USS ''Amphitrite'' has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:
* , a monitor in commission in 1865 and from 1866 to 1872, renamed USS ''Amphitrite'' in 1869
* , a monitor in commission from 1895 to 1901, from 1902 to 1907, and from 1910 to 1919
* , a landing craft repair ship in commission from 1945 to 1947
These ships were named after
Amphitrite
In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (; grc-gre, Ἀμφιτρίτη, Amphitrítē) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and the wife of Poseidon. She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys).Roman, L., & Rom ...
, a Greek sea goddess and wife of
Poseidon
Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a ch ...
.
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United States Navy ship names