USS ''Independence'' may refer to:
*''Independence'' (1776 brigantine) was a
brigantine built at Kingston, Massachusetts in mid-1776. The brig served in the
Massachusetts State Navy
The Massachusetts Naval Militia (at first called the Massachusetts Colonial Navy and later the Massachusetts State Navy), was a naval militia active during the American Revolutionary War. It was founded December 29, 1775, to defend the interests ...
and cruised off New England until captured by the Royal Navy in early 1777.
* was a 10-gun
sloop commissioned in September 1776 and wrecked in 1778.
* was the first
ship of the line in the Navy, launched 22 June 1814 and finally used as a receiving ship until being decommissioned 1912.
* was a steamer commissioned 16 November 1918 and decommissioned 20 March 1919. She was later renamed ''Neville'' and used in World War II.
*, was a
light aircraft carrier, launched 22 August 1942; decommissioned 28 August 1946 and sunk during weapon testing 29 January 1951.
*, was an
aircraft carrier commissioned in 1959 and decommissioned in 1998.
* is a
littoral combat ship
The littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for operations near shore by the United States Navy. It was "envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeat ...
commissioned in 2010 and decommissioned in 2021.
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United States Navy ship names