USS Buffalo - Definition and Overview

Three United States Navy ships have been named Buffalo, the first after the large mammal, the others after the city of Buffalo, New York.

• The first Buffalo was a 3-gun sloop purchased April 1813 at Philadelphia and attached to the Delaware Flotilla. Under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Angus, she took part in the flotilla's 29 July 1813 attack on British frigate HMS Junon and sloop-of-war HMS Martin. She was sold at Philadelphia 12 August 1816.
• The second Buffalo was an auxiliary cruiser purchased for use in the Spanish-American War.
• The third Buffalo (SSN-715) is the 25th Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine.

Light cruiser hull CL-84 was to have been named Buffalo, but was cancelled 16 December 1940.

Hull CL-99 was also to have been a Buffalo, but was converted into the light aircraft carrier Bataan (CVL-29).

Hull CL-110 was yet another attempt to have a cruiser Buffalo, but was cancelled 12 August 1945.