USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after Steamer Bay, located within Etolin Island...
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The second United States Navy vessel to bear the name, USS Sachem was a screw steamer built in 1844 at New York City, where the U.S. Navy purchased her...
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Navy have been named USS Tennessee in honor of the 16th state. SS Republic (1853), originally Tennessee, was a paddlewheel steamer captured from the Confederacy...
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The first USS Pocahontas, a screw steamer built at Medford, Massachusetts in 1852 as City of Boston, and purchased by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts...
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gunboat/screw steamer) — Lieutenant Commander Clark H. Wells USS Hartford (2900-ton screw sloop; Farragut's flagship) — Flag Captain Percival Drayton USS Itasca...
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the Amistad trials and was lost at sea in March 1843 USS Grampus (1863), was a side-wheel steamer, originally named Ion, was used as a receiving ship for...
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USS Scorpion may refer to: USS Scorpion (1812), a block sloop in commission from 1812 to 1814 that was part of Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla...
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(Sprague): USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62) VC-81 USS Wake Island (CVE-65) VOC-1 USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) VC-76) USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83) VC-83 USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87)...
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USS Cowslip was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used as a gunboat by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways...
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Maryland into the Chesapeake Bay, which is the flooded estuary of that river. USS Susquehanna (1850) was a sidewheel steamer that was launched in 1850....
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USS Nantasket was a screw steamer of the United States Navy. Laid down at Boston Navy Yard in 1864; launched on 15 August 1867, sponsored by Miss Emma...
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USS Calhoun was a captured Confederate steamer and blockade runner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War. Calhoun...
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USS Louise may refer to: USS Louise No. 2 (SP-1230) USS Mary Louise (SP-356) Louisa (ship), various ships Louise (steamship), a paddle steamer that operated...
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USS Cactus was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War for service with the Union blockade of the ports and waterways of the...
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The first USS Calypso was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Calypso was used by the Navy as a gunboat, and was ordered...
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USS Liscome Bay (ACV/CVE-56) was the second of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II. Launched...
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USS Tritonia was a 202-ton steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy’s war against the Confederate...
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USS Stockdale was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy during her struggle against the Confederate...
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USS John P. Jackson was a sidewheel steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. Built in 1860, John P. Jackson...
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1945 USS LSM-32 Landing Ship Medium USS LCI-992 USS Steamer Bay May 1945 USS Duluth June 1945 USS Spangler July 1945 USS LSM-112 27 July 1945 USS LSM-334...
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USS Nyanza was a large steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned by the Union Navy to gunboat duty in the waterways...
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company with the tugboat USS Clover shortly after 08:00 on 1 March 1865 Harvest Moon struck a torpedo (mine) in Winyah Bay, South Carolina. Admiral Dahlgren...
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USS R. R. Cuyler was a steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was outfitted by the Union Navy as a gunboat and was assigned...
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three Union steamers also captured 90 members of the doomed vessel's crew who had jumped overboard to escape scalding. Six days later, USS Clifton joined...
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USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. Hartford served in several...
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Barataria, after Barataria (or "Barrataria") Bay in Louisiana. USS Barataria (1862), a steamer in service in 1863 USS Barataria (AVP-33), a seaplane tender in...
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USS Hendrick Hudson was a schooner-rigged screw steamer. Hendrick Hudson was built as Florida in 1859 at Greenpoint, New York. She was taken into the...
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USS Thetis has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Thetis (1881), a steamer in commission in 1884 and from 1887...
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September 1861, cleared for Matamoros, Mexico. The U.S. Navy armed screw steamer USS South Carolina captured her in the Gulf of Mexico 4 to 5 nautical miles...
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cruisers USS Olympia, USS Boston, USS Baltimore, and USS Raleigh, the gunboats USS Concord and USS Petrel, the store ships USS Nanshan and USS Zafiro,...
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