USS Arcadia

USS Arcadia

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named "Arcadia", after Arcadia, the district of the Peloponnesus in Greece.

*USS|Arcadia|SP-856, was a wooden motorboat built in 1915.

*USS|Arcadia|1896, was a German steamship, seized by customs officials upon the entry of the United States into World War I.

*USS|Arcadia|AD-23, was apparently misnamed in an effort to commemorate "Acadia", the name for Nova Scotia before England expelled French colonists from the region.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a10-list.htm


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