USS "Midnight" is the name of two ships in the service of the
*USS "Midnight" (1861), a Union ship purchased in 1861 for use in the naval blockade of the South.
*USS "Midnight" (IX-149), a concrete barge that would be renamed "Trefoil" and serve from 1944 until 1948.
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