USS Mercury

USS Mercury

USS "Mercury" may refer to:

*USS|Mercury|1776, was a ketch authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776 and captured off the Newfoundland Banks by the Royal Navy 10 September 1780

*USS "Mercury" (1781), was a schooner built in 1781 and served the Continental Navy as a packet, but facts of her service are unknown

*USS|Mercury|1807, was a revenue cutter launched 6 April 1807 and served the Revenue Cutter Service until 1820

*, was the German SS "Barbarossa" seized by the US Navy and used to ferry troops during World War I
*, was acquired by the US Navy 20 June 1941 and decommissioned 28 May 1959

* was a missile range instrumentation ship acquired by MSTS in 1965.


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