USS Fern
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USS Fern is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:
- USS Fern (1862)USS Fern (1862)USS Fern was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Her task was to tow other ships and barges, and to provide other duties that a tug could easily do, such as dispatch running.- Assigned to the Western Flotilla :...
, a tugboat used during the American Civil War
- USS Fern (1871)USS Fern (1871)USS Fern was a gunboat built in 1871 by Delamater and Steack of New York City at Newport, Rhode Island and transferred to the United States Navy from the United States Treasury Department on 30 January 1891. Fern was commissioned on 22 April 1891, with Lieutenant Commander A. J...
, a gunboat built in 1871
- USS Fern (1917), a lighthouse tender, was acquired by the Navy and placed in service on 4 September 1917. She was assigned to the 13th Naval District and patrolled Alaskan waters until her return to the Lighthouse Service under Executive Order of 1 July 1919.