Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Antietam, after the Civil War Battle of Antietam. The first Antietam was a sailing sloop launched in 1864 and used as a stores ship. The second Antietam (CV-36) was an aircraft carrier commissioned at the end of World War II, a combatant in the Korean War, and decommissioned in 1963. The third Antietam (CG-54) is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1987, and on active service as of 2003. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.