USS New England has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: , a whaler purchased in 1861 and sunk as an obstruction as part of the "Stone Fleet" in 1862 , a tug in commission from 1917 to 1919 , a ship originally planned as a submarine tender (AS-28), laid down as a destroyer tender (AD-32) in 1944, and cancelled in 1945 prior to launching United States Navy ship names