USS Pleiades

USS Pleiades

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

* USS Pleiades (SP–1616) built in 1900 by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland, and served briefly in World War I.

* USS Pleiades (AK-46), commissioned 25 October 1941 for service in World War II.

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