''Dexter'' has been the name of more than one ship of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and United States Coast Guard, and may refer to:
* , a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1830 to 1841
* , a cutter in commission in the Revenue Cutter Service from 1874 to 1908
* , a cutter in commission in the Coast Guard from 1925 to 1936
* , previously WAGC-18, later WHEC-385, a cutter in commission in the Coast Guard from 1946 to 1952 and from 1958 to 1968
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United States Coast Guard ship names