USS Mayflower
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USS Mayflower has been the name of three ships in the United States Navy
. They are named for the Mayflower
, which transported the Pilgrim Fathers from Plymouth, England to Virginia
.
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...
. They are named for the Mayflower
Mayflower
The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, , in 1620...
, which transported the Pilgrim Fathers from Plymouth, England to Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
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- USS Mayflower (1866)USS Mayflower (1866)USS Mayflower was a screw tugboat acquired by the United States Navy at the end of the American Civil War. She performed a variety of duties, including survey work, along the New England and mid-Atlantic coasts of the United States...
, a screw tug built in 1866. - USS Mayflower (PY-1)USS Mayflower (PY-1)USS Mayflower was the second ship in the United States Navy to have that name. Mayflower — a luxurious steam yacht built in 1896 by J. and G. Thompson, Clydebank, Scotland — was purchased by the Navy from the estate of Ogden Goelet and commissioned at New York Navy Yard on 24 March 1898,...
, a patrol yacht built in 1896. - USS Mayflower (1897)USS Mayflower (1897)USS Mayflower was a lighthouse tender loaned to the U.S. Navy to patrol the Atlantic Ocean coast during World War I. When the war ended, she was returned to the U.S. Lighthouse Service.- Commissioned in 1917 :...
, a lighthouse boat that was built in 1897, but did not see service until 1917.