USS CABOT

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named 'USS ''Cabot''', after the explorer John Cabot.

★ The first ''Cabot'' was a 14-gun brig purchased in 1775 and captured by the British in 1777.

★ The second ''Cabot'' (CVL-28) was a light aircraft carrier active in World War II, transferred to Spain in 1967 where she served as ''Dédalo'', then returned to the Navy in 1989. The ship spent most of the 1990s tied to a dock in New Orleans while various groups attempted to save her as a memorial; however, plans to preserve the ship fell through, and after some legal wrangling, the ship was scrapped in 2000.

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