USS Raritan

USS Raritan

At least three United States Navy ships have been named USS "Raritan", after the Raritan River in New Jersey.

* The first USS|Raritan|1843|6 was a sailing frigate launched in 1843
* The second USS|Raritan|WYT-93 was a harbor tug, commissioned into the United States Coast Guard in 1939, transferred to the Navy in 1941, transferred back to the Coast Guard in 1946, and decommissioned in 1988
* The third USS|Raritan|LSM-540 was a landing ship commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1959


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