USS Somerset

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USS Somerset may refer to:

  • USS Somerset (1862), a side wheel ferryboat launched and purchased in 1862 and sold in 1865; fitted with a battery and assigned to the East Gulf Squadron of the Union Navy, Captain English, commander; in 1862 she captured British ship Circassian; in 1866, the rejuvenated Somerset began a career as a New York ferryboat which lasted until she was retired in 1914.
  • USS Somerset (1917), a wooden motorboat, launched in 1917 and leased by the Navy from April to November 1918
  • USS Somerset (AK-212), an Alamosa-class cargo ship, launched in January 1945 and struck in December 1945
  • USS Somerset (LPD-25), a planned San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock; scheduled (as of 2006) to be launched in 2010
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