USS Hatteras

Last updated December 24, 2021

Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Hatteras for Hatteras Island or Hatteras Inlet on the coast of North Carolina, and a third ship that was cancelled prior to construction was also to have borne the name:

USS Hatteras (1861), a steamer purchased in 1861, which served during the American Civil War and was sunk by CSS Alabama in January 1863
USS Hatteras (ID-2142), purchased in 1917, served as a cargo ship during World War I, and decommissioned in 1919
USS Hatteras (AVP-42), a Barnegat-class small seaplane tender that was canceled in 1943, prior to construction

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