USS Persistent
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USS Persistent is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:
- USS Persistent (PYc-48)USS Persistent (PYc-48)The first USS Persistent was a submarine chaser of the United States Navy.Persistent, built as Onwego in 1931, was purchased from the estate of Mr. G. L...
, a coastal patrol yacht commissioned 16 October 1940.
- USS Persistent (MSO-491)USS Persistent (MSO-491)USS Persistent was an Aggressive-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships....
, a fleet minesweeper commissioned 3 February 1956.
- USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6)USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6)USNS Persistent was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. ex-USNS Persistent...
, a Stalwart-class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States NavyUnited States NavyThe 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...
, operating during the 1980s.