User:Gunter.krebs/List of U.S. military vessels named after Presidents

These are vessels named for Presidents of the United States of America.

President	Ships	Remarks
George Washington	USS Washington (1775) was a schooner named Endeavor acquired by Gen. Washington in October 1775, renamed Washington, and re-rigged as a brigantine . USS Washington (1776) was a row galley that operated in Narragansett Bay during the winter and spring of 1776. USS Washington (1776) was one of 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress. She was launched in August 1776. lateen-rigged two-masted galley , was built in the autumn of 1776. USS George Washington (1798) was commissioned in 1798. USS George Washington (SSBN-598) USS George Washington (CVN-73)	had several vessels named after him before he died in 1799, including at least four in the 1770s and one in 1798. (See also USS Washington).
John Adams	USS John Adams (1799) was launched in 1799
Thomas Jefferson	USS Jefferson (1814) was launched in 1814;
James Madison	USS James Madison (1807) was commissioned in 1807. USS Madison (1812) was a 14-gun schooner launched in 1812. USS Madison (1832) was a Van Buren-class schooner, designed by Edward Preble and built in 1832.	had three vessels named for him before he died on June 28, 1836.
Martin Van Buren	USS Van Buren (1839) was commissioned in 1839;	See also USS Van Buren
Abraham Lincoln	supercarrier

USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) was named in 2006; George H. W. Bush
is still alive.

See also