USS "Exploit" is a name that the U.S. Navy has used more than once in naming its vessels:
*, was launched 7 September 1942 by Jakobson Shipyard, Inc., Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.
*, was launched 10 April 1953 by Higgins Industries Corp., New Orleans, Louisiana.
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