A number of American ships have been named Harvard, including:
Merchant ships , a bulk carrier built in 1900 for the Pittsburgh Steamship Company , a coastal passenger ship, which also served as troopship USS Charles , a steam trawler, later converted to the fishery research vessel Albatross III , a diesel trawler, which also as served as the Q-ship USS Captor
and also , a VC2-S-AP1 standard Victory Ship, built in 1945. Launched as the first of a new series of U.S. Maritime Commission ships named after U.S. educational institutions, The Harvard Corporation later voted to give the ship a library of about 140 volumes selected by the American Merchant Marine Library Association. , a EC2-S-C1 standard Liberty Ship built in 1942. Naval ships , an auxiliary cruiser purchased for use in the Spanish–American War and in commission during 1898 USS Harvard (ID-1298), a troop transport acquired in April 1918 that was renamed two days after commissioning, then was again renamed USS Harvard in July 1920 before being sold in October 1920 , a leased yacht in commission as a patrol boat from 1917 to 1919
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