USS Adams

USS Adams may refer to:

• USS Adams (1799), was a 28-gun frigate launched in 1799 and active in the War of 1812 and scuttled to prevent capture in 1814.
• USS Adams (1874), was a wooden screw steamer commissioned in 1876 and decommissioned in 1919
• USS Adams (DM-27), was a destroyer minelayer serving at the end of World War II.
• USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) a guided missile destroyer that served during the Cold War.

See also

• The 200-ton brig Adams was purchased during the summer of 1812 but captured by the British and renamed HMS Detroit. The Americans briefly recaptured her but had to abandon her when she grounded; she was then burnt
• USS John Adams

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