USS Charlotte

Four vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Charlotte, after the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.

• USS Charlotte (1862) was a Confederate schooner captured by Federal forces in 1862 and used until 1867.
• USS Charlotte (CA-12) was the armored cruiser North Carolina renamed in 1920, a year before decommissioning.
• USS Charlotte (PF-60) was a patrol frigate used by the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
• USS Charlotte (SSN-766) is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-attack submarine commissioned in 1994.

Sources

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.