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USS Salmon (SS-182) USS Salmon (SS-182) was the lead ship of her class of submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft-finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning.
USS Salmon (SSR-573) USS Salmon (SSR/SS/AGSS-573), a Sailfish-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft-finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning.
USS Salt Lake City Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Salt Lake City, in honor of the city in Utah which has served successively as the capital of the Provisional State of Deseret, the Territory of Utah, and the 45th state. See Salt Lake City, Utah.
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) The first USS Salt Lake City (CL/CA-25) of the United States Navy was a Pensacola-class heavy cruiser sometimes known as "Swayback Maru". She had the (unofficial) distinction of having taken part in more engagements than any other ship in the fleet.
USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716) USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Salt Lake City, Utah. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down on 26 August 1980.
USS Salvager (ARS(D)-3) USS Salvager (ARS(D)-3), originally conceived as LSM-551, was reclassified ARS(D)-3 on 24 April 1945; named Salvager on 1 May 1945; laid down on 27 August 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Corporation, Houston, TX; launched on 7 December 1945; and commissioned on 22 March 1946, Lieutenant Commander Howard L. Kubel, USNR, in command.
USS Sam Houston (schooner) The first Sam Houston, also called Samuel Houston, was a 66-ton schooner carrying a crew of 15 and a single 12-pounder smoothbore, which, before the American Civil War, had operated along the Texas coast. During the first months of the conflict, she served as a pilot boat.
USS San Francisco (SSN-711) USS San Francisco (SSN-711), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Francisco, California. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 August 1975 and her keel was laid down on 26 May 1977.
USS San Joaquin (AKA-109) USS San Joaquin (AKA-109) was a Tolland class attack cargo ship whose keel was laid on 17 August 1945, eleven days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which ended World War II. Further construction was cancelled on 27 August 1945.
USS San Juan (SSN-751) USS San Juan (SSN-751), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 November 1982 and her keel was laid down on 9 August 1985.
USS San Marcos (LSD-25) USS San Marcos (LSD-25), a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named for the Castilla de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fort still standing in the United States. The first was the second-class battleship Texas, which was renamed San Marcos on 16 February 1911.
USS Sand Lance (SS-381) USS Sand Lance (SS-381), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sand lance, a member of the ammodytidae family. Her keel was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
USS Sand Lance (SSN-660) USS Sand Lance (SSN-660), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sand lance, a member of the ammodytidae family. The contract to build her was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine on 24 October 1963 and her keel was laid down on 15 January 1965.
USS Sandusky (1865) USS Sandusky, a light draft, Marietta-class, single‑turreted, ironclad, screw monitor, was laid down in the summer of 1862. Primary construction was at the Tomlinson and Hartupee yard in Pittsburgh, PA, owned by Joseph Tomlinson and Andrew Hartupee.
USS Sandusky (PF-54) USS Sandusky (PF-54), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Sandusky River, which rises in Richland County, Ohio, and flows west and then north for some 150 miles before emptying into Lake Erie at Sandusky, Ohio.
USS Sangamon (1862) The first USS Sangamon, a Passaic-class monitor built by John Ericsson, was laid down under the name Conestoga in the summer of 1862; renamed Sangamon on 9 September 1862; launched on 27 October 1862; and commissioned on 9 February 1863 at Chester, Penn., Commodore Pierce Crosby in command.
USS Sangamon (CVE-26) The second USS Sangamon (CVE-26) (originally an oiler designated AO-28, then after conversion AVG-26 and later ACV-26), was one of twelve tankers built on a joint Navy-Maritime Commission design later duplicated by the T3-S2-A1 type, was laid down as Esso Trenton (MC hull 7) on 13 March 1939 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 4 November 1939, sponsored by Mrs. Clara Esselborn; operated by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey on runs from gulf coast ports to the east coast; and acquired by the United States Navy on 22 October 1940.
USS Santa Fe (SSN-763) USS Santa Fe (SSN-763), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Santa Fe, New Mexico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 21 March 1986 and her keel was laid down on 9 July 1991.
USS Santee (CVE-29) The second USS Santee (CVE-29) (originally launched as AO-29, following reclassification as an escort aircraft carrier, was originally ACV-29) was launched on 4 March 1939 as Esso Seakay under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 3) by the Sun Shipbuilding and DryDock Company at Chester, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Mrs. Charles Kurz; acquired by the United States Navy on 18 October 1940; and commissioned on 30 October 1940 as AO-29, with Commander William G.
USS Sara Thompson (AO-8) The tanker USS Sara Thompson, built during 1888 by William Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Newcastle, England, as the German merchant tanker Gut Heil, was sold to a United States firm in 1912, retaining her original name, and was accidentally lost on the Mississippi River during 1914.
USS Saratoga (1842) USS Saratoga, a sloop-of-war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
USS Sarda (SS-488) USS Sarda (SS-488), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sarda, a game fish of the central, southwestern, and western Pacific Ocean. Financed by bonds purchased during the Seventh War Loan by the residents of Lynn, Massachusetts, her keel was laid down on 12 April 1945 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83) The escort aircraft carrier USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83), originally classified AVG-83, was reclassified ACV-83 on 20 August 1942; allocated to the United Kingdom, under Lend Lease, on 11 November; reallocated to the United States on 21 June 1943; reclassified CVE-83 on 15 July; laid down on 8 November 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1120); launched on 31 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Edith W.
USS Sargo (SS-188) USS Sargo (SS-188), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sargo, a food and gamefish of the porgy family, inhabiting coastal waters of the southern United States.
USS Sargo (SSN-583) USS Sargo (SSN-583), a Skate-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sargo, a food and game fish of the porgy family, inhabiting coastal waters of the southern United States.
USS Satterlee (DD-626) The second USS Satterlee (DD-626) was a Gleaves-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Charles Satterlee, United States Coast Guard, the commanding officer of the cutter Tampa during the First World War.
USS Savannah (CL-42) USS Savannah (CL-42) was laid down on 31 May 1934 by the New York Shipbuilding Association, Camden, New Jersey; launched on 8 May 1937; sponsored by Miss Jayne Maye Bowden, niece of Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr.
USS Sawfish (SS-276) USS Sawfish (SS-276), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sawfish, a viviparous ray which has a long flat snout with a row of toothlike structures along each edge. It is found principally in the mouths of tropical American and African rivers.
USS Scabbardfish (SS-397) USS Scabbardfish (SS-397), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scabbardfish, a long, compressed, silver-colored fish found on European coasts and around New Zealand.
USS Scania (AKA-40) USS Scania (AKA-40) was an Artemis class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 460 Scania, which in turn was named for the southernmost historical province of Sweden. She served as a commissioned ship for 2 years and 4 months.
USS Scorpion (1813) USS Scorpion was a schooner of the United States Navy during the War of 1812. She was the second ship to be named for the scorpion, an arachnid having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip.
USS Scorpion (SS-278) USS Scorpion (SS-278), a Gato-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scorpion, an arachnid having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip.
USS Scorpion (SSN-589) USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scorpion, (hence the Scorpius constellation on her insignia). She was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy.
USS Scott (DE-214) USS Scott (DE-214), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Machinist's Mate First Class Robert R. Scott (1915-1941, who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941, while serving aboard the battleship USS California.
USS Sculpin (SS-494) USS Sculpin (SS-494), a Tench-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin, a spiny, large-headed, broad-mouthed, usually scale-less fish of the family Cottidae. Her construction by the Portsmouth Navy Yard was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.
USS Sculpin (SSN-590) USS Sculpin (SSN-590), a Skipjack-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin, a spiny, large-headed, broad-mouthed, usually scaleless fish of the family Cottidae.
USS Sea Cat (SS-399) USS Sea Cat (SS/AGSS-399), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for a shortened form of sea catfish, a marine fish of little food value found off the southeastern coast of the United States.
USS Sea Devil (SS-400) USS Sea Devil (SS-400), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil (Manta birostria), the largest of all rays, noted for power and endurance. Her keel was laid down 18 November 1943 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.
USS Sea Devil (SSN-664) USS Sea Devil (SSN-664), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil (or devil ray) (Manta birostria), the largest of all rays, noted for power and endurance. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 28 May 1964 and her keel was laid down on 12 April 1966.
USS Sea Hawk USS Sea Hawk, a 29-ton motor boat, was built in 1917 at Bristol, Rhode Island, for a private owner, with the expectation that she would be made available to the Navy for use during World War I. Originally named Herreshoff 319, she was taken over by the U.
USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) USS Sea Leopard (SS-483), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea leopard, a spotted Antarctic seal commonly called the leopard seal. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 7 November 1944.
USS Sea Panther (SS-528) USS Sea Panther (SS-528), a Tench-class submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the sea panther, a black-spotted, South African fish. Her name was assigned, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944 before she was laid down.
USS Sea Tiger USS Sea Tiger was a fictional submarine presumably named for the barracuda. No vessel of the United States Navy has been given that name, but the 1959 movie Operation Petticoat, starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis, and the short-lived 1977-1978 television series of the same name, were set aboard a fictional Sea Tiger.
USS Seahorse (SS-304) USS Seahorse (SS-304), a Balao-class submarine, was the first submarine and second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and the fore part of its body suggest the head and neck of a horse.
USS Seahorse (SSN-669) USS Seahorse (SSN-669), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second submarine and third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse, a small fish whose head and upper body suggest the head and neck of a horse.
USS Seal (SS-183) USS Seal (SS-183), a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seal, a sea mammal valued for its skin and oil. Her keel was laid down on 25 May 1936 by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut.
USS Seaman (DD-791) Seaman (DD-791) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Allen L. Seaman (1916–1944), a naval aviator who was awarded two Navy Crosses for service in the Pacific War.
USS Seattle (AOE-3) The second USS Seattle (AOE-3), a Sacramento-class fast combat support ship, was laid down on 1 October 1965 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington; launched on 2 March 1968; sponsored by Mrs. William M.
USS Seawolf (SS-197) USS Seawolf (SS-197), a Sargo-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look.
USS Seawolf (SSN-21) USS Seawolf (SSN-21), the lead ship of her class, is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics and Newport News Shipbuilding on 9 January 1989 and her keel was laid down on 25 October 1989.
USS Seawolf (SSN-575) USS Seawolf (SSN-575), a unique submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look, was the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal cooled (sodium) nuclear reactor. The reactor was more efficient than a water-cooled one, but posed several safety hazards for the ship and crew.
USS Sedgwick (AKA-110) USS Sedgwick (AKA-110) was an Andromeda class attack cargo ship whose construction was cancelled due to the end of World War II. Her name was assigned on 26 April 1945, but her construction was cancelled on 27 August 1945, before her keel was laid.
USS Selinur (AKA-41) USS Selinur (AKA-41) was an Artemis class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 500 Selinur, which in turn was named for a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's 1879 novel Auch Einer. She served as a commissioned ship for 12 months.
USS Seminole (AKA-104) USS Seminole (AKA-104/LKA-104) was a Tolland class attack cargo ship named after a member of a tribe of Muskhogen Indians who lived in Florida until 1843 when they were transferred to the Indian Territory. Seminole was designed to carry military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and Marines on enemy shores during amphibious warfare and operations.
USS Shadwell (LSD-15) USS Shadwell (LSD-15) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship in the United States Navy. She was named after Shadwell plantation, Albemarle County, Virginia, the birthplace and early home of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States.
USS Shark (SS-174) USS Shark (SS-174) was a Porpoise-class submarine, the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large, marine predator. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 October 1933.
USS Shark (SSN-591) USS Shark (SSN-591), a Skipjack-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark, a large predatory fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan, dermal denticles covering the body to protect from parasites, and rows of replaceable teeth in the mouth.
USS Shelter (AM-301) USS Shelter (AM-301) was laid down on 16 August 1943] by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co. [[Winslow, WA; launched on 14 November 1943; sponsored by Miss Patricia Whittenberg, and commissioned on 9 July 1944, Lt.
USS Shenandoah (AD-26) The USS Shenandoah (AD-26) was one of thirteen destroyer tenders built at the tail end of World War II. The lead ship in her class, she was the third United States naval vessel named for the Shenandoah River which runs through Virginia and West Virginia.
USS Shiloh (1863) A contract for the construction of USS Shiloh, a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, was awarded on 24 June 1863 to George C. Bestor of Peoria, IL; and her keel was laid down later that year at the yard of Charles W.
USS Shoshone (AKA-65) USS Shoshone (AKA-65) was a Tolland class attack cargo ship named after a river in Wyoming. She was designed to carry military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and Marines on enemy shores during amphibious operations.
USS Sidonia (AKA-42) USS Sidonia (AKA-42) was an Artemis class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 579 Sidonia, which in turn was named for a character in the opera Armide, by Christoph Willibald Gluck. She served as a commissioned ship for 9 months.
USS Signal (1862) The first Signal-a wooden-hulled, stern-wheel steamer built in 1862 at Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) was purchased by the US Navy on September 22, 1862 at Saint Louis, Missouri. Although no record of her commissioning has been found, it is known that she was in operation on October 22, 1862, when she departed Carondelet, Missouri and headed down the Mississippi River to join in the campaign against the Confederate river fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
USS Silica (IX-151) USS Silica (IX-151), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for silica. Her keel was laid down as SS Bauxite (T.
USS Silversides (SS-236) USS Silversides (SS/AGSS-236) is a Gato-class submarine; the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body. Her keel was laid down on 4 November 1940 by the Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California.
USS Silversides (SSN-679) USS Silversides (SSN-679), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 25 June 1968 and her keel was laid down on 13 October 1969.
USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641) USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641), a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), a hero of the independence movements of the former Spanish colonies in South America.
USS Sims (DE-154) USS Sims (DE-154/APD-50), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Admiral William Sowden Sims (1858 - 1936), who pushed for modernization of the navy. She is the second ship in the United States Navy to be named USS Sims.
USS Sirago (SS-485) USS Sirago (SS-485), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for sirago, a small fresh water tropical fish. Her keel was laid down on 4 January 1945 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86), an escort aircraft carrier, was converted from a Maritime Commission hull (MC hull 1123) by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company of Vancouver, Washington. Her keel was laid down on 23 November 1943, and she was launched on 19 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs.
USS Skate (SSN-578) USS Skate (SSN-578), the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear attack submarines. She was the third nuclear submarine commissioned, the first to make a completely submerged trans-Atlantic crossing, and the second submarine to reach the North Pole and the first to surface there.
USS Snapper (SS-185) USS Snapper (SS-185), a Salmon-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the snapper, any of numerous carnivorous, bass-like fishes, esteemed as food and as game fishes. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 23 July 1936.
USS Snook (SS-279) USS Snook (SS-279), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line.
USS Snook (SSN-592) USS Snook (SSN-592), a Skipjack-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line.
USS Solar (DE-221) USS Solar (DE-221), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Boatswain's Mate First Class Adolfo Solar (1900-1941), who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941.
USS Somers (DD-301) USS Somers (DD-301), a Clemson-class destroyer, engaged in peacetime operations with the Pacific Fleet from 1920 until she was scrapped under the London Naval Treaty in 1930. She was the fourth ship of the United States Navy named for Richard Somers.
USS Sonoma Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Sonoma. They were named for a creek, a county, and a town in California, that in turn were named for one of the chiefs of the Chocuyen Native Americans of that region.
USS Sonoma (1862) The first USS Sonoma was a side-wheel gunboat that served in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for a creek, a county, and a town in California, that in turn were named for one of the chiefs of the Chocuyen Indians of that region.
USS Southampton (AKA-66) USS Southampton (AKA-66) was a Tolland class attack cargo ship named after Southampton County, Virginia. Southampton was designed to carry military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and Marines on enemy shores during amphibious operations.
USS Southfield (1857) USS Southfield, a double-ended, sidewheel ferryboat built in 1857 at Brooklyn, New York by John English, served as a ferry between South Ferry, New York City, and St. George, Staten Island, New York until she was purchased by the U.
USS Spadefish (SS-411) USS Spadefish (SS-411), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spadefish, a spiny-finned fish found in coastal waters of the western Atlantic from Cuba to Cape Cod. Although she was commissioned late in the war and spent only one year in the Pacific war zone, she was to run up a record of 88,091 tons in 21 ships and numerous trawlers sunk.
USS Spadefish (SSN-668) USS Spadefish (SSN-668), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spadefish, a spiny-finned fish found in coastal waters of the western Atlantic from Cuba to Cape Cod. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down on 21 December 1966.
USS Spangenberg (DE-223) USS Spangenberg (DE/DER-223), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate Kenneth J. Spangenberg (1922-1942), who died as a result of wounds suffered during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, while serving aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco.
USS Spearfish (SS-190) USS Spearfish (SS-190), a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spearfish, any of several large, powerful, pelagic fishes of the genus Tetrapturus allied to the marlins and sailfishes.
USS Spinax (SS-489) USS Spinax (SS-489), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named after the spinax, one of the spiny sharks (dogfish sharks) scientifically known as Squalidal. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 1945 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
USS Spokane (CL-120) USS Spokane (CL-120) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser laid down on 15 November 1944 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 22 September 1945, sponsored by Miss Patrice Munsel; and commissioned on 17 May 1946, with Captain L. E.
USS Springfield (SSN-761) USS Springfield (SSN-761), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. The earlier Springfields were named for differing reasons; SSN-761 was specifically named for Springfield, Illinois and Springfield, Massachusetts.
USS Stanley Dace USS Stanley Dace is a fictional frigate that appeared on the television show JAG, presumably named in honor of Chief Boatswain's Mate Stanley Dace who distinguished himself during the sinking of USS Underhill (DE-682). While two submarine have been named USS Dace for the fish, no ship of the United States Navy has been named Stanley Dace.
USS Steinaker (DD-863) USS Steinaker (DD-863/DDR-863/DD-863) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Private First Class Donald Baur Steinaker, USMCR (1922–1942) who was killed in action on Guadalcanal and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
USS Sterett (DDG-104) USS Sterett (DDG-104), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of Andrew Sterett, a naval officer who served during the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars.
USS Sterlet (SS-392) USS Sterlet (SS-392), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sterlet, a small sturgeon found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, whose meat is considered delicious and its eggs are one of the world's great delicacies, caviar.
USS Stewart (DE-238) USS Stewart (DE–238) is an Edsall class destroyer escort, the third United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart (July 28 1778 – November 6 1869), who commanded USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
USS Stingray (SS-186) USS Stingray (SS-186), a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the stingray, a large ray with a whiplike tail and sharp spines capable of inflicting severe wounds. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 1 October 1936.
USS Stoddard (DD-566) USS Stoddard (DD-566) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Master's Mate James Stoddard, who was decorated for heroism during the Civil War. She was the last Fletcher to be stricken from the U.
USS Stokes (AKA-68) USS Stokes (AKA-68) was a Tolland class attack cargo ship named after Stokes County, North Carolina. Stokes was designed to carry military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and Marines on enemy shores during amphibious operations.
USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for General Thomas J. Jackson, CSA, though the earlier two were known simply as Stonewall.
USS Stormes (DD-780) USS Stormes (DD-780), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander Max Clifford Stormes, was killed in action during the night of 14 and 15 November 1942, when Preston (DD-379) was sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
USS Stromboli (1846) In 1846, the United States Navy purchased brig Howard at Boston, Massachusetts to strengthen its forces for the Mexican-American War. Commissioned on March 18, 1847 as bomb brig USS Stromboli, named for the island of Stromboli in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the ship sailed for the Gulf of Mexico under the command of Commander William S.
USS Stump (DD-978) USS Stump (DD-978), named after Admiral Felix Budwell Stump USN, was a Spruance class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi. The USS Stump was decommissioned and stricken on 22 October 2004.
USS Sturgeon (SS-187) USS Sturgeon (SS-187), a Salmon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon, a large, bony-plated fish with an elongated body that is an important source of caviar and isinglass.

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