USS Antietam

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Antietam, after the Battle of Antietam.

• USS Antietam (1864), was a sailing sloop launched in 1864 and used as a stores ship.
• USS Antietam (CV-36), was an aircraft carrier commissioned at the end of World War II, a combatant in the Korean War, and decommissioned in 1963.
• USS Antietam (CG-54), is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1987, and currently in active service.

• USCGC Antietam, later renamed USCGC Bedloe, was a cutter which was commissioned from 1927 to 1944 before capsizing.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.

List of ships with the same or similar names

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