USS Massachusetts

Last updated November 02, 2023

Eight ships of the United States Navy and Revenue-Marine have been named USS Massachusetts, after the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

USRC Massachusetts (1791), a topsail schooner, was the first Revenue-Marine cutter of the United States, sold in 1792.
USRC Massachusetts II (1793), a sloop built to replace USRC Massachusetts (1791).
USS Massachusetts (1845), was a wooden steamer that saw action during the Mexican–American War and in Puget Sound.
USS Massachusetts (1860), was an iron screw steamer that saw action during the American Civil War.
USS Massachusetts (1869), was the never-launched Kalamazoo-class monitor Passaconaway renamed first to Thunderer then to Massachusetts before being scrapped in 1884.
USS Massachusetts (BB-2) was an Indiana-class battleship commissioned in 1896 and the second battleship procured by the United States Navy, saw action in the Spanish–American War, scuttled in 1921.
USS Massachusetts (1917), was purchased by the U.S. Navy as SS Massachusetts from the Eastern Steamship Co. in 1917; commissioned 7 December 1917 and renamed Shawmut 7 January 1918.
USS Massachusetts (BB-54) would have been a battleship of the first South Dakota class, canceled by the Washington Naval Treaty in 1923.
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is a battleship of the second South Dakota class, commissioned in 1942 and which saw action in World War II, now a museum ship in Fall River, Massachusetts.
USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) is a Virginia-class submarine laid down in 2020.

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