USS Antietam

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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Antietam, after the Civil War Battle of Antietam.

• The first Antietam was a sailing sloop launched in 1864 and used as a stores ship.

• The second Antietam (CV-36) was an aircraft carrier commissioned at the end of World War II, a combatant in the Korean War, and decommissioned in 1963.

• The third Antietam (CG-54) is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1987, and on active service as of 2003.

 

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