USS Germantown

USS Germantown

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS "Germantown", after Germantown, Pennsylvania, the scene of an American Revolutionary War battle.

*USS|Germantown|1846 was a sloop, launched in 1846 and scuttled to avoid capture in 1861. She served briefly as a floating battery for the Confederate States of America

*USS|Germantown|LSD-42 is a "Whidbey Island"-class dock landing ship currently in active service


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