Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Alpha, after the first letter in the Greek alphabet.
- The USS Alpha (1864), a screw tug bearing a spar torpedo during the Civil War
- The USS Alpha (SP-586), a motor yacht that patrolled off Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut during World War I; built 1911; purchased by U.S. Navy in 1917; sold in 1919
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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