USS Protector may refer to the following ships:
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS George Washington in honor of George Washington.
USS Merrimack, or variant spelling USS Merrimac, may be any one of several ships commissioned in the United States Navy and named after the Merrimack River.
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning. The term is most commonly applied to placing a warship in active duty with its country's military forces. The ceremonies involved are often rooted in centuries-old naval tradition.
USS Baltimore may refer to:
USS Delaware may refer to:
USS Independence may refer to:
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Columbus, the first two after the explorer Christopher Columbus, and the other two after Columbus, Ohio, the capital of the state.
USS Intrepid may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
USS Portsmouth may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Goldsborough for Louis M. Goldsborough.
USS Bremerton (SSN-698), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the second vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Bremerton, Washington. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 8 May 1976. She was launched on 22 July 1978 sponsored by Mrs. Helen Jackson, wife of Henry M. Jackson, and commissioned on 28 March 1981.
Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Richmond for the capital of Virginia.
USS Puritan may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
USS Mercury may refer to:
USS Protector (ARS-14) was a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels.
USS Guardian (AGR/YAGR-1) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, acquired by the US Navy in 1954. Her task was to act as part of the radar defenses of the United States in the Cold War, serving until 1965.
Several ships have been named Liberty:
USS Surprise may refer to the following ships operated by the United States:
USS Protector (AGR/YAGR-11) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship of the United States Navy. A Liberty Ship acquired in 1957, she was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Atlantic Ocean as part of the Distant Early Warning Line.
Two vessels of the United States Revenue Cutter Service have been named USRC Scammel: