Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Bridgeport, after the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
USS Bridgeport (ID-3009 / AR-2 / AD-10), was originally the German passenger ship SS Breslau, seized during World War I and used as a troopship, then as a repair ship and a destroyer tender. USS Bridgeport (PG-166), a (originally patrol gunboat), was renamed Abilene (PF-58) on 28 June 1944. USS Bridgeport (CA-127) was to have been an heavy cruiser but construction was canceled on 12 August 1945.
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