USS ''Lydia'' has been the name of more than one
United States Navy
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ship, and may refer to:
* , a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
* Service: Served as a dispatch and harbor patrol boat in Boston and later as a messenger and dispatch boat in Norfolk, Virginia.
* Decommissioned: April 10, 1919, and returned to its owner
* Type: Patrol vessel.
* Commissioned: August 18, 1917
* , a
cargo ship
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in commission from 1918 to 1919
* Type: Cargo ship.
* Acquisition: Acquired by the Navy in 1918 from the U.S. Shipping Board.
* Commissioned: October 26, 1918.
* Service: Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, carrying aviation steel and general supplies to France and later food supplies to the Mediterranean.
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United States Navy ship names