USS

See also: uss, USs, uss-, US$, us's, U.S.S., üss, and ūss

Translingual

Symbol

USS

  1. (international standards, historical) ISO 4217 currency code for the former United States dollar same-day funds; a unit of account used until 2014.

English

Noun

USS

  1. (nautical, military) Initialism of United States Ship.
    • 2022 February 7, Brad Lendon and Ivan Watson, “Newly leaked video shows F-35 crashing in flames on aircraft carrier”, in CNN‎[1]:
      “We are aware that there has been an unauthorized release of video footage from flight deck cameras onboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) of the F-35C Lightning II crash that occurred Jan. 24, in the South China Sea. There is an ongoing investigation into both the crash and the unauthorized release of the shipboard video footage,” Cmdr. Zach Harrell, spokesperson for Commander, Naval Air Forces, said in an email.
  2. (pathology) Initialism of Upshaw-Schulman syndrome.

Proper noun

USS

  1. Initialism of United States Steel (a steel company)
  2. (India, historical, philately) Initialism of United States of Saurashtra.

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