Two ships of the
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
have borne the name ''Chevalier'', in honor of the Lieutenant Commander
Godfrey Chevalier
Lieutenant Commander Godfrey de Courcelles Chevalier, USN (7 March 1889 – 14 November 1922) was a pioneering naval aviator of the United States Navy of World War I and the early 1920s.
Biography
Born in Providence, Rhode Island on 7 March 1 ...
, a pioneer of naval aviation.
* , was a , launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943.
* , was a , launched in 1944 and struck in 1975. ''Chevalier'' was transferred to South Korea in 1972, and renamed ''Chung Buk''; she was scrapped in 2000.
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United States Navy ship names