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*''Tippecanoe'', a [[Canonicus class monitor|''Canonicus''-class monitor]], was renamed ''Vesuvius'' on [[15 June]] [[1869]] and subsequently renamed [[USS Wyandotte|USS ''Wyandotte'']] on [[10 August]] [[1869]]. |
*''Tippecanoe'', a [[Canonicus class monitor|''Canonicus''-class monitor]], was renamed ''Vesuvius'' on [[15 June]] [[1869]] and subsequently renamed [[USS Wyandotte|USS ''Wyandotte'']] on [[10 August]] [[1869]]. |
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*The [[cruiser]] [[USS Vesuvius (1888)]], a unique vessel armed with pneumatic guns, bombarded [[Cuba]] during the [[Spanish-American War]]. |
*The [[cruiser]] [[USS Vesuvius (1888)]], a unique vessel armed with pneumatic guns, bombarded [[Cuba]] during the [[Spanish-American War]]. |
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*[[USS Vesuvius (AE-15)]], |
*[[USS Vesuvius (AE-15)]], an ammunition ship, saw action during [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]]. |
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Revision as of 17:30, 9 December 2007
Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Vesuvius, commemorating the Italian volcano located on the eastern side of the Bay of Naples, whose most famous eruption, on 24 August 79, destroyed the city of Pompeii and the town of Herculaneum.
- The bomb ketch USS Vesuvius (1806) operated during the first decade of the 19th century.
- The bomb brig USS Vesuvius (1846) saw action during the Mexican-American War.
- Tippecanoe, a Canonicus-class monitor, was renamed Vesuvius on 15 June 1869 and subsequently renamed USS Wyandotte on 10 August 1869.
- The cruiser USS Vesuvius (1888), a unique vessel armed with pneumatic guns, bombarded Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
- USS Vesuvius (AE-15), an ammunition ship, saw action during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.