USS Rhode Island

Last updated March 17, 2023

There have been three ships of the United States Navy named USS Rhode Island, after the American state.

USS Rhode Island (1860), a wooden sidewheel steamer previously named John P. King and Eagle, and later renamed Charleston that saw action in the Civil War.
USS Rhode Island (BB-17), a Virginia-class battleship, sailed on the first leg of the Great White Fleet's voyage, and provided anti-submarine services during World War I.
USS Rhode Island (SSBN-730), an Ohio-class submarine, laid down in 1981, and renamed USS Henry M. Jackson soon after.
USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740), an Ohio-class submarine launched in 1993

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Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Maine, named for the 23rd state:

At least seven United States Navy ships have been named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama.

Several United States Navy ships have borne the name Florida, in honor of the state of Florida:

USS Nevada may refer to:

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Alaska in honor of the territory acquired by the United States from Russia in 1867 which later became the state of Alaska:

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Georgia in honor of the fourth state.

Four ships of the U.S. Navy have been named USS Maryland:

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Michigan in honor of the 26th state.

USS Pennsylvania may refer to:

One ship of the United States Navy has been named USS Wyoming in honor of the Wyoming Valley in eastern Pennsylvania that runs along the Susquehanna River. Three others have been named in honor of the state of Wyoming.

USS Columbia may refer to:

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United States ship naming conventions for the U.S. Navy were established by congressional action at least as early as 1862. Title 13, section 1531, of the U.S. Code, enacted in that year, reads, in part,

The vessels of the Navy shall be named by the Secretary of the Navy under direction of the President according to the following rule: Sailing-vessels of the first class shall be named after the States of the Union, those of the second class after the rivers, those of the third class after the principal cities and towns and those of the fourth class as the President may direct.

Tennessee is a ship name.

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