Three vessels of the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard have been named USS Onondaga, after Onondaga Lake and Onondaga County, New York. The first was a monitor in use during the American Civil War and later sold to the French Navy. The second was a United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter commissioned in 1898 that served in the U.S. Navy, 1917–1918. The third was a United States Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1934 to 1947, and operated as part of the Navy from 1941 to 1945. United States Navy ship names