than 500 vessels for the U.S. Navy, the United States Merchant Marine, the United States Coast Guard, and other maritime concerns. At its peak during World War II, NYSB was the largest and most productive shipyard in the world. Its best-known vessels include the destroyer USS Reuben James (DD-245), the cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), the nuclear-powered cargo ship NS Savannah, and a quartet of cargo-passenger liners nicknamed the 4 Aces.
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS or USNS Susquehanna, for the Susquehanna River which rises in Lake Otsego in central New York and flows across Pennsylvania and the northeastern corner of Maryland into the Chesapeake Bay, which is the flooded estuary of that river.
Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Lafayette for Marquis de Lafayette.
USS Black Hawk was a large steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
USS Black Hawk (MHC-58) was the eighth ship of Osprey-class coastal mine hunters.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amelia, whilst another was planned:
Several ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Goshawk, after the goshawk, a large, short-winged hawk.
Several ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Hawk, after the hawk, a bird of prey related to the falcon family, noted for its swiftness and grace in flight.
USS Gillette may refer to more than one United States Navy ship:
At least two ships of the Hellenic Navy have borne the name Ierax :
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
