USS Andrew Doria

Two vessels of the United States, one in the Continental Navy and one in the United States Navy, have been named Andrew Doria, the anglicized name of Italian admiral Andrea Doria.

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United States - Continental Navy - United States Navy - Andrea Doria

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• The first Andrew Doria was a brigantine of the Continental Navy, notable as the first US ship to receive a salute from a foreign power.
• The second Andrew Doria (IX-132) was an Italian tanker originally built in 1908 and scuttled in 1941, then raised, renamed, and used by the Navy from 1944 to 1946.

For the merchant transatlantic ocean liner that sank in 1956, see SS Andrea Doria.

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1956 - SS Andrea Doria

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