USS Casco

USS Casco

USS "Casco" is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:

*, was launched in May 1864 by Atlantic Works, Boston, Massachusetts.

*, was built in 1910 by Flensburger Schiffbauges in Flensburg, Germany, as the "Elmshom"; acquired by the Navy 7 January 1918.

*, was launched 15 November 1941 by Puget Sound Navy Yard.


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