Five ships of the
United States Navy
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have been named ''Catawba'', after the
Catawba River
The Catawba River originates in Western North Carolina and flows into South Carolina, where it later becomes known as the Wateree River. The river is approximately 220 miles (350 km) long. It rises in the Appalachian Mountains and drains into ...
of
North Carolina
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.
* , was an ironclad built for use in the American Civil War, but never commissioned and sold to Peru, where she was renamed ''Atahualpa'' and served in the War of the Pacific.
* USS ''Catawba'' (YT-32), ex-''Howard Greene'' (renamed 20 July 1920), served as a district tug at Washington from 1918 to 1922, at Norfolk, Virginia from 1922 to 1933, and at Charleston, South Carolina from 1933 through 1946. On 26 December 1946, ''Catawba'' was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal.
* , was renamed ''Arapaho'' on 5 August 1941, prior to her launching.
* , was an auxiliary fleet tug in service from 1945 to 1975.
* , is a fleet ocean tug assigned to the Military Sealift Command in 1980.
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United States Navy ship names