USS Callao
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Three ships of the United States Navy
have been named Callao.
, was a Spanish gunboat captured in Manila Bay 12 May 1898 and put into service with the Navy. She was commissioned and decommissioned several times until sold at Manila 13 September 1923.
, was a transport built in 1913-1914 as Sierra Cordoba and transferred to the Navy 26 April 1919. She was decommissioned at Norfolk 20 September 1919.
, was built in 1943-1944 as Externsteine for the German Navy. She was captured, and commissioned into the Navy 24 January 1945. She was decommissioned 10 May 1950, and sold 30 September 1950.
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 Callao.
, was a Spanish gunboat captured in Manila Bay 12 May 1898 and put into service with the Navy. She was commissioned and decommissioned several times until sold at Manila 13 September 1923.
, was a transport built in 1913-1914 as Sierra Cordoba and transferred to the Navy 26 April 1919. She was decommissioned at Norfolk 20 September 1919.
, was built in 1943-1944 as Externsteine for the German Navy. She was captured, and commissioned into the Navy 24 January 1945. She was decommissioned 10 May 1950, and sold 30 September 1950.