Only one American ship has been named USS ''Grant'', but many ships were given similar names, mostly named after

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...

general and

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...

Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as Commanding General of the United States Army, commanding general, Grant led the Uni ...

. * , a three-masted

bark Bark may refer to: Common meanings * Bark (botany), an outer layer of a woody plant such as a tree or stick * Bark (sound), a vocalization of some animals (which is commonly the dog) Arts and entertainment * ''Bark'' (Jefferson Airplane album), ...

built in 1864 and wrecked in 1866 * , a U.S. Navy

destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...

named after a U.S. Navy admiral, in commission from 1943 to 1946 * , a U.S. Army steamer chartered by, and in commission in, the U.S. Navy from 1864 to 1865 * , a

revenue cutter A cutter is any of various types of watercraft. The term can refer to the rig (sail plan) of a sailing vessel (but with regional differences in definition), to a governmental enforcement agency vessel (such as a coast guard or border force cut ...

of the United States Revenue-Marine and

United States Revenue Cutter Service The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by an Act of Congress () on 4 August 1790 as the Revenue-Marine at the recommendation of the nation's first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. The federal government bod ...

, in commission from 1872 to 1906 * , a U.S. Navy tank landing ship in commission from 1957 to 1973, named after fifteen counties, some of which were named after Ulysses S. Grant * , a U.S. Navy troop transport which was in commission from 1917 to 1919 as USS ''President Grant'' (ID-3014) and from 1941 to 1945 as USS ''Republic'' (AP-33) from 1941 to 1945 * , a U.S. Navy troop transport in commission in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army from 1917 to 1922 as USS ''Madawaska'' (ID-3011) and in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy as USS ''U. S. Grant'' (AP-29) from 1922 to 1945 * , a U.S. Navy

ballistic missile submarine A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine capable of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with nuclear warheads. These submarines became a major weapon system in the Cold War because of their nuclear deterrence capabi ...

in commission from 1963 to 1992

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