USS Petrel

Four ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Petrel for the sea bird of the same name.


 * USS Petrel (1846), a schooner purchased in 1846; later served in the U.S. Coastal Survey
 * USS Petrel (1862), a steamship, purchased in 1862; captured in 1864
 * USS Petrel (PG-2), a gunboat, commissioned in 1889 and decommissioned in 1919
 * USS Petrel (ASR-14), a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship; commissioned 24 September 1946; decommissioned on 30 September 1991