USS Croatan
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Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Croatan, after the Croatan Sound of the North Carolina coast.
- USS Croatan (CVE-14), was an escort carrier loaned to the United Kingdom and operated as HMS Fencer from February 1943 to 1946.
- USS Croatan (CVE-25), was also an escort carrier, commissioned August 1943 and placed out of service in 1946, but operated by a civilian crew for some years thereafter.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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.