USS "Nansemond" may refer to:
*USS "Nansemond" (1862) was a side wheel steamer that served in the Union during the
*USS "Nansemond" (1896) was a transport that served during
*USS "Nansemond County" (LST-1064) was a tank landing craft that served towards the end of
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USS Nansemond County (LST-1064) — was an LST 542 class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. She was laid down 9 January 1945 at Bethlehem Hingham Corporation, Hingham, Massachusetts and was launched on 14 February 1945, called simply USS LST 1064 . She was commissioned on … Wikipedia
USS Nansemond (1896) — USS Nansemond (No. 1395), formerly SS Pennsylvania of the Hamburg American Line, was built in 1896 by Hartland Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and taken over by USSB in 1917. Nansemond served in the Army Cargo and Transport Service throughout… … Wikipedia
USS Nansemond (1862) — The first USS Nansemond , a side wheel steamer built at Williamsburg, N.Y., in 1862, as James F. Freeborn , was purchased by the United States Navy at New York City 18 August 1863 from Richard Squires; it was renamed Nansemond and commissioned at … Wikipedia
USS Howquah (1863) — The USS Howquah was purchased by the Union Navy in Boston from G. W. Upton on 17 June 1863, for action against Confederate commerce raider CSS Tacony which was then preying upon Northern merchantmen during what Professor Richard S. West has… … Wikipedia
USS General Putnam (1857) — – also known as the USS William G. Putnam was acquired by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War and outfitted as a gunship and assigned to the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. She also served as a… … Wikipedia
USS Alert (1861) — was a 90 ton steamship named A. C. Powell purchased by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War. A. C. Powell later renamed Alert , and still later renamed Watch served primarily as a tugboat, but at times she performed duty … Wikipedia
USS Britannia (1862) — was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat and patrol vessel in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Britannia constructed in England to run the… … Wikipedia
USS Calypso (1863) — was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Calypso was used by the Navy as a gunboat, and was ordered to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Calypso… … Wikipedia
USS Yankee (1861) — was a steam powered side wheel tugboat acquired by the Union Navy just prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. Provisioning Fort Sumter, evacuating Norfolk The Yankee a side wheel steamer built in 1860 at New York City was one of three… … Wikipedia
USS Zouave (1861) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was needed by the Navy to be part of the fleet of ships to prevent blockade runners from entering ports in the Confederacy. Assigned to the North Atlantic Blockade Zouave … Wikipedia
