USS ''Morris'' may refer to the following ships of the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

: *, was a

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 ...

in service from 1778 until wrecked in 1779 *, was a

schooner A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...

acquired in 1779 which operated on the Mississippi River during the American Revolutionary War *, was a schooner in service from early 1846 until wrecked in October 1846 *, was a schooner in service from 1846 to 1848 *, was a

torpedo boat A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs were steam-powered craft dedicated to ramming enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of ...

commissioned in 1898 and decommissioned in 1919 *, was a commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1922 *, was a commissioned in 1940 and decommissioned in 1945 *, was a

patrol craft A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and they ...

commissioned as USS ''PC-1179'' in 1943, decommissioned in 1946, renamed ''Morris'' in 1956, and struck from the Navy List in 1960

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