USS ''Umpqua'' has been the name of three ships in the service 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 ...
. The ship name comes from the
Umpqua River
The Umpqua River ( ) on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States is approximately long. One of the principal rivers of the Oregon Coast and known for bass and shad, the river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west ...
in Oregon. The river in turn was named for the
Umpqua tribe, a small tribe of
Athabascan linguistic stock.
* , a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor which served in the
Union Navy
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beginning in 1866.
* , a which served from 1919 until 1946.
* , an auxiliary fleet tug that began service in 1945.
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United States Navy ship names