USS Cumberland
Three ships of the
United States Navy
have been named
Cumberland
, after the
Cumberland River
.
USS
Cumberland
(1842)
was a 50-gun
sailing frigate
launched in 1842 and sunk by
CSS
Virginia
in 1862.
USS
Cumberland
(IX-8)
was a steel-hulled sailing bark launched 17 August 1904 and disposed of in 1947.
USS
Cumberland
(AO-153)
was a
fleet oiler
launched in 1944 and scrapped in 1972.