USS Fresno

Last updated September 23, 2021

USS Fresno has been the name of three ships in the United States Navy. All were named for the city of Fresno, California.

USS Fresno (SP-3063) was a cargo ship acquired by the Navy in 1918 and transferred to the United States Shipping Board in 1919.
USS Fresno (CL-121) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser launched on 5 March 1946 and decommissioned in 1949.
USS Fresno (LST-1182) was a Newport-class tank landing ship which served from 1969 until 1993.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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