USS Mercury
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USS Mercury may refer to:
, was a ketch
authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776 and captured off the Newfoundland Banks by the Royal Navy 10 September 1780
, was a ketch
Ketch
A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward...
authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776 and captured off the Newfoundland Banks by the Royal Navy 10 September 1780
- USS Mercury (1781), was a schoonerSchoonerA schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
built in 1781 and served the Continental Navy as a packet, but facts of her service are unknown, was a revenue cutter launched 6 April 1807 and served the Revenue Cutter Service until 1820, was the German SS Barbarossa seized by the US Navy and used to ferry troops during World War I, was acquired by the US Navy 20 June 1941 and decommissioned 28 May 1959 was a missile range instrumentation ship acquired by MSTS in 1965.