List of ships named United States explained

A number of ships have been named United States, after the United States.

Merchant ships

• , an American trans-Atlantic sidewheel, built by William H Webb in New York^[1]
• , a British passenger cargo of Anchor Line, Glasgow, wrecked in 1861^[2]
• , an American cargo steamship lost in 1881
• , a Danish passenger-cargo liner of the Scandinavian American Line, scrapped in 1935
• , an American passenger ferry of the Indiana Transportation Company^[3]
• (1951), an American retired ocean liner of United States Line, and Blue Ribband holder

Naval ships

• was one of the original six frigates that served from 1798 until 1865.^[4]
• USS United States (CC-6) was a canceled and scrapped when the vessel was only 12 percent complete.
• was an aircraft carrier canceled five days after her keel was laid down in 1949. The ship would have been the lead ship under the United States-class aircraft carrier.
• USS United States was to have been the eighth aircraft carrier, but renamed in 1995.

Notes and References

1. Web site: William H Webb . Shipbuilding History . Tim Colton . 8 September 2022.
2. Web site: United States . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . 8 September 2022.
3. Web site: Manitowoc Shipbuilding . Shipbuilding History . Tim Colton . 8 September 2022.
4. Book: Toll , Ian W. 978-0-393-05847-5 . 70291925 . New York . Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the US Navy . W. W. Norton . 2006 . registration .