USS Concord

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Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Concord, after the town of Concord, Massachusetts.

• The first Concord was a sloop-of-war launched in 1828, and lost when she ran aground on a sand bar off Mozambique.

• The second Concord (PG-3) was a patrol gunboat in service from 1890 to 1909, and participated in the Battle of Manila Bay.

• The third Concord was a minelayer purchased in 1917, renamed Mendota (YT-3) in 1920, then to Muscotah in 1932, and placed out of service in 1934.

• The fourth Concord (CL-10) was a light cruiser commissioned in 1923, a participant in World War II, and decommissioned in December 1945.

• The fifth Concord (AFS-5) is a combat store ship commissioned in 1968, decommissioned and assigned to the Military Sealift Command as USNS Concord (T-AFS-5), and on active service as of 2004.

In 1683, the Concord carried the first German immigrants to the New World.