USS Pocahontas

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USS Pocahontas may refer to one of the following United States Navy ships honoring Pocahontas, the Algonquian Indian daughter of Powhatan and wife of American colonist and Virginia tobacco grower John Rolfe:

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Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Choctaw, after the Choctaw tribe;

Six ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Powhatan or USNS Powhatan, named in honor of Powhatan (1550–1618), an Indian chief in tidewater Virginia; the father of Pocahontas.

Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Cayuga for one of the six Iroquois tribes.

Pocahontas was a Pamunkey Algonquian chief's daughter from early American history.

USS Active may refer to:

USS <i>Pocahontas</i> (1852)

The first USS Pocahontas, a screw steamer built at Medford, Massachusetts in 1852 as City of Boston, and purchased by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts on 20 March 1855, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for Pocahontas, the Algonquian wife of Virginia colonist John Rolfe. She was originally commissioned as USS Despatch – the second U.S. Navy ship of that name – on 17 January 1856, with Lieutenant T. M. Crossan in command, and was recommissioned and renamed in 1860, seeing action in the American Civil War. As Pocahontas, one of her junior officers was Alfred Thayer Mahan, who would later achieve international fame as a military writer and theorist of naval power.

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Chemung, after the river in New York State.

USS <i>Pocahontas</i> (ID-3044)

USS Pocahontas (SP-3044) was a transport ship for the United States Navy during World War I. She was originally SS Prinzess Irene, a Barbarossa-class ocean liner built in 1899 by AG Vulcan Stettin of Stettin, Germany, for the North German Lloyd line.

USS Pocahontas (YT-266/YTB-266/YTM-266) was a type V2-ME-A1 Hiawatha-class yard tug in the United States Navy during World War II.

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

USS Navajo may refer to more than one United States Navy ship:

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

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

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

USS Luckenbach may refer to various United States Navy ships:

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

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

USS Vigilant may refer to several ships of the United States Navy:

USS <i>Chemung</i> (AT-18)

The first USS Chemung (AT-18/YT-124) was launched 1 April 1916 by Norfolk Navy Yard as Pocahontas and commissioned 14 March 1917, Chief Boatswain B. David in command. She reported to the 5th Naval District.

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