Six vessels of the

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have been named ''Augusta''. The first two, as well as the fourth, were named after the city of

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, while the fifth and sixth after

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. The third, (SP-946) has not yet been determined which city she was named for. * , was a 14-gun brig in use from 1799 to 1801. * , was built in 1853, purchased by the Navy in 1861 and sold in 1868. * , was a wooden-hulled steam yacht, acquired by the Navy in 1917 and returned to her original owner in 1918. * , was in service from 1931 to 1946. * , was a ''Los Angeles''-class nuclear attack submarine, commissioned in 1985 and decommissioned in 2008. * , an ''Independence''-class littoral combat ship, commissioned in 2023 and currently in active service.

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