USS Kearsarge

Four commissioned ships of the United States Navy have borne the name

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USS Kearsarge. The first was named for a mountain in

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New Hampshire; the later ones were named in honor of the first.

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• The sloop of war USS Kearsarge fought one of the American Civil War's most memorable naval actions.
• The battleship USS Kearsarge (BB-5) sailed with the Great White Fleet.
• The aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) was briefly named Kearsarge before she was launched.
• The aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
• USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1993.