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USS Chaffinch

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USS Chaffinch may refer to one of the following United States Navy ships named after the common chaffinch:

  • USS Chaffinch (AM-81), was built in 1928 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts, as Trimont. She was purchased by the Navy on 29 November 1940 and commissioned 16 July 1941.
  • USS Chaffinch (AMCU-18), the former USS LSI(L)-694 converted to a coastal minesweeper in 1952