USS ''Yuma'' has been the name of five ships of the
United States Navy
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. The name is taken after the
Yuma tribe of
Arizona
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.
* was a river
monitor
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* Monitor, Indiana, town in the United States
* Monitor, Kentucky
* Monitor, Oregon, unincorporated community in the United States
* Monitor, Washington
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launched in May 1865, but never commissioned, and sold in 1874
* was a tug originally named and later renamed ''Yuma''; she was sold in 1921
* was a commissioned in 1943 and transferred to
Pakistan
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in 1959
* was a medium harbor tug the Navy acquired in 1964 from the
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, where she had served with the designation ''LT-2078'' since 1954; she was placed out of service in 1976 and sold into commercial service in 1987
* is a
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United States Navy ship names