Several ships have been named Fulton, at least some after the American pioneer of steam-powered water transport Robert Fulton.
Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Fulton: , later Fulton, a catamaran steam frigate, launched in 1815, delivered to the Navy in 1816 and used as a receiving ship until she exploded in 1829 , a sidewheel steamer launched in 1837, captured by the Confederates in 1861 and destroyed in the evacuation of Pensacola in 1862 , a submarine tender launched in 1914, reclassified as a gunboat (PG-49) in 1930, and decommissioned in 1934 , a tugboat, converted into a patrol vessel and in commission from 1917 to 1919 , a , launched in 1940 and struck in 1991
Other ships , launched in 1833 and served until 1867 , a steamer chartered by the Union Army during the American Civil War Tugboat Fulton, built in 1909 for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Co, and served as in World War I , launched in 1911, built by A. C. Brown & Son, Tottenville, New York for NY & NJ SS Co. , launched in 1919 and served until 1935 , originally named Fulton, launched in 1904 and the prototype for s
See also , a sternwheel steamer in service as a tender with the United States Army's Ram Fleet from 1862 to ca. 1864 , a New York excursion vessel built in 1909 for Hudson River Day Line and finally scrapped in 1968 Robert Fulton, a Liberty ship built in 1942