USS Bainbridge may refer to any of five warships named after the early U.S. Navy hero William Bainbridge: USS Bainbridge, was a 12-gun brig commissioned in 1842 and lost off Cape Hatteras in 1863 USS Bainbridge, was the first destroyer of the US Navy, in service from 1902 to 1919 USS Bainbridge, was a destroyer, commissioned in 1920 and sold in 1945 USS Bainbridge, was commissioned as a nuclear-powered frigate and in service from 1962 to 1996. Wikipedia