Six ships of the United States Navy have been naamed USS Kanawha and one has been named USS Kanawha II:
, a steamer that served from 1862 to 1865
, a steamer that served in 1898 and was transferred to the U.S. Department of War in 1899
, a replenishment oiler commissioned in 1915 and sunk 8 April 1943

• USS Kanawha (SP-169)
  USS Kanawha (SP-169)
  USS Kanawha was a patrol vessel purchased by the United States Navy in 1917 which never saw active service.The U.S. Navy purchased USS Kanawha from H. C. Baxter of Brunswick, Maine, on 27 April 1917 for use as a patrol vessel during World War I...
  
  was purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1917 for use as a patrol vessel, but was found defective during fitting out and returned to her owner.

, an armed yacht that served in the U.S. Navy from 1917 to 1919 and was renamed USS Piqua (SP-130) in 1918
, a gasoline tanker that served from 1944 to 1946
, is a fleet oiler in service with the U.S. Military Sealift Command since 1991