USS Siboney

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Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Siboney, after the town of Siboney in Cuba, the site of American landings in the Spanish-American War.

• The first Siboney (ID-2999) was the civilian ship Oriente used in World War I as a troopship and returned to the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company after the war.

• The second Siboney (CVE-112) was an escort aircraft carrier in service from 1945 to 1956.