USS Canandaigua (IX-233), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Canandaigua, New York. She was acquired by the Navy 20 September 1945 and placed in service. She sank 22 November but was raised and placed out of service at New London, Connecticut, on 5 January 1946. She was sold there 31 October 1946.