USS Jupiter

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Jupiter:

USS Jupiter (AC-3) served as a collier from 1913 to 1920 and was converted into the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier, being renamed USS Langley on 21 April 1920 and being recommissioned as an aircraft carrier in 1922.
USS Jupiter (AK-43), a cargo ship commissioned 22 August 1942 and scrapped in March 1971.

Jupiter is the Roman god and also the biggest planet in solar system.

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