USS Cincinnati

Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Cincinnati, after the city of Cincinnati, Ohio.

USS Cincinnati (1861) was an ironclad river gunboat commissioned in 1862, sunk twice in battle and raised each time, and sold in 1866.
USS Cincinnati (C-7) was a protected cruiser in service from 1894 to 1919.
USS Cincinnati (CL-6) was a light cruiser commissioned in 1924, on patrols in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II, and scrapped in 1946.
USS Cincinnati (SSN-693) was a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine in service from 1978 to 1996.
USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship.

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

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