USS Petrel

Four ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Petrel for the sea bird of the same name.

• USS Petrel (1846), a schooner purchased in 1846; later served in the United States Coast Survey
• USS Petrel (1862), a steamship, purchased in 1862; captured in 1864
• USS Petrel (PG-2), a gunboat, commissioned in 1889 and decommissioned in 1919
• USS Petrel (ASR-14), a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship; commissioned 24 September 1946; decommissioned on 30 September 1991

See also

• USS Cobra (SP-626), a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1934 that served as the United States Bureau of Fisheries patrol boat Petrel from 1919 to 1934

List of ships with the same or similar names

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