USS Bridgeport
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Three ships of the United States Navy
have been named Bridgeport, after the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut
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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 Bridgeport, after the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
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- The , was originally the German passenger ship SS Breslau, seized during World War I and used as a transport.
- The , was renamed the Abilene on 28 June 1944.
- The USS Bridgeport CA-127 was to have been an Oregon City-classOregon City class cruiserThe Oregon City class were a class of heavy cruisers of the United States Navy. Although it was intended to build ten, only four were completed – one of those as a command ship...
heavy cruiser but construction was canceled on 12 August 1945.