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USS Grampus 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:
USS Curlew may refer to one of four ships of the United States Navy named for the Curlew:
USS Osprey has been the name of various United States Navy ships, and may refer to:
USS Champion may refer to the following ships operated by the United States Navy:
USS Edithena was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 that saw service during World War I. Prior to her U.S. Navy service, she operated as the private motor yacht Edithena from 1914 to 1917. After the conclusion World War I, she served as the fishery patrol vessel USFS Widgeon in the fleet of the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1919 to 1940 and as US FWS Widgeon in the fleet of the Fish and Wildlife Service from 1940 to 1942. During World War II, she returned to U.S. Navy service from 1942 to 1944 as the yard patrol boat USS YP-200. By 1947 she had returned to private ownership, first as Edithena and during the 1970s and 1980s as the fishing vessel Ila Mae.
USS Widgeon (AM-22/ASR-1) was an Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Later converted to a submarine rescue ship. Widgeon was named by the Navy after the widgeon, a freshwater duck.
USS Widgeon (AMS/MSC-208) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper acquired by the US Navy for clearing coastal minefields.
USS Teal (AM-23/AVP-5) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the task of removing naval mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. The ship entered service in 1918, was converted into a seaplane tender in the 1920s and took part in World War II, serving primarily in Alaskan waters. Following the war, the ship was decommissioned and sold in 1948. Teal was named after the teal, any of several small, short-necked, river ducks common to Europe and the Americas.
USS Brant may refer to more than one United States Navy ship:
USS Redwing is a name the United States Navy has used more than once in naming its vessels:
USS Eider (AM-17) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy.
USS Radiant is a name used more than once by the United States Navy, and may refer to:
USS Wave has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:
USS Halcyon (SP-518) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. She saw service during World War I and its immediate aftermath. After the conclusion of her naval service, she was in the United States Bureau of Fisheries fleet as the research vessel USFS Halcyon from 1919 to 1927.
USS Scoter has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:
The second USS Alaska (ID-3035) was a minesweeper that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.
Wigeon, or Widgeon, mainly refers to a group of three duck species of the genus Anas.
ASR-1 or ASR 1 may refer to:
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .
