USS Somerset
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Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Somerset, in honor of one or more of the Somerset Counties, in Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, and/or Pennsylvania.
- The first, Somerset (1862), was a side wheel ferryboat, launched and purchased in 1862 and sold in 1865. She was fitted with a battery and assigned to the East Gulf Squadron of the Union Navy, Captain English, commander. In 1862 she captured the English ship, Circassian. In 1866, the rejuvenated Somerset began a career as a New York ferryboat which lasted until she was retired in 1914.
- The second, Somerset (1917), was a wooden motorboat, launched in 1917 and leased by the Navy from April to November 1918.
- The third, Somerset (AK-212), was a Alamosa-class cargo ship, launched in January 1945 and struck in December 1945.
- The fifth, Somerset (LPD-25), will be a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. As of 2006, she is scheduled to be launched in 2010.
