USS Vixen

Several ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Vixen:

The first Vixen was a schooner, launched in 1803 and captured by the British in 1812.
The second Vixen was a brig, purchased in 1813 and captured later that same year.
The third Vixen was a steamship, purchased in 1846 and sold in 1855.
The fourth Vixen was a gunboat, acquired in 1861 and decommissioned in 1862.
A monitor previously named USS Neosho (1863) and later named USS Osceola was briefly named USS Vixen while in ordinary in 1869
The fifth Vixen (PY-4) was a yacht, built in 1896, acquired in 1898 and decommissioned in 1922.
USS Vixen (SP-68) was the name given briefly to a tender commissioned in August 1917 but renamed USS Despatch (SP-68) eleven days later and redesignated USS Despatch (PY-8) in 1920
The sixth Vixen (PG-53) was a gunboat, commissioned in 1941 and decommissioned in 1946.

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