USS ''Adams'' may refer to the following ships of the
United States Navy
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:
* , was a 28-gun
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuvera ...
launched in 1799 and active in the
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States United States declaration of war on the Uni ...
and
scuttled
Scuttling is the act of deliberately sinking a ship by allowing water to flow into the hull, typically by its crew opening holes in its hull.
Scuttling may be performed to dispose of an abandoned, old, or captured vessel; to prevent the vesse ...
to prevent capture in 1814.
* , was a wooden screw
steamer commissioned in 1876 and decommissioned in 1919.
* , was a
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 ...
minelayer serving at the end of
World War II
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, named for World War II aviator Lieutenant
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams (, 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, Political philosophy, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in Province of Massachusetts Bay, colonial Massachusetts, a le ...
See also
* - list of US Naval ships named for President Adams
* a
guided missile destroyer
A guided-missile destroyer (DDG) is a destroyer whose primary armament is guided missiles so they can provide anti-aircraft warfare screening for the fleet. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG, while destroyers which have a pr ...
that served during the
Cold War
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.
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''Adams'', a 200-ton brig purchased during the summer of 1812 but captured by the British and renamed HMS ''Detroit''. The Americans briefly recaptured her but had to abandon her when she grounded; she was then burnt
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United States Navy ship names