USS ''Despatch'' may refer to the following ships of the
United States Navy
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* , a schooner in commission from 1814 to 1820
* , a sloop-of-war in commission from 1856 to 1859, which was recommissioned as in 1860, served in the American Civil War, and was decommissioned a final time in 1865
* , a screw steamer in commission from 1873 to 1891, which served as the first Presidential yacht from 1880 until 1891
* , a ferry launch in commission as USS '' Steam Cutter No. 423'' 1902–1908, as USS ''Despatch'' 1908–1918, and as USS ''Hustle'' 1918–1921, being designated YFB-6 in 1921
* , redesignated PY-8 in 1920, a tender with the Atlantic Fleet in commission as USS ''Vixen'' (SP-68) briefly in 1917, then as USS ''Despatch'' (SP-68) from 1917 to 1919 and again in 1920, and as USS ''Despatch'' (PY-8) from 1920 to 1921
* , a receiving ship in service under the name from 1940 to 1946, which previously had been the protected cruiser ''Boston'' and which was renamed ''Despatch'' in 1940 to free the name ''Boston'' for the new heavy cruiser USS ''Boston'' (CA-69).
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United States Navy ship names