title: USS Abner Read
text: # USS Abner Read
  
  USS Abner Read has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:
  
  * USS Abner Read (DD-526), a Fletcher-class destroyer commissioned in 1943 and sunk in 1944
  * USS Abner Read (DD-769), a Gearing-class destroyer laid down during World War II but cancelled during construction in September 1946 and scrapped on the building ways
  