How USS Puritan became a replacement disguised as a rebuild

Did the US Navy ever repeat the procurement trick used for USS Puritan?

Similar maneuvers are recalled as possibilities, but no additional example is supplied; Puritan is regarded as the successful case.

Puritan is described as the successful example of an effective new ship being presented as a continuation of an older one. The first vessel was intended as a single-turret monitor but was broken up before the planned construction was completed. Her name passed to another ship that was then built up. Clarke thinks the Navy tried similar maneuvers on other occasions, but supplies no further example here. His claim that the trick only really worked for Puritan remains a qualified recollection.