USS Arcadia
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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Arcadia, after Arcadia, the district of the Peloponnesus in Greece.
- USS Arcadia (SP-856), was a wooden motorboat built in 1915.
- USS Arcadia (1896), was a German steamship, seized by customs officials upon the entry of the United States into World War I.
- USS Arcadia (AD-23), was apparently misnamed in an effort to commemorate Acadia, the name for Nova Scotia before England expelled French colonists from the region.
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- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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