USS Housatonic
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Three ships of the United States Navy
have been named Housatonic after the Housatonic River
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, was launched 20 November 1861 and sunk by the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley on 17 February 1864
, was built in 1899, commissioned by the US Navy on 25 January 1918 and served as a mine planter in the 3d Naval District until decommissioning 5 August 1919
, was a tanker acquired by the US Navy 9 January 1942, and decommissioned 11 March 1946
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 been named Housatonic after the Housatonic River
Housatonic River
The Housatonic River is a river, approximately long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about of southwestern New England into Long Island Sound...
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, was launched 20 November 1861 and sunk by the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley on 17 February 1864
, was built in 1899, commissioned by the US Navy on 25 January 1918 and served as a mine planter in the 3d Naval District until decommissioning 5 August 1919
, was a tanker acquired by the US Navy 9 January 1942, and decommissioned 11 March 1946