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Yes. That's why it was called 'USS'. Ships of the Confederate Navy were 'CSS'.
USS Chesapeake
The main difference between the two designators is that one is manned mainly by civilian personnel and the other is manned by naval personnel, meaning US navy sailors. Both types are owned and operated by the United States Navy. Usually USNS ships are manned by civillian personnel from the Military Sealift Command. A command primarily tasked with restocking and resupplying US Naval Ships.
USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama
USS Constitution. Aka "Old Ironsides." Simply because it's the oldest ship in the Navy still commissioned.