USS Corsair

Template:Italic title prefixed Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Corsair, for the California rockfish, or a pirate or privateer, especially Turkish or Saracen.

• Template:USS was built as the private yacht Corsair III in 1898, and was acquired and commissioned by the Navy on 15 May 1917. Cross referencing DANFS also finds the names, USC&GS Oceanographer (OSS-26), USS Natchez (PG-85) and USS Oceanographer (AGS-3). as being held by this same ship.
• Template:USS 1946, was a Template:Sclass that served during the early years of the Cold War.

See also

• USS Corsair, a fictitious submarine in the 1943 movie Crash Dive

Sources

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