USS "Aroostook" has been the name of three ships of the
*USS|Aroostook|1861, was a wooden-hulled, steam-propelled, screw gunboat.
*USS|Aroostook|CM-3, was a minelayer, which served from 1917 until 1931.
*USS|Aroostook|AOG-14, was a gasoline tanker which served from 1943 until 1945.
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USS Aroostook (CM-3) — USS Aroostook (ID 1256/CM 3/AK 44), was a 3,800 ton minelayer, was built in 1907 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the coastal passenger steamer Bunker Hill . She was acquired by the Navy in November 1917 and renamed within a few days. Placed in… … Wikipedia
USS Aroostook (1861) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Aroostook was used by the Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Built in Maine in 1861… … Wikipedia
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