USS Charlottesville (PF-25), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlottesville, Virginia.
Charlottesville (PF-25) was launched on 30 July 1943 by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company in Superior, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Gleason, wife of the mayor of Charlottesville; and commissioned on 10 April 1944, with Lieutenant W. F. Cass, USCG, in command.