USS Protector

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USS Protector may refer to the following ships:

  • USS Protector was a Continental Navy frigate captured by the British in May 1781.[1]
  • was a full-rigged ship.[2]
  • USS Protector was the planned name for the monitor USS Dictator (1863); name changed while the ship was still on the stocks
  • USS Protector (ARS-14) was commissioned 28 December 1943; performed salvage and diving operations during much of her career; decommissioned on 15 May 1946
  • USS Protector (YAGR-11) was laid down as the Liberty ship SS Warren P. Marks; commissioned as the Protector 20 February 1957; operated off the United States Eastern Seaboard until her decommissioning 28 July 1965

Citations[]

  1. ^ "The Continental Navy". founderspatriots.org. Retrieved 20 September 2021.[unreliable source?]
  2. ^ "American ship 'Protector' (1798)". Threedecks. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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