USS Galena
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Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Galena. They were named for a city in Kansas, a city in Illinois; a town in Maryland and a town in Missouri; and a village in Ohio and a village in Alaska. All of those which were named for a native lead sulfide, the chief ore of lead.
- USS Galena (1862), was a steamship, during the American Civil War
- USS Galena (1880), was a steamship commissioned in 1880 and decommissioned in 1890
- USS Galena (PC-1136), was a patrol boat commissioned in 1943 and decommissioned in 1946

