USS Velocity

USS Velocity is a name the U.S. Navy has used more than once in naming its warships:

• USS Velocity (1862), was a British blockade-running schooner captured by USS Kensington and USS Rachel Seaman at Sabine, Texas, on 25 September 1862.
• USS Velocity (SP-446) was constructed at Morris Heights, New York, by the noted boat-builder, Charles L. Seabury, and owned by W. W. Stephens prior to World War I when she was inspected for naval service.
• USS Velocity (AM-128), was a minesweeper laid down on 21 July 1941 at Chickasaw, Alabama.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.