Five ships of the
United States Navy have been named USS ''Kearsarge''. The first was named for
Mount Kearsarge, and the later ones were named in honor of the first.
* was a sloop of war launched 11 September 1861, fought in the American Civil War, defeated the Confederate commerce raider , and was wrecked off Central America 2 February 1894.
* was a launched 24 March 1898, sailed with the
Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the group of United States Navy battleships which completed a journey around the globe from December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909 by order of President Theodore Roosevelt. Its mission was t ...
, participated in World War I, was converted to a heavy-crane ship in 1920 and renamed ''Crane Ship No. 1'' (AB-1), then sold for scrapping 9 August 1955.
* was an renamed ''Hornet'' prior to launch, was in commission 1942–1970, and is preserved as a museum ship in
Alameda, California.
* was a long-hulled ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier, launched 5 May 1945, served in the Korean War and Vietnam War then scrapped in 1974.
* is a commissioned in 1993 and remains .
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United States Navy ship names