USS Trenton
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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Trenton, after the city of Trenton, New Jersey, site of the Battle of Trenton in the American Revolutionary War.
- The first Trenton was a wooden screw steamer commissioned in 1877 and wrecked at Samoa by a hurricane in 1889.
- The second Trenton (CL-11) was a light cruiser initially in service in 1924, seeing some action during World War II, and decommissioned in 1945.
- The third Trenton (LPD-14) is an amphibious transport dock commissioned in 1971 and on active service as of 2004.