USS Cabot
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Three ships of the United States Navy
have been named Cabot, after the explorer John Cabot
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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 Cabot, after the explorer John Cabot
John Cabot
John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America since the Norse Vikings in the eleventh century...
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- The , was a 14-gun brig purchased in 1775 and captured by the British in 1777.
- The , was renamed Lexington (CV-16) on 16 June 1942, prior to launch.
- The , was a light aircraft carrier active in World War II. She was transferred to Spain in 1967 where she served as Dédalo. The ship was scrapped in 2001.