USS Pike

USS Pike

Three United States Navy ships have borne the name USS "Pike".

* USS General Pike was a wooden freshwater corvette built in Sackett's Harbor in 1813. She saw action on Lake Ontario against the Royal Navy during the War of 1812.
* "Pike" (SS-6) was a "Plunger"-class submarine commissioned 1903.
* "Pike" (SS-173) was a "Porpoise"-class submarine commissioned in 1935.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • USS Pike (SS-6) — The first USS Pike (SS 6) was a Plunger class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A 5 .She was laid down on 10 December 1900 at San Francisco, California by Union Iron Works, launched on 14 January 1903, and… …   Wikipedia

  • USS Pike (SS-173) — USS Pike (SS–173) was laid down 20 December 1933 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, Maine; launched 12 September 1935; sponsored by Miss Jane Logan Snyder; and commissioned 2 December 1935, Lt. Heber H. Tex McLean in command. Pike was the first …   Wikipedia

  • Pike — may refer to:Fish*Pike (fish) or Esox *Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct freshwater fish *Mackerel pike or Pacific saury, a fish popular in east Asian cuisine *Northern pike, known as the pike in BritainPlacesIn Britain: *Clougha Pike, a hill …   Wikipedia

  • USS Tomich (DE-242) — Career (US) Namesake: Peter Tomich Builder …   Wikipedia

  • USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39) — USS|Mount Vernon|LSD 39USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39) was an Anchorage class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship of the U.S. Navy to bear the name.Pike, 2005.] She was built in Massachusetts in 1972 and homeported in… …   Wikipedia

  • USS Iowa (BB-61) — ( The Big Stick ) was the lead ship of her class of battleship, and was the fourth ship of in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. Iowa is the only ship of the class to have served a combat tour in the Atlantic Ocean… …   Wikipedia

  • USS General Pike (1813) — USS General Pike was a corvette in the United States Navy. She was named for Zebulon Pike. General Pike was laid down by Henry Eckford, a New York City shipbuilder who supervised the construction of warships on Lake Ontario, at Sackets Harbor on… …   Wikipedia

  • USS Ashland (LSD-1) — was the lead ship of her class indeed, the first dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship to be named for Ashland, the boyhood home of Henry Clay, in Lexington, Kentucky. Ashland was laid down on 22 June 1942 at… …   Wikipedia

  • USS Nevada (BB-36) — USS Nevada (BB 36), the second United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was a World War I era battleship and the lead ship of her class of two; her sister ship was USS|Oklahoma|BB 37|2. The ship was a giant leap in dreadnought… …   Wikipedia

  • USS Jack (SSN-605) — USS|Jack|SSN 605, a Permit class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the jack, any young pike, green pike or pickerel, or large California rockfish. The contract to build her was awarded to Portsmouth Naval… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”