USS Leyte explained

USS Leyte may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

• , was a 151-ton Spanish gunboat built in 1887 in Hong Kong by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock and captured during the Spanish–American War. The vessel served on the Asiatic Station in the Philippines as ferry boat/guard ship from 1900 until 1902, then as a target range and ferry to 1907.^[1] Sold and fate unknown after 1907.^[2]
• , was a repair ship commissioned August 1944 and renamed Maui in May 1945
• , was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1946 and decommissioned in 1959

See also

• , is a guided missile cruiser launched in 1986 and currently in active service

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leyte - Gunboat . Navsource . 18 April 2024.
2. https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/09937.htm