# USS Protector

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**USS *Protector*** may refer to the following ships:

- USS *Protector* was a [Continental Navy](/source/Continental_Navy) [frigate](/source/Frigate) captured by the British in May 1781.[1]
- [USS *Protector* (1798)](/source/USS_Protector_(1798)) was a [full-rigged ship](/source/Full-rigged_ship).[2]
- USS *Protector* was the planned name for the monitor [USS *Dictator*](/source/USS_Dictator); name changed while the ship was still on the stocks
- [USS *Protector* (ARS-14)](/source/USS_Protector_(ARS-14)) was commissioned 28 December 1943; performed salvage and diving operations during much of her career; decommissioned on 15 May 1946
- [USS *Protector* (YAGR-11)](/source/USS_Protector_(YAGR-11)) was laid down as the [Liberty ship](/source/Liberty_ship) SS *Warren P. Marks*; commissioned as the *Protector* 20 February 1957; operated off the United States Eastern Seaboard until her decommissioning 28 July 1965

## Citations

1. ["The Continental Navy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210921203212/https://www.founderspatriots.org/articles/contenental_navy.php). *founderspatriots.org*. Archived from [the original](https://www.founderspatriots.org/articles/contenental_navy.php) on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

1. ["American ship 'Protector' (1798)"](https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2529). Threedecks. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

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