USS Neptune
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Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Neptune in honor of the Roman god of the sea.
- USS Clyde (1863), a 294-ton side-wheel steam gunboat, was briefly named Neptune when first commissioned.
- The second USS Neptune, a 1244-ton screw steamship, served during the American Civil War.
- The third USS Neptune (AC-8), a collier, carried the first United States troops to Europe in World War I.
- The fourth USS Neptune (ARC-2), a Neptune-class cable repair ship, served throughout the Cold War.
A fictitious nuclear submarine USS Neptune was the setting of the movie "Gray Lady Down."