USS Gettysburg

Last updated September 25, 2021

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Gettysburg for the Battle of Gettysburg.

USS Gettysburg (1858) was built in 1858, captured in 1863, commissioned in 1864 and decommissioned in 1879
USS Gettysburg (PCE-904) was commissioned in 1945, named Gettysburg in 1956 and sold for scrap in 1960
USS Gettysburg (CG-64) was commissioned in 1991 and is currently in active service

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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