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USS Puritan
USS Puritan may refer to: and sold. In 1933, she was renamed the George M Cox.
• USS Puritan (1864), (1864), was a single-turret Sunk near the Rock of Ages Light off Isle Royale in
monitor that was never commissioned. She 1933.
remained in the docks until 1874 when she was • USS Puritan (IX-69), (IX-69), was an auxiliary
broken up and her name transferred to a new vessel. schooner, commissioned 19 May 1942 and served as a
• USS Puritan (BM-1), (BM-1), was an Puritan-class San Diego Coastal Patrol ship during World War II.
monitor. After a long fitting out period, she was She was struck from the Navy Register 28 June 1944
commissioned on 10 December 1896 and served in and transferred to the War Shipping Administration
the Spanish-American War and as a militia vessel for return to her former owner 18 November 1944.
thereafter. She was sold for scrap 26 January 1922. • USS Puritan (ACM-16), (ACM-16), was transferred to
• USS Puritan (ID-2222), (1918), was a transport, the Navy, 7 March 1951. After transfer she was
commissioned 20 November 1918 and used to ferry reclassified as MMA–16 and renamed Puritan
US troops home following World War I. She was effective 1 May 1955. She was struck from the Navy
decommissioned at New York 30 September 1919, List in 1959.
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