USS Castine

USS Castine

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named "Castine" for a town in Maine.

*, was a gunboat launched in 1892 and decommissioned in 1919. Lieutenant Chester Nimitz served aboard her in 1912.

*, was a gunboat, originally named "PC-452" and reclassified Castine (IX-211) on 10 March 1945.


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