Only one vessel of the United States Navy has been named USS Wilmington, after the city of Wilmington, Delaware, although the name was intended for two others.
- The only completed was Gunboat No. 8, commissioned in 1897, renamed Dover in 1941, and continuing in service until 1945.
- What was to be the second , a light cruiser, was completed as the light aircraft carrier .
- Another light cruiser of the , , was laid down in March 1945, but suspended in August and later scrapped.
See also
- CSS Wilmington, a casemate ironclad built for the Confederate States Navy