There have been four United States Navy ships named USS Pensacola: The first USS Pensacola (1859) was a steamer launched in 1859 and was decommissioned in 1911. The second USS Pensacola (AK-7) was a German steamer seized when the United States entered World War I and used as a transport. The third USS Pensacola (CA-24) was a cruiser launched in 1926 that served until the end of World War II. The fourth USS Pensacola (LSD-38) was a landing ship launched in 1971 and decommissioned in 1999. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.