USS ''Portsmouth'' may refer to the following ships of the
United States Navy
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*, was a 24-gun ship in service from 1798 to 1801
*, was a sloop-of-war commissioned in 1844, active in the
Mexican–American War
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1846–1848, decommissioned in 1878 but continuing as a training ship until 1915
*, was a
light cruiser
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in service from 1945 to 1949
*, a nuclear
attack submarine
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commissioned in 1983 and decommissioned in 2004
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United States Navy ship names