USS ''Midway'' may refer to:
*, which was named ''Oritani'' and then ''Tyree'' before being chartered as a general auxiliary in 1942, renamed to ''Panay'' in 1943, and returned to its owner in 1946
*, which was an
escort carrier
The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slow type of aircraft ...
commissioned in 1943, renamed ''St. Lo'' one year later, and sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf shortly afterward
*, which is an
aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a ...
commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. It was donated as a
museum ship
A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes. Some are also used for training and recruitment purposes, mostly for the small numb ...
and resides in San Diego, California.
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United States Navy ship names