USS Adams

USS Adams may refer to:

• USS Adams (1799), was a 28-gun frigate launched in 1799 and active in the War of 1812 and scuttled to prevent capture in 1814. Named for President John Adams.
• USS Adams (1874), was a wooden screw steamer commissioned in 1876 and decommissioned in 1919, also named for John Adams.
• USS Adams (DM-27), was a destroyer minelayer serving at the end of World War II, named for WWII aviator LT Samuel Adams

See also

• USS John Adams - list of US Naval ships named for President Adams
• USS Charles F. Adams a guided missile destroyer that served during the Cold War.
• Adams, a 200-ton brig purchased during the summer of 1812 but captured by the British and renamed HMS Detroit. The Americans briefly recaptured her but had to abandon her when she grounded; she was then burnt