USS Leyte
USS
Leyte
may refer to the following ships of the
United States Navy
:
USS
Leyte
(1887)
, was a 151-ton Spanish
gunboat
built in 1887 in
Hong Kong
by
Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock
and captured during the Spanish–American War. The vessel served on the
Asiatic Station
in the
Philippines
as ferry boat/guard ship from 1900 until 1902, then as a target range and ferry to 1907.
[
1
]
Sold and fate unknown after 1907.
[
2
]
USS
Leyte
(ARG-8)
, was a repair ship commissioned August 1944 and renamed
Maui
in May 1945
USS
Leyte
(CV-32)
, was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1946 and decommissioned in 1959
^
"Leyte - Gunboat"
.
Navsource
. Retrieved
18 April
2024
.
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https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/09937.htm