USS Bainbridge
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Five ships of the United States Navy have been named Bainbridge, after William Bainbridge.
- The USS Bainbridge (1842), was a 12-gun brig commissioned in 1842 and lost off Cape Hatteras in 1863.
- The USS Bainbridge (DD-1), was the first destroyer of the US Navy, in service from 1902 to 1919.
- The USS Bainbridge (DD-246), was a destroyer, commissioned in 1920 and sold in 1945.
- The USS Bainbridge (CGN-25), was commissioned as a nuclear powered destroyer leader and in service from 1962 to 1996.
- The USS Bainbridge (DDG-96), is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, commissioned on 12 November 2005 and currently in service.
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- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.