USS Shearwater
USS Shearwater is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:
- USS Shearwater (1887), a steel schooner-rigged yacht, built in 1887 by Hawthorne and Co. at Leith, Scotland, and purchased by the Navy on 9 May 1889.
- USS Shearwater (AM-413) was laid down in 1945; however, the successful conclusion of World War II prompted the cancellation of her construction.
- USNS Shearwater (T-AG-177), served with the Military Sea Transportation Service in May 1964. Operated by a Civil Service crew, she operated in the Atlantic Ocean until mid-February 1969, when she was transferred to the U.S. Army.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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