USS Delaware

USS Delaware

USS "Delaware" may refer to one of the six United States Navy ships named for the U.S. state of Delaware (the first state in the Union):

*USS|Delaware|1776|6, was a 24-gun frigate built in 1776 and captured by the British in 1777.

*USS|Delaware|1798|6, was a 20-gun ship purchased in 1798.

*USS|Delaware|1820|6, was a 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1820 and burned in 1861.

*USS|Delaware|1861|6, was a side-wheel steamer built in 1861 and decommissioned in 1865.

*USS|Delaware|1869|6, was a screw steamer renamed from "Piscataqua" in 1869.

*USS|Delaware|BB-28, was a battleship commissioned in 1910 and scrapped in 1924.

*"SP-467" (later "AT-5S" and "YT-111") served in the Navy from 1917 to 1923. Although officially known as "SP-467", she was erroneously listed under her merchant name of "Delaware" on various occasions.


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