{{Italic title prefixed|3}} Only one vessel of the United States Navy has been named '''USS ''Wilmington''''', after the city of Wilmington, Delaware, although the name was intended for two others.
thumb|right|USS ''Wilmington'' (PG-8) * The only completed {{USS|Wilmington|PG-8}} was Gunboat No. 8, commissioned in 1897, renamed ''Dover'' in 1941, and continuing in service until 1945. * What was to be the second {{USS|Wilmington|CL-79}}, a {{sclass|Cleveland|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, was completed as the {{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|0}} light aircraft carrier {{USS|Cabot|CVL-28}}. * Another light cruiser of the {{sclass|Fargo|cruiser|4}}, {{USS|Wilmington|CL-111}}, was laid down in March 1945, but suspended in August and later scrapped.
==See also== *CSS ''Wilmington'', a casemate ironclad built for the Confederate States Navy
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