USS Sturdy

USS Sturdy

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

* USS Sturdy (SP-82), a patrol craft commissioned on 25 June 1917.

* USS Sturdy (PC-460), a patrol craft commissioned as on 16 October 1940.

* USS Sturdy (MSO-494), a minesweeper commissioned on 23 October 1957.

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