USS Porter
USS Porter may refer to one of several ships in the United States Navy named in honor of Commodore David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter. , a torpedo boat, launched in 1896, served during the Spanish–American War, and stricken in 1912 , a , commissioned in 1916, served in World War I, decommissioned in 1922, transferred to the United States Coast Guard as CG-7, returned to the Navy and scrapped in 1934 , the lead ship of her class of destroyers, commissioned in 1936, served in World War II and sunk in battle in October 1942 , a , commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1953 , an guided missile destroyer, commissioned in 1999 and actively serving Another ship with a similar name: United States Navy ship names