USS Circe

USS Circe

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Circe, after Circe, the sorceress in Homer's Odyssey.

  • The USS Circe only carried that name from 15 June to 10 August 1869 and was previously the Marietta.
  • The USS Circe (AKA-25) was launched on 4 August 1944 by the Walsh-Kaiser Company in Providence, Rhode Island.

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