USS Waxbill

USS Waxbill is a name the U.S. Navy has used more than once in naming its ships:

• USS Waxbill (AMc-15) a wooden-hulled purse seiner built in 1936 at Antioch, California.

• USS Waxbill (MHC-50) was laid down as PCS-1456 on 28 April 1943 at Tacoma, Washington.

• USS Waxbill (AM-414) was to be built in 1945, but the contract was canceled.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.