Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Currituck after Currituck Sound along the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia.
Arizona has been the name of three ships of the United States Navy and will be the name of a future submarine.
Eight ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Hornet, after the stinging insect:
USS Merrimack, or variant spelling USS Merrimac, may be any one of several ships commissioned in the United States Navy and named after the Merrimack River.
Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Maine, named for the 23rd state:
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Missouri in honor of the state of Missouri:
USS Liberty may refer to:
At least seven United States Navy ships have been named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama.
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Brooklyn, after the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Kearsarge. The first was named for Mount Kearsarge, and the later ones were named in honor of the first.
USS New Jersey may refer to one of the following ships of the United States Navy named after the U.S. state of New Jersey:
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:
USS America may refer to:
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Antietam, after the Battle of Antietam.
A seaplane tender is a boat or ship that supports the operation of seaplanes. Some of these vessels, known as seaplane carriers, could not only carry seaplanes but also provided all the facilities needed for their operation; these ships are regarded by some as the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.
USS Puget Sound has been the name of more than one ship of the United States Navy. These ships are named after Puget Sound in the state of Washington.
Currituck may refer to:
USS Currituck (AV-7) was the first of four Currituck class seaplane tenders, and was nicknamed the Wild Goose. She was built during World War II and served during the Cold War.
USS Currituck was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy for use during the American Civil War.
USS R. B. Forbes (1845) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Her primary task was to prevent blockade runners from entering, or departing from, the South.
The Currituck-class seaplane tenders were four ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. The role of a seaplane tender was to provide base facilities for squadrons of seaplanes in a similar way that an aircraft carrier does for its squadrons. While three members of the class were removed from active service in the 1960s, Norton Sound was modified to serve as a testbed for advanced radar and combat management systems, such as the Aegis Combat System.