USS Vicksburg

Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Vicksburg, named in honor of the city Vicksburg, Mississippi, and/or the Civil War Battle of Vicksburg (1863).


 * The first USS Vicksburg (1863) was a steamship, purchased and commissioned by the Navy in 1863, and sold in 1865.


 * The second USS Vicksburg (PG-11) was a gunboat, commissioned in 1897 and renamed Alexander Hamilton in 1922 in the Coast Guard. Around 1935, she was renamed Beta and finally placed out of service in 1944.


 * The third USS Vicksburg (CL-81), was a Cleveland-class cruiser light cruiser, that was renamed USS Houston during construction. The ship was commissioned as USS Houston on 20 December 1943 and decommissioned on 15 December 1947.


 * The fourth USS Vicksburg (CL-86), originally named USS Cheyenne (CL-86), was a Cleveland-class cruiser light cruiser, commissioned in 1944 and struck in 1962.


 * The fifth USS Vicksburg (CG-69), originally named USS Port Royal (CG-69), is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser guided missile cruiser, commissioned in 1992 and on active service as of 2013.