# USS Fern

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**USS *Fern*** is a name used more than once by the [U.S. Navy](/source/U.S._Navy):

- [USS *Fern* (1862)](/source/USS_Fern_(1862)), a tugboat used during the American Civil War
- [USS *Fern* (1871)](/source/USS_Fern_(1871)), a lighthouse tender built in 1871 that was transferred to the US Navy in 1891.
- [USLHT *Fern*](/source/USLHT_Fern) (1915), a lighthouse tender, was acquired by the Navy and placed in service on 4 September 1917. She was assigned to the 13th Naval District and patrolled Alaskan waters until her return to the Lighthouse Service under Executive Order of 1 July 1919.

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