 four ships of the united states navy have borne the name uss tecumseh, in honor of tecumseh (ca. 1768â1813), a shawnee indian chief. * the first , was a canonicus-class monitor, commissioned on 19 april 1864. it was lost with almost all hands on 5 august, at the battle of mobile bay. * the second , was a tugboat, originally named edward luckenbach, purchased by the navy in 1898 and renamed. she served off and on until she was struck from the navy list ca. 1945. * the third , was a pessacus-class tugboat, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1975. * the fourth , was a james madison-class ballistic missile submarine, commissioned in 1964 and struck in 1993.  
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