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USS Delaware
There have been at least six
United States Navy
ships named
Delaware
, after the
1st state
of the Union.
The first
Delaware
was a 24-gun
frigate
built in
1776
and captured by the British in
1777
.
The second
Delaware
was a 20-gun ship purchased in
1798
.
The third
Delaware
was a 74-gun
ship of the line
, launched
1820
and burned in
1861
.
The fourth
Delaware
was a side-wheel steamer built in
1861
and decommissioned in
1865
.
The fifth
Delaware
was a screw steamer renamed from
Piscataque
in
1869
.
The sixth
Delaware
(BB-28)
was a
battleship
commissioned in
1910
and scrapped in
1924
.