Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 SNS Dedalo, then returned to the Navy in 1989. Plans to preserve the ship fell through, and after some legal wrangling, the ship was scrapped in 2000. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.