USS George Washington Carver

USS George Washington Carver may refer to ships named in honor of the inventor George Washington Carver:

  • SS George Washington Carver, a Liberty ship, launched in May 1943; acquired by the War Department in November 1943, renamed United States Army hospital ship USAHS Dogwood; converted to a troop transport USAT George Washington Carver in January 1946; scrapped in 1964 in Oakland, California.
  • USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656) was a Benjamin Franklin-class submarine fleet ballistic missile submarine commissioned in 1966 and decommissioned in 1993
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