USS Annapolis may refer to:
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Anzio, in memory of the World War II landings at Anzio.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Croatan, after the Croatan Sound of the North Carolina coast.
USS Barnes (AVG-20/ACV-20/CVE-20) was a Bogue-class escort carrier in the United States Navy. She was the second ship to carry the name.
USS Block Island (CVE-21/AVG-21/ACV-21) was a Bogue-class escort carrier for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first of two escort carriers named after Block Island Sound off Rhode Island and was the only American carrier sunk in the Atlantic during the war.
Two escort carriers of the United States Navy have been named USS Prince William, after Prince William Sound in Alaska.
USS Block Island (CVE-106) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was the second ship to carry her name, done in honor of the first one, being launched 12 days after the original was sunk.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Vella Gulf, after the 1943 battle of Vella Gulf in the Solomon Islands. The names of these are sometimes incorrectly reported as Vela Gulf.
USS St. Lo (AVG/ACV/CVE–63) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy during World War II. On 25 October 1944, St. Lo became the first major warship to sink as the result of a kamikaze attack. The attack occurred during the Battle off Samar, part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Makin Island, named for Makin Island, target of the U.S. Marine Raiders' raid early in World War II.
Makin Island may refer to:
USS Buckley (DE-51) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. After spending 23 years in reserve, she was scrapped in 1969.
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.
USS Breeman (DE-104) was a Cannon class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. In 1948, she was sold to Taiwan, where she served as Taihu (太湖) until 1972.
USS Robert I. Paine (DE/DER-578), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Marine Corps Private Robert I. Paine (1923-1942), who was killed in action during the attack on Tulagi on 7 August 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Alikula Bay for one of bays on Coronation Island in Alaska.
USS Glacier may refer to:
Bougainville may refer to:
USS Roberts (DE-749) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1968. She was later sunk as a target in 1971.
USS J. Richard Ward (DE-243) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of James Richard Ward who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic efforts under fire on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37). She was launched by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas, 6 January 1943; sponsored by Miss Marjorie Ward, sister of Seaman First Class Ward; and commissioned 5 July 1943, Lt. T. S. Dunstan in command.
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