Editing USS Alert (section)

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Five ships of the [[United States Navy]] have borne the name '''''Alert'''''.  During [[World War I]], three ships held the name simultaneously.

* [[HMS Alert (1804)|USS ''Alert'' (1812)]], was an 18-gun sloop-of-war captured from the United Kingdom in the War of 1812 that was sold in 1829 for breaking up.
* {{USS|Alert|1861}}, was a screw tug used during the Civil War.
* {{USS|Alert|AS-4}}, was a screw steamer in use during the late 19th century and World War I.
* {{USS|Alert|1896}}, was a steam launch acquired from the Coast Guard during World War I.
* {{USS|Alert|SP-511}}, was used as a patrol boat during World War I.

Seven cutters of the [[United States Coast Guard]] have borne the name '''''Alert'''''.

* {{USRC|Alert|1818}} A schooner homeported at Eastport, Maine. 75 ton displacement.<ref name=Canney11>Canney, p 11</ref>
* {{USRC|Alert|1829}} A schooner built to replace built to replace ''Alert'' (1818). 120 ton displacement.<ref name=Canney13>Canney, p 13</ref>
* {{USRC|Alert|1877}} A centerboard sloop used for life saving duty at Tom's River, New Jersey. 10 ton displacement.<ref name=Canney45>Canney, p 45</ref>
* {{USRC|Alert|1901}} A steam launch  originally homeported at Mobile, Alabama. 19 ton displacement.<ref name=Canney59>Canney, p 59</ref>
* {{USRC|Alert|1907}} A steam harbor tug replacing ''Alert'' (1901) at Mobile, Alabama. 35 ton displacement.<ref name=Canney62>Canney, p 62</ref>
* {{USCGC|Alert|WMEC-127}} An ''Active''-class cutter, commissioned as WSC-127, homeported at various stations in California.<ref name=Canney98>Canney, p 98</ref><ref name=Scheina57>Scheina, p 57</ref>
* {{USCGC|Alert|WMEC-630}}, a ''Reliance''-class cutter.<ref name=Scheina40>Scheina, p 40</ref>