USS Bennington

Template:Italic title prefixed Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bennington, after the town of Bennington, Vermont. The Battle of Bennington occurred on 16 August 1777.

• Template:USS, was commissioned in 1891 and took possession of Wake Island during the Spanish–American War.
• Template:USS, was an aircraft carrier of World War II and decommissioned in 1970.

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