USS Champion may refer to the following ships operated by the United States Navy:
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bennington, after the town of Bennington, Vermont. The Battle of Bennington occurred on 16 August 1777.
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Brooklyn, after the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Alaska in honor of the territory acquired by the United States from Russia in 1867 which later became the state of Alaska:
Five ships of the United States Navy have been named Buffalo, the first after the large mammal, the others after the city of Buffalo, New York.
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Cumberland, after the Cumberland River.
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Cabot, after the explorer John Cabot.
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 ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Cowpens, after the Battle of Cowpens, an American victory during the American Revolutionary War.
Four vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Charlotte, after the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Cincinnati, after the city of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Altamaha, after the Altamaha River of Georgia.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Chenango, after the Chenango River of New York.
Five ships of the United States Navy have been named Ariel, after the sprite Ariel in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named Aspro after the aspro, a fish found abundantly in the upper Rhone River.
Four ships of United States Navy have been named Bailey for Theodorus Bailey:
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Conestoga after the Conestoga wagon, a broad wheeled, covered, wagon first built in Conestoga, Pennsylvania.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Auburn. The first was named for the town of Auburn, Pennsylvania, situated on a tributary of the Little Schuylkill River, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, northwest of Chester, Pennsylvania, where the ship was built. The second Auburn (AGC-10) was named for Mount Auburn, Massachusetts, just northwest of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The name itself was first found in Oliver Goldsmith's epic poem, "The Deserted Village" (1770).
USS Anacostia is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy, after the Anacostia River:
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Cook
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Osage after the Osage Native American tribe.