USS Champion

USS Champion

USS "Champion" may refer to:

* a Continental xebec commanded by Captain James Josiah on the Delaware River in 1777
* an armed river steamer in service during the American Civil War
* a World War II minesweeper
* a mine countermeasures ship commissioned in 1991

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*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c5-list.htm
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