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Military

* , several Royal Navy ships * , several US Navy ships *
Sampson-class destroyer The ''Sampson''-class destroyers served in the United States Navy during World War I. Commissioned in 1916 and 1917, the class was a modification of the and es, with the number of torpedo tubes increased from four twin-mounts to four triple-mo ...
, a World War I US Navy class *
Sampson Air Force Base Sampson Air Force Base is a closed United States military facility, last used by the United States Air Force Air Training Command as a Basic Military Training Center. It was closed in 1956 and put into caretaker status. As of at least the 2 ...
, near Seneca Lake, New York, closed in 1956 * SAMPSON, a multi-function radar system for warships * Sampson Medal, a military decoration of the United States Navy


Places


Australia

* Sampson Flat, South Australia, a locality * Sampson Inlet, Western Australia, part of Camden Sound


Byzantine Empire

* Alternative Greek name in the 13th century CE for Priene, after the biblical hero


United States

* Sampson City, Florida, an unincorporated community * Sampson's Island (Massachusetts), an uninhabited barrier island * Sampsons Pond, Carver, Massachusetts * Sampson, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Sampson State Park, Seneca County, New York, at one time Sampson Air Force Base * Sampson County, North Carolina * Sampson, Wisconsin, a town * Sampson, Oconto County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community


Other places

* Saint Sampson, Guernsey, a parish of Guernsey, Channel Islands * St Sampson, Cornwall, a civil parish in England * Sampson (crater)


People

* Sampson the Hospitable (6th century), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches * Sampson (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Sampson (given name), a list of historical and Biblical figures and fictional characters


Other uses

* Sampson (automobile), American automobile manufactured in 1904 * Sampson (horse), a shire horse that is the tallest horse on record * ''Sampson'', an American merchant ship involved in the 1793 Sampson Incident * Locomotive ''Sampson'', built 1855, one of the four South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotives * SS Admiral Sampson, SS ''Admiral Sampson'', an American-flagged cargo and passenger steamship, 1898–1914 * St Sampson's Church, Golant, Cornwall, England


See also

* Saint-Samson (disambiguation) * Samson (disambiguation) * Simpson (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo