USS "Kensington" may refer to:
*USS "Kensington" (1861), was a wooden, sail-rigged vessel purchased by the US Navy for the Stone Fleet
*USS "Kensington" (1862), was a steamer purchased by the US Navy 27 January 1862 and sold 12 July 1865
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USS Kensington (1861) — USS Kensington was an American wooden sailing ship of 357 tons. With the outbreak of the American Civil War, the aging whaling ship was purchased by the Union Navy at New Bedford, Massachusetts, on 28 October, 1861 for $4,000 to be used as part… … Wikipedia
USS Kensington (1862) — The second USS Kensington was a steamship in the United States Navy. Kensington was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by J. W. Lynn in 1858 and was purchased by the Union Navy at Boston, Massachusetts, 27 January 1862. She commissioned at… … Wikipedia
USS Velocity — is a name the U.S. Navy has used more than once in naming its warships:* USS Velocity (1862), was a British blockade running schooner captured by USS Kensington and USS Rachel Seaman at Sabine, Texas, on 25 September 1862.* USS Velocity (SP 446)… … Wikipedia
USS Sailfish (SS-192) — USS Sailfish (SS 192), a sclass|Sargo|submarine, was originally named Squalus .Her keel was laid on 18 October 1937 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, as Squalus , the only ship of the United States Navy named for the squalus.… … Wikipedia
USS Velocity (1862) — was a captured British schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War. She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with… … Wikipedia
USS Vermont (1848) — was originally intended to be a ship of the line for the U.S. Navy when laid down in 1818, but was not commissioned until 1862, when she was too outdated to be used as anything but a stores and receiving ship. Built at the Boston Navy Yard… … Wikipedia
USS Rachel Seaman (1861) — USS Rachel Seaman was a wooden schooner purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Rachel Seaman was armed as a gunboat and assigned to the Union blockade of the ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America. She also… … Wikipedia
USS Horace Beals (1862) — was a barkentine acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was placed into service as a cargo ship assigned to support the fleet blockading the ports of the Confederate States of America. However, at times, Horace Beals was… … Wikipedia
USS Morning Light (1853) — was a sailing ship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Morning Light , an 8 gun ship, was… … Wikipedia
USS Victoria (1855) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Victoria was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Constructed in Philadelphia as a steamer in 1855 Victoria a… … Wikipedia
