USS Platte (AO-24)
 USS Platte (AO-24) was a Cimarron-class oiler serving with the United States Navy named for the 1836 Platte Purchase that included the Platte Rivers in Iowa Missouri and Nebraska. Her memorial in Platte County Missouri honors all four rivers that share the name recorded by Lewis and Clark in 1803. Platte was built by the Bethlehem Steel Company Baltimore Maryland; launched 8 July 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Harold R. Stark; and commissioned at Norfolk Virginia 1 December 1939 Commander P. L.