Other Ships named USS Cincinnati-- Part 2: A Light Cruiser and a Nuclear Submarine

3.  THE THIRD USS CINCINNATI--  Was a light cruiser (CL-6) commissioned in 1924.  Did Atlantic patrols in World War II and forced the scuttling of the German ship Annalies Essberger, taking 62 prisoners in November 1942.

Later service in the Mediterranean Sea and the invasion of France.  Scrapped 1946, but the ship's bell and other items saved by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

4.  THE FOURTH USS CINCINNATI--  (SSN-693)  A Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine in service 1978-1996.  Pieces of it were saved.

--Cooter

Other Ships Named USS Cincinnati-- Part 1: A Union Ironclad and Protected Cruiser

The FIRST USS CINCINNATI was a Union ironclad gunboat during the Civil War that operated on the rivers and Gulf of Mexico.  It was sunk twice in battles and raised each time.  It was sold in 1866.

The SECOND USS CINCINNATI (C-7) was a protected cruiser which served from 1894 to 1919.  The crew adopted a goat from the Cincinnati Zoo as a mascot.  After it was scrapped, pieces of it were used in the construction of the third USS Cincinnati.

This ship was in both the Spanish-American War and World War I.

--DaCoot

A New USS Cincinnati Commissioned

From Cincinnati.com.

The new USS Cincinnati (LCS-290) will be commissioned today.  It is the fifth warship in the U.S. Navy to bear the name.  A picture of it strongly resembles a Civil War Confederate ironclad.

It was built by the Austal USA Shipyard and will be commissioned at Mobile, Alabama.

The ship is an Independence-class littoral combat ship designed to work close to shore and can go at speeds of up to 51 mph.

She is the seventh ship of her class and crewed by just 40.

--Cooter