USS General Greene

Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS General Greene for Nathanael Greene.

  • USRC General Green was a revenue cutter built in 1791
  • USS General Greene (1799) was a frigate built in 1799 and participated in the Quasi-War with France

Other ships are similarly named for Nathanael Greene:

  • USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636), a James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine
  • USAV MG Nathanael Greene (LT 801), a United States Army tugboat
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.

Famous quotes containing the words general and/or greene:

    The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
    Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

    He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.
    —Graham Greene (1904–1991)