USS Callao
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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Callao.
- USS Callao (YFB-11), was a Spanish gunboat captured in Manila Bay 12 May 1898 and put into service with the Navy. She was commissioned and decommissioned several times until sold at Manila 13 September 1923.
- USS Callao (ID-4036), was a transport built in 1913-1914 as Sierra Cordoba and transferred to the Navy 26 April 1919. She was decommissioned at Norfolk 20 September 1919.
- USS Callao (IX-205), was built in 1943-1944 as Externsteine for the German Navy. She was captured, and commissioned into the Navy 24 January 1945. She was decommissioned 10 May 1950, and sold 30 September 1950.
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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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