Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Croatan, after the Croatan Sound of the North Carolina coast.
USS Midway may refer to:
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 Breton, after the Breton Sound of the Louisiana coast.
USS Croatan (CVE-25) was an escort carrier launched on 1 August 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Seattle, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. J. S. Russell; and commissioned on 28 April 1943, Captain J. B. Lyon in command.
Two escort carriers of the United States Navy have been named USS Prince William, after Prince William Sound in Alaska.
USS St. Simon (CVE-51), an escort aircraft carrier originally classified as an auxiliary aircraft carrier, was laid down on 26 April 1943 at Tacoma, Washington, by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, under a Maritime Commission contract ; reclassified as an escort aircraft carrier, CVE-51, on 15 July 1943; launched on 9 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. R. H. Lewis, the wife of Major General R. H. Lewis, Commanding General, Northwestern Sector, Fort Lewis, Washington; assigned to the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon, for the completion of construction; and delivered to the Royal Navy, under lend-lease, on 31 December 1943.
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.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS White Plains, after the Battle of White Plains during the American Revolutionary War.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Guadalcanal, after the epic Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II.
USS Nassau may refer to:
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.
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:
USS Frost (DE-144) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1966.
USS Inch (DE-146) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1974.
USS Huse (DE-145) was launched by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas on 23 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. L. M. Humrichouse, daughter of Admiral Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse who the ship was named after and commissioned on 30 August 1943.
USS Bronstein (DE-189) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945. In 1952, she was sold to Uruguay, where she served as ROU Artigas (DE-2) until being decommissioned and scrapped in 1988.
USS Oswald (DE-767) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort inb service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sold for scrapping in 1973.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bucareli Bay for the bay off the western coast of Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Alazon Bay for Alazon Bay in Texas.