USS Platte (AO-24) [SEP] vessel class
USS Platte (AO-24)
USS "Platte" (AO-24) was a "Cimarron"-class oiler serving with the United States Navy, named for the 1836 Platte Purchase that included the Platte Rivers in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. Her memorial in Platte County, Missouri honors all four rivers that share the name recorded by Lewis and Clark in 1803. 
"Platte" was built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 8 July 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Harold R. Stark; and commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia
, the highest mountain in the Steinwald, in the Fichtel Mountains, Germany
- Department of the Platte, a military administrative district from 1866 to 1898
- Platte Media successor to Micro Bill Systems Ltd.
- Platte Purchase, an 1836 addition to the state of Missouri
- Platte River, a large tributary of the Missouri River
- USS "Platte" (AO-24)
- USS "Platte" (AO-186)
See also.
- Plat
- Platt (disambiguation)
- Platts (disambiguation