USS Connecticut

USS Connecticut

Seven ships of the United States Navy have been named "Connecticut" in honor of Connecticut, the fifth state to join the Union:

* The USS|Connecticut|1776, was a gondola that served with the Continental Army on Lake Champlain during the American Revolutionary War, participating in the Battle of Valcour Island.

* The USS|Connecticut|1799, served during the Quasi-War.

* The USS|Connecticut|1861, was a sidewheel steamer launched in 1861 that saw action in the American Civil War.

* The "USS Pompanoosuc", a screw steamer whose building began at Boston Navy Yard about 1863, was renamed "Connecticut" on 15 May 1869, but was never launched; she was condemned and broken up in 1884.

* The USS|Connecticut|BM-8, was a monitor but renamed during construction and commissioned as the "Nevada". A few years later, she was renamed "Tonopah", and served as a submarine tender under that name during World War I.

* The USS|Connecticut|BB-18, was the lead ship of her class of battleship. She sailed with the Great White Fleet and saw action during World War I.

* The USS|Connecticut|SSN-22, is the second "Seawolf"-class submarine.

Source

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c12-list.htm


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