# USS Siren

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**USS *Siren*** is a name used more than once by the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy):

- [USS *Syren* (1803)](/source/USS_Syren_(1803)) was a [brig](/source/Brig) that the British [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) captured in 1814; she was last listed in 1815
- [USS *Siren* (1862)](/source/USS_Siren_(1862)) was the steamer *White Rose* that the Union Navy purchased in 1864 and used as a gunboat on the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River) until sold in 1865; reverting to the name *White Rose*, she served in river commerce until abandoned in 1867.
- [USS *Siren* (1897)](/source/USS_Siren_(1897)), a [schooner](/source/Schooner) commissioned on 24 June 1898. She captured the Norwegian steamer *Franklin* off Cuba on 2 August 1898 for blockade violation.
- [USS *Siren* (PY-13)](/source/USS_Siren_(PY-13)), a patrol [yacht](/source/Yacht) commissioned 15 November 1940.

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