USS Bridgeport
List of ships with the same or similar names
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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Bridgeport, after the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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- USS Bridgeport (ID-3009 / AR-2 / AD-10), was originally the German passenger ship SS Breslau, seized during World War I and used as a troopship, then as a repair ship and a destroyer tender.
- USS Bridgeport (PG-166), a Tacoma-class patrol frigate (originally patrol gunboat), was renamed Abilene (PF-58) on 28 June 1944.
- USS Bridgeport (CA-127) was to have been an Oregon City-class heavy cruiser but construction was canceled on 12 August 1945.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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