USS Kingfisher is a name used by four ships of the U.S. Navy:
- USS Kingfisher (1861) was a bark purchased by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts, 2 August 1861.
- USS Kingfisher (SP-76), a motor launch, was built in 1916 by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts.
- USS Kingfisher (AM-25) launched 30 March 1918 by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound, Washington.
- USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) is the sixth ship of Osprey-class coastal mine hunters.
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Famous quotes containing the word kingfisher:
“the mud
Flies from his hunching wings and beak—my heart,
The blue kingfisher dives on you in fire.”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)