USS Severn

USS Severn

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS "Severn", in honor of Maryland's Severn River. The United States Naval Academy is located in Annapolis, Maryland at the mouth of the Severn.

* USS "Severn" (1867), a wooden screw sloop of war laid down as "Masholu" in October 1864 by the New York Navy Yard.

* USS "Severn" (1898), a three-masted, sheathed, wooden bark with auxiliary steam power, was laid down as Chesapeake on 2 August 1898 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.

* USS "Severn" (1898), a motor boat acquired by the Navy on free lease from the Maryland Conservation Commission in August 1918.

* USS "Severn" (AO-61), laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 727) on 24 November 1943 by the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, Maryland.

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