USS Bennington
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Two ships of the United States Navy
have been named Bennington, after the town of Bennington, Vermont. The Battle of Bennington
occurred on 16 August 1777.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have been named Bennington, after the town of Bennington, Vermont. The Battle of Bennington
Battle of Bennington
The Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place on August 16, 1777, in Walloomsac, New York, about from its namesake Bennington, Vermont...
occurred on 16 August 1777.
- The , was commissioned in 1891 and took possession of Wake Island during the Spanish-American War.
- The , was an aircraft carrier of World War II and decommissioned in 1970.