USS Prestige

USS Prestige

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

* USS Prestige (AMc-97), a coastal minesweeper placed in service 23 December 1941.

* USS Prestige (MSO-465), a fleet minesweeper commissioned 11 September 1954.

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