USS Wilmington
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Template:Italic title prefixed Only one vessel of the United States Navy has been named USS Wilmington, after the city of Wilmington, Delaware, although the name was intended for two others.
- The only completed Template:USS was Gunboat No. 8, commissioned in 1897, renamed Dover in 1941, and continuing in service until 1945.
- What was to be the second Template:USS, a Template:Sclass light cruiser, was completed as the Template:Sclass light aircraft carrier Template:USS.
- Another light cruiser of the Template:Sclass, Template:USS, was laid down in March 1945, but suspended in August and later scrapped.
See also
- CSS Wilmington, a casemate ironclad built for the Confederate States Navy