USS Grampus

USS "Grampus" may refer to:

*USS|Grampus|1821, a schooner built to suppress piracy and catch slavers, was launched in early August 1821, had a small part in the "Amistad" trials and was lost at sea in March 1843

*USS|Grampus|1863, was a side-wheel steamer, originally named "Ion", was used as a receiving ship for the Mississippi Squadron during the American Civil War

*USS|Grampus|SS-4 was Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 4, which was renamed "A-3" and patrolled Manila Bay during World War I

*USS "Grampus" (SP-1708), originally named "Boothbay", was 1708 tons and 126 feet long, built by Neafie and Levy, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was purchased from the Eastern Steamship Line of Boston, Massachusetts and commissioned 14 December 1917, at the Boston Navy Yard. Her name was changed to "Grampus" in November 1920. She was assigned to ferry service between the Washington Navy Yard, Indian Head, Maryland, and Dahlgren, Virginia. "Grampus" decommissioned 11 December 1930. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 December 1930, and she was later sold to the Buxton Line of Norfolk, Virginia.

*USS|Grampus|SS-207, a "Tambor"-class submarine, was lost during World War II

*USS|Grampus|SS-523 a "Tench"-class submarine, served through most of the Cold War, then was sold to Brazil

ee also

*HMS|Grampus
*CSS "Grampus"