USS Guardian

USS Guardian

USS "Guardian" may refer to:

*, launched as Liberty Ship SS "James G. Squires" in 1945; placed in reserve at the end of World War II, converted to a radar picket ship and recommissioned as the USS "Guardian" in 1955, decommissioned in 1965, and scrapped in 1971

* Motor Torpedo Boat "PT-809", a PT boat under the Potomac River Naval Command; named USS "Guardian" in November 1959 (official designation remained "PT-809")
*, an "Avenger"-class mine countermeasures ship that was launched in 1987, commissioned in 1989, and currently in service


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