USS Union
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USS Union has been the name of four ship in the United States Navy
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- USS Union (1841)USS Union (1841)USS Union was a steamer designed and constructed by the U.S. Navy as an experimental improved version of its current steam-powered ships which were not considered as efficient as they should be....
was an early steam ship. - USS Union (1846) was a Mexican schoonerSchoonerA schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
captured by USS PrincetonUSS Princeton (1843)The first Princeton was the first screw steam warship in the United States Navy. She was launched in 1843, decommissioned in 1847, and broken up in 1849....
off Tampico, Mexico, on 14 November 1846. - USS Union (1861)USS Union (1861)USS Union was a heavy steamer with a powerful 12-inch rifled gun purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War....
was a screw steamer in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron. - USS Union (AKA-106)USS Union (AKA-106)USS Union was a of the United States Navy, the fourth ship with this name, and served as a commissioned ship for 25 years and 1 month....
, a Tolland-classTolland class attack cargo shipThe Tolland class attack cargo ships were built by North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. in Wilmington, North Carolina during the latter stages of World War II....
attack cargo ship