USS Piscataqua

USS Piscataqua

USS "Piscataqua" may refer to:

*, a screw steamer commissioned 21 October 1867; renamed "Delaware" on 15 May 1869; decommissioned 5 December 1870.
*, a light-draft monitor originally named "Chimo"; renamed "Orion" 15 June 1869 and "Piscataqua" 10 August 1869; broken up for scrap in 1874
*, a screw tug built as "W. H. Brown" in 1897; purchased by the Navy 11 May 1898 and renamed "Piscataqua"; commissioned 18 June 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War; decommissioned at Cavite, Philippines 10 April 1922
*, a T1 gasoline tanker launched 26 May 1945; but was cancelled 27 August 1945. She ultimately entered the United States Merchant Marine under the name "Louden"
*, a T1 tanker originally named "Taveta" and launched as "Cisne" 10 September 1945; activated 19 August 1950; renamed "Piscataqua" and designated T–AOG–80; served in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War; disposed of on 1 January 1975


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