# USS Niagara

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For a ship with a similar name, see [USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3)](/source/USS_Niagara_Falls_(AFS-3)).

**USS *Niagara*** may refer to the following ships of the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy):

- [USS *Niagara* (1813)](/source/USS_Niagara_(1813)), was a [brig](/source/Brig) launched in 1813, and served as [Oliver Hazard Perry](/source/Oliver_Hazard_Perry)'s [flagship](/source/Flagship) during the [Battle of Lake Erie](/source/Battle_of_Lake_Erie). Sunk for preservation in 1820, she was raised in 1913 and rebuilt as [US Brig *Niagara*](/source/US_Brig_Niagara_(museum_ship)) for the 100th anniversary of the battle.
- [USS *Niagara* (1855)](/source/USS_Niagara_(1855)), was an [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War)-era steam [frigate](/source/Frigate) launched in 1855 and sold in 1885
- [USS *Niagara* (1898)](/source/USS_Niagara_(1898)), was a [steamer](/source/Steamship), built in 1877, and acquired by the US Navy in 1898 for service in the [Spanish–American War](/source/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War) and sold in 1899
- A [submarine tender](/source/Submarine_tender) named *Niagara* was laid down in 1911 but renamed [USS *Fulton*](/source/USS_Fulton_(AS-1)) prior to completion
- [USS *Niagara* (SP-246)](/source/USS_Niagara_(SP-246)), was a [motor boat](/source/Motor_boat) built in 1913 and acquired by the US Navy for [World War I](/source/World_War_I) in 1917, and served until 1919
- [USS *Niagara* (SP-263)](/source/USS_Niagara_(SP-263)), was a [yacht](/source/Yacht) built in 1915 and acquired by the US Navy in 1917 serving until 1922. She was later transferred to the [US Coast Guard](/source/US_Coast_Guard), reclassified as a USLHT, and renamed *Poinsettia*.
- [USS *Niagara* (SP-136)](/source/USS_Niagara_(SP-136)), was a yacht, built in 1898 and acquired by the US Navy in 1917 and converted into an armed patrol yacht. She was reclassified "PY-9" in 1920, and finally struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1931.
- [USS *Niagara* (PG-52)](/source/USS_Niagara_(PG-52)), was a yacht built in 1929 as *Hi-Esmaro*. Acquired by the Navy in 1940 and sunk in battle on 22 May 1943
- [USS *Niagara* (APA-87)](/source/USS_Niagara_(APA-87)), was an [amphibious assault ship](/source/Amphibious_assault_ship) which served from 1945 to 1950

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