Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Antietam, after the Battle of Antietam. , was a sailing sloop launched in 1864 and used as a stores ship. , was an aircraft carrier commissioned at the end of World War II, a combatant in the Korean War, and decommissioned in 1963. , is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1987, and currently on active service. See also USCGC Antietam, later renamed , was a cutter which was commissioned from 1927 to 1944 before capsizing. Sources United States Navy ship names