USS Fulton
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Four ships of the United States Navy
have borne the name USS Fulton, in honor of Robert Fulton
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, was a catamaran steam frigate, launched in 1815 and delivered to the Navy in 1816. She was used as a receiving ship until 1829
, was a side-wheel steamer launched in 1837. Captured by the Confederates in 1861 and destroyed in the evacuation of Pensacola in 1862
, a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
, was the lead ship of her class of submarine tender. She was launched in 1914, reclassified as a gunboat (PG-49) in 1930, and decommissioned in 1934
, was also a Fulton-class submarine tender. She was launched in 1940 and struck in 1991
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 borne the name USS Fulton, in honor of Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat...
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, was a catamaran steam frigate, launched in 1815 and delivered to the Navy in 1816. She was used as a receiving ship until 1829
, was a side-wheel steamer launched in 1837. Captured by the Confederates in 1861 and destroyed in the evacuation of Pensacola in 1862
, a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
, was the lead ship of her class of submarine tender. She was launched in 1914, reclassified as a gunboat (PG-49) in 1930, and decommissioned in 1934
, was also a Fulton-class submarine tender. She was launched in 1940 and struck in 1991