USS Brooklyn

Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Brooklyn, after the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

• USS Brooklyn (1858), was a wooden screw sloop commissioned in 1859 and a participant in the American Civil War.
• USS Brooklyn (ACR-3), was a cruiser commissioned in 1896 and a flagship in the Spanish–American War.
• USS Brooklyn (CL-40), was a light cruiser commissioned in 1937 that saw service in World War II and was later transferred to Chile.

See also

• Other ships named Brooklyn

References

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

List of ships with the same or similar names

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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