USS Whippoorwill is a name that has been used more than once by the U.S. Navy in naming its ships:
- USS Whippoorwill (AM-35) laid down on 12 December 1917 at Mobile, Alabama.
- USS Whippoorwill (AMS-207) laid down on 7 January 1954 at Bellingham, Washington.
Famous quotes containing the word whippoorwill:
“Ellie: By the way, what’s your name?
Peter: What’s that?
Ellie: Who are you?
Peter: Who, me? I’m the whippoorwill that cries in the night. I’m the soft morning breeze that caresses your lovely face.
Ellie: You’ve got a name, haven’t you?
Peter: Yeah, I got a name. Peter Warne.
Ellie: Peter Warne? I don’t like it.”
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)