USS Guardian

USS Guardian may refer to:

  • USS Guardian (YAGR-1), launched as Liberty Ship SS James G. Squires in 1945; placed in reserve at the end of World War II, converted to a radar picket ship and recommissioned as the USS Guardian in 1955, decommissioned in 1965, and scrapped in 1971
  • Motor Torpedo Boat PT-809, a PT boat under the Potomac River Naval Command; named USS Guardian in November 1959 (official designation remained PT-809)
  • USS Guardian (MCM-5), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship that was launched in 1987, commissioned in 1989, and currently in service
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Famous quotes containing the word guardian:

    That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.
    Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)