Four ships in 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 been named USS ''Petrel'' for the sea bird of the same name. * , a

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

purchased in 1846; later served in the United States Coast Survey * , a steamship, purchased in 1862; captured in 1864 * , a gunboat, commissioned in 1889 and decommissioned in 1919 * , a ''Chanticleer''-class submarine rescue ship; commissioned 24 September 1946; decommissioned on 30 September 1991

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