USS Chesapeake

Five ships of the United States Navy have been named "Chesapeake" after Chesapeake Bay, the body of water along Maryland and Virginia.

*The USS|Chesapeake|1799|6, a 36 gun frigate, was launched on 2 December 1799 by Gosport Navy Yard and commissioned early in the following year.

*The sloop USS "Chesapeake" was renamed USS|Patapsco|1799|6 in 1799 while still under construction.

*The USS|Chesapeake|1898|6, a training ship, was renamed "Severn" on 15 June 1905.

*The USS|Chesapeake|ID-3395, a freighter, was launched in 1900 by Harlan and Hollingsworth in Wilmington, Delaware and purchased by the US Navy on 31 August 1918.

*The USS|Chesapeake|AOT-5084

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