Three ships of the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 have borne the name USS Foote, named in honor of Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote

Andrew Hull Foote

Andrew Hull Foote was an American naval officer who was noted for his service in the American Civil War and also for his contributions to several naval reforms in the years prior to the war. When the war came, he was appointed to command of the Western Gunboat Flotilla, predecessor of the...

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, was the lead ship of launched in 1896 and sold in 1920
, was a , launched in 1918. In 1940 the ship was transferred to the United Kingdom and recommissioned as . In 1944 she was transferred to the Soviet Union and recommissioned as Zhostkyi. She was returned to Great Britain in 1949 and scrapped in 1952
, was a , launched in 1942 and struck in 1972