USS Bunker Hill explained

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bunker Hill, in remembrance of the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War:

• , was an Essex-class aircraft carrier that fought heavily in the Pacific during World War II and was heavily damaged by Kamikaze attacks^[1]
• , was a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1986 and decommissioned in 2023^[2]

Merchant vessels

• SS Bunker Hill, was acquired by the United States Navy in 1917 and commissioned as .
• SS Bunker Hill, a civilian-operated T2 tanker steamer, sank on 6 March 1964 after an explosion. She broke in two near Anacortes, Washington.

Notes and References

1. http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b10/bunker%20hill-i.htm Bunker Hill I
2. http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b10/bunker%20hill-ii.htm Bunker Hill II