USS Wright

USS Wright

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS "Wright", the first named for Orville Wright, and second honoring both him and his brother Wilbur. The third ship is a US Navy Auxiliary.

* The first USS|Wright|AV-1|3 was originally launched in 1920 as airship tender AZ-1, then converted to a seaplane tender and in use as such until 1944. She was then converted to the headquarters ship AG-79, renamed to "San Clemente" in 1945, and scrapped in 1946.

* The second USS|Wright|CVL-49|3 was a light aircraft carrier commissioned in 1947, converted to a command ship and recommissioned as CC-2 in 1962, and decommissioned in 1970.

* The third SS Wright (T-AVB-3) is an active Aviation Logistics Support (Roll-on/Roll-off) container ship used by the US Navy Auxiliary.


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