USS Cambridge
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Four ships of the United States Navy
have been named USS Cambridge, after the various US places named Cambridge
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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 USS Cambridge, after the various US places named Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
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- The , was an armed steamship in use during 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...
. - The , was a screw sloop renamed Congress on 10 August 1869 prior to her commissioning.
- The Cambridge (No. 1651), also a steamship, was purchased by the Navy on 22 October 1917, and turned over to the 3rd Naval District for patrol service. She was found to be unsuitable for naval duty and was stricken from the Navy ListNavy ListA Navy List or Naval Register is an official list of naval officers, their ranks and seniority, the ships which they command or to which they are appointed, etc., that is published by the government or naval authorities of a country....
on 1 March 1918 and sold a year later. - The USS Cambridge CA-126, was to have been a Oregon City classOregon City class cruiserThe Oregon City class were a class of heavy cruisers of the United States Navy. Although it was intended to build ten, only four were completed – one of those as a command ship...
heavy cruiserHeavy cruiserThe heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range, high speed and an armament of naval guns roughly 203mm calibre . The heavy cruiser can be seen as a lineage of ship design from 1915 until 1945, although the term 'heavy cruiser' only came into formal use in 1930...
, but construction was canceled 12 August 1945.