USS Artemis

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Artemis after Artemis, the Olympian goddess known to the Romans as Diana.

• USS Artemis (SP-593), was a patrol craft commissioned on 17 October 1917.

• USS Artemis (ID-2187), was commissioned on 8 April 1919.

• USS Artemis (AKA-21), an attack cargo ship and lead ship of her class was laid down on 23 November 1943 and launched on 20 May 1944.

See also

HMS Artemis

Source

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.