USS Wanderer
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USS Wanderer is a name used more than once by the United States Navy:
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- USS Wanderer (1857)USS Wanderer (1857)The first USS Wanderer was a high-speed schooner originally in service in the slave trade and seized for service with the United States Navy during the American Civil War. In U.S. Navy service from 1861 to 1865, and under outright U.S...
, a schooner and former slave trader seized by the Navy and in service from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. - USS Wanderer (SP-2440)USS Wanderer (SP-2440)The second USS Wanderer was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918.Wanderer was a motorboat built in 1913 at Norfolk, Virginia, by Craig Brothers, and owned by R. F. Barret of Norfolk. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy for service as a section patrol boat during...
, a motor boat in commission as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918 - USS Wanderer (SP-132)USS Wanderer (SP-132)The third USS Wanderer , was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.Wanderer was built in 1897 as the "gentleman's private steam yacht" Kethailes at Leith, Scotland, by Ramage and Ferguson for William Johnston, a wealthy shipowner. Kethailes was sold to Mr. H. A. C...
, a steam yachtYachtA yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...
built in 1897 and in commissioned Navy service as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919
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- The Wanderer (slave ship)The Wanderer (slave ship)The Wanderer is the last documented ship to bring a cargo of slaves from Africa to the United States . Stories of subsequent mass landings of slaves have been told, but are in dispute...
, the main article about the history of USS Wanderer (1857) as a slave ship before her United States Navy service