USS_Bunker_Hill Knowpia

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bunker Hill, in remembrance of the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War:

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), was an Essex-class aircraft carrier that fought heavily in the Pacific during World War II and was destroyed by Kamikaze attacks^[1]
USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), was a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1986 and decommissioned in 2023^[2]

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SS Bunker Hill, was acquired by the United States Navy in 1917 and commissioned as USS Aroostook (CM-3).
SS Bunker Hill, a civilian-operated T2 tanker steamer, sank on 6 March 1964 after an explosion. She broke in two near Anacortes, Washington.

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^ Bunker Hill I, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
^ Bunker Hill II, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

[1] Bunker Hill I, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

[2] Bunker Hill II, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

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