USS Onondaga
Three vessels of the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard have been named USS Onondaga, after Onondaga Lake and Onondaga County, New York.
- The first Onondaga was a monitor in use during the Civil War and later sold to the French Navy.
- The second Onondaga was a U.S. Revenue Cutter Service cutter commissioned in 1898 that served in the U.S. Navy, 1917–1918.
- The third Onondaga was a U.S. Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1934 to 1947, and operated as part of the Navy from 1941 to 1945.
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