USS Tern

USS Tern

USS Tern is the name of more than one warship of the U.S. Navy:

* USS Tern, a motorboat built in 1907 at South Boston, Massachusetts, by Murray and Tregurtha and was acquired by the United States Navy on 28 May 1917 from E. F. Nail of Atlantic City, New Jersey; and was commissioned the same day.
* USS Tern (AM-31), a minesweeper laid down on 7 September 1918 at Morris Heights, New York.

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