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USS Protector

USS Protector may refer to the following ships:USS Protector was a Continental Navy frigate captured by the British in May 1781. USS Protector (1798) was a full-rigged ship. USS Protector was the planned name for the monitor USS Dictator; name changed while the ship was still on the stocks USS Protector (ARS-14) was commissioned 28 December 1943; performed salvage and diving operations during much of her career; decommissioned on 15 May 1946 USS Protector (YAGR-11) was laid down as the Liberty ship SS Warren P. Marks; commissioned as the Protector 20 February 1957; operated off the United States Eastern Seaboard until her decommissioning 28 July 1965

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USS Protector may refer to the following ships:

  • USS Protector was a Continental Navy frigate captured by the British in May 1781.1
  • USS Protector (1798) was a full-rigged ship.2
  • USS Protector was the planned name for the monitor USS Dictator; name changed while the ship was still on the stocks
  • USS Protector (ARS-14) was commissioned 28 December 1943; performed salvage and diving operations during much of her career; decommissioned on 15 May 1946
  • USS Protector (YAGR-11) was laid down as the Liberty ship SS Warren P. Marks; commissioned as the Protector 20 February 1957; operated off the United States Eastern Seaboard until her decommissioning 28 July 1965
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  1. "The Continental Navy". founderspatriots.org. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. "American ship 'Protector' (1798)". Threedecks. Retrieved 16 January 2022.