USS Myrtle

Last updated January 03, 2022

USS Myrtle has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:

USS Myrtle (1862), tugboat acquired in September 1862 and sold in August 1865
USS Myrtle (1872), wooden lighthouse tender acquired in 1917 and returned to the United States Lighthouse Service in July 1919
USS Myrtle (SP-3289), a patrol boat in commission from 1918 to 1919
USCGC Myrtle (WAGL-263), lighthouse and buoy tender acquired in 1939 and sold in May 1964

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.

Related Research Articles

USS Suwanee or Suwannee may refer to one of these United States Navy ships:

Five ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Iris for Iris, who in Greek mythology is the goddess of the rainbow

USS Vixen may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named Ajax, after Ajax, a Greek hero during the Trojan War.

Three ships of the United States Navy have been USS John Rodgers for John Rodgers, his son, John Rodgers and his great grandson, John Rodgers.

USS Oneida has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:

USS Mayflower has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship:

USS Relief may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Fulton, in honor of Robert Fulton.

USS Fern is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:

USS Tulip is a name used more than once by the United States Navy:

USS Daisy may refer to one of the following United States Navy ships:

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Crocus after the spring flower of the iris family.

USS Hyacinth may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

USS New England has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Columbine after Columbine, the flowering herb.

The second USS Suwannee and third USS Mayflower was a United States Lighthouse Board, and later United States Lighthouse Service, lighthouse tender transferred to the United States Navy in 1898 for service as an auxiliary cruiser during the Spanish–American War and from 1917 to 1919 for service as a patrol vessel during World War I. She also served the Lighthouse Board and in the Lighthouse Service as USLHT Mayflower from 1897 to 1898, from 1898 to 1917, and from 1919 to 1939, and in the United States Coast Guard as the first USCGC Mayflower (WAGL-236) in 1939 and from 1940 to 1943 and as USCGC Hydrangea (WAGL-236) from 1943 to 1945.

USS Maple, was a lighthouse tender that served in the United States Navy from 1893 to 1899, seeing service as an auxiliary ship during the Spanish–American War in 1898, and from 1917 to 1919, operating as a patrol vessel during World War I. She also served as USLHT Maple in the United States Lighthouse Board fleet from 1899 to 1910 and in the United States Lighthouse Service from 1910 to 1933.

USCGC Mayflower may refer to more than one United States Coast Guard ship:

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.