USS Charlotte explained

Four vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Charlotte, after the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.

• was a Confederate schooner captured by Federal forces in 1862 and used until 1867.
• was the armored cruiser North Carolina renamed in 1920, a year before decommissioning.
• was a patrol frigate used by the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
• is a nuclear-attack submarine commissioned in 1994.