USS Wildcat
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USS Wildcat and its variant spelling, is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:
- USS Wild Cat (1822), 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....
purchased at Baltimore, Maryland, late in 1822.
- USS Wild Cat (1862)USS Wild Cat (1862)USS Wild Cat was a captured Confederate schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War. She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.-Captured by the Union...
, a captured schooner that served in the American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
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- USS Wild Cat (1915), a freighterCargo shipA cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...
commissioned on 17 July 1917.
- USS Wildcat (AW-2)USS Wildcat (AW-2)USS Wildcat , was a Stag-class tanker, built for the United States Navy during World War II, the only U.S. Naval vessel to be named for Felis silvestris....
, also known as the IX-130, a Stag-class tanker, built for the United States Navy during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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