USS Celtic

USS Celtic

USS "Celtic" may refer to two ships of the United States Navy named for or pertaining to the Celts or their language.

*, built in 1891 by Workman Clark and Company, Belfast, Ireland, as the "Celtic King"; purchased by the U.S. Navy on 14 May 1898
*, built in 1921 as the "Kerry Patch" by Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts; acquired by the U.S. Navy 17 January 1944

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