USS Washington

Ten ships of the United States Navy have been named Washington, the first six in honor of George Washington, the seventh (the 1837 revenue cutter) in honor of Department of the Treasury official and assistant Postmaster General Peter G. Washington; ACR-11, BB-47, and BB-56 were named for Washington, the 42nd state; and SP-1241 retained her commercial name Washington after acquisition.

USS Washington (1775) was a schooner named Endeavor acquired by General George Washington in October 1775, renamed Washington, and re-rigged as a brigantine. She was captured in December. Taken to Boston, Washington, upon inspection by the Royal Navy, was deemed unsuitable for operations on the high seas; she eventually rotted away at Boston.

USS Washington (1776 row galley) was a row galley that operated in Narragansett Bay during the winter and spring of 1776. In July, the galleys were sent to New York, but after the British captured Manhattan late in the summer, Washington and her sister galleys vanished in the mists of unrecorded history.

USS Washington (1776 frigate) was one of 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress. She was launched in August 1776, however, the British occupied Philadelphia in 1777 forcing the local Continental forces to strip and sink Washington to prevent her falling into enemy hands intact. Her remains were later salvaged and sold at Philadelphia.

USS Washington (1776 lateen-rigged galley) a lateen-rigged two-masted galley, was built in the autumn of 1776, and served in Brigadier General Benedict Arnold's fleet at the Battle of Valcour Island. Heavily damaged, Washington was captured and eventually taken into British service, apparently retaining her name. Her subsequent fate, however, is unrecorded.

USS Washington (1814) a ship of the line of 1814, was the second such to be launched by the Navy, and was on active service from 1815 to 1820.

USRC Washington (1833) was a revenue cutter of 1833 that initially operated out of Mobile, Alabama, before shifting to Key West, Florida. Washington eventually returned to Mobile, where she was sold in June 1837.

USRC Washington (1837), a revenue cutter of 1837.^[1]

USS Washington (ACR-11) was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser, launched in 1905. In 1916, Washington was renamed Seattle (ACR-11). She was reclassified a heavy cruiser, CA-11, in 1920. In 1941, Seattle was reclassified as IX-39. She was struck from the Navy list in 1946.

Washington (BB-47) was a Colorado-class battleship. She was launched in 1921. However, in 1922, after the signing of the Washington Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armaments, all construction work ceased on the dreadnought. She was sunk as a gunnery target in 1924.

USS Washington (BB-56) was a North Carolina-class battleship, launched in 1940. During World War II she served in both the Atlantic and Pacific, including the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. She was decommissioned in 1947, and struck in 1960.

Washington (SP-1241), not generally included in the chronological list of ships of the name, was a United States Navy vessel that served as a seagoing coal barge in late 1917.

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^ This ship was named for Peter G. Washington, who served in the positions of clerk in the Treasury, chief clerk to the 6th Auditor, 1st Assistant Postmaster General, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. See official website of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, http://www.history.noaa.gov/ships/washington.html.)

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USS Washington

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