USS Callao

USS Callao

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named "Callao".

*USS|Callao|YFB-11, was a Spanish gunboat captured in Manila Bay 12 May 1898 and put into service with the Navy. She was commissioned and decommissioned several times until sold at Manila 13 September 1923.

*USS|Callao|ID-4036, was a transport built in 1913-1914 as "Sierra Cordoba" and transferred to the Navy 26 April 1919. She was decommissioned at Norfolk 20 September 1919.

*USS|Callao|IX-205, was built in 1943-1944 as "Externsteine" for the German Navy. She was captured, and commissioned into the Navy 24 January 1945. She was decommissioned 10 May 1950, and sold 30 September 1950.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c2-list.htm


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