Five ships of the
United States Navy
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have borne the name ''Alert''. During
World War I
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, three ships held the name simultaneously.
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USS ''Alert'' (1812), was an 18-gun sloop-of-war captured from the United Kingdom in the War of 1812 that was sold in 1829 for breaking up.
* , was a screw tug used during the Civil War.
* , was a screw steamer in use during the late 19th century and World War I.
* , was a steam launch acquired from the Coast Guard during World War I.
* , was used as a patrol boat during World War I.
Seven cutters of the
United States Coast Guard
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have borne the name ''Alert''.
* A schooner homeported at Eastport, Maine. 75 ton displacement.
[Canney, p 11]
* A schooner built to replace built to replace ''Alert'' (1818). 120 ton displacement.
[Canney, p 13]
* A centerboard sloop used for life saving duty at Tom's River, New Jersey. 10 ton displacement.
[Canney, p 45]
* A steam launch originally homeported at Mobile, Alabama. 19 ton displacement.
[Canney, p 59]
* A steam harbor tug replacing ''Alert'' (1901) at Mobile, Alabama. 35 ton displacement.
[Canney, p 62]
* An ''Active''-class cutter, commissioned as WSC-127, homeported at various stations in California.
[Canney, p 98][Scheina, p 57]
* , a ''Reliance''-class cutter.
[Scheina, p 40]
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United States Navy ship names