USS Glacier

USS Glacier

USS "Glacier" may refer to:

*, built as SS "Port Chalmers", in 1891; purchased, commissioned, renamed "Delmonico" and then "Glacier" in 1898; decommissioned and sold in 1922

*, a "Prince William"-class escort carrier, launched in 1942; transferred to the Royal Navy in 1943 and served during World War II as HMS "Atheling"; struck in 1947

*, an sclass|Alamosa|cargo ship|1, launched in 1944 and struck in 1946

*, an icebreaker of unique design, launched in 1954 and struck in 1966


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