The ship served in the Fast Carrier Force. Higbee, Superintendent of Navy Nurse Corps 1911-1922. Watseka (YT-387), harbor tug named for Pottawatomi woman.įirst warship named for a woman by the USN and the first USN ship so named to take part in combat operations. Mary Lyon (AP-71), transport named 20 Aug.ĭix (AP-67), transport, named for Dorothea Dix 20 Aug. Stanton (AP-69), troop transport named 20 Aug.įlorence Nightingale (AP-70), transport named 20 Aug. Sacagawea (YT-241, harbor tug), name assigned to tug acquired by Maritime Commission for Navy use.Įlizabeth C.

It was transferred to the Navy when the Civil War began in 1861 and captured by Confederates at Galveston Jan 1863. Navy ship named for a woman was the Harriet Lane a Revenue Cutter, named for niece of President James Buchanan, who served as Buchanan's White House hostess. Ships named for Women and More 'Firsts' The very first American armed ship named for a woman was Lady Washington a small wooden river gunboat built in 1776 by New York State to defend the Hudson River, named in honor of Martha Washington.

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