Collection

Ships

Ships, builders, home ports, specifications, and histories.

Showing 7,801–7,850

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Historynotes
Henry M. Teller					1943-09-14 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2144 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2144 Merchant ship Original operator, War Shipping Administration WW II
Henry Meiggs					1944-04-25 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2788 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2788 Merchant ship Original operator, Coastwise (PFE) Line WW II
Henry Middleton					1942-11-04 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC	Maritime Commission E Hull 228 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 228 Merchant ship Original operator, Merch& Miners WW II Jul 1943, Operation Husky, Invasion of Sicily
Henry Middleton	Sch										Civil War Captured at Bull's Bay SC Aug 21 1861 by Vandalia
Henry Miller					1943-12-19 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2538 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2538 Merchant ship Original operator, Moore-McCormack WW II
Henry P. Williams	SP	509		Returned		1918-12-26 00:00:00.000		Bath Iron Works	Bath	ME	Built as Illawara Formerly under Navy control as Oneida, qv… Built as Illawara Formerly under Navy control as Oneida, qv Re-acquired by Navy Jun 27 1917 as Henry P. Williams (or H.P. Williams, per DANFS vol 5 pg 155) and classified SP-509 WW I - Returned to owner Dec 26 1918
Henry R. Kenyon	DE	683	Buckley	Decom	1943-11-30 00:00:00.000	1947-02-03 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem Steel Co.	Quincy	MA	Named for ENS Henry R. Kenyon, Jr., qv WW II Atlantic Jul… Named for ENS Henry R. Kenyon, Jr., qv WW II Atlantic Jul 1945, Pacific Decommissioned Feb 3 1947
Henry R. Mallory	ID	1280		Sunk	1918-04-17 00:00:00.000	1943-02-09 00:00:00.000		Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News	VA	Built 1916 Acquired by Navy Apr 13 1918 Commissioned Apr 1… Built 1916 Acquired by Navy Apr 13 1918 Commissioned Apr 17 1918 WW I - Troop transport Transferred to Army Oct 23 1919 Transferred to commercial carrier WW II Army transport Sunk Feb 7 1943 in Convoy SC-118 in North Atlantic by German torpedo (One source says Feb 9). 223 killed
Henry S. Foote					1943-05-12 00:00:00.000			Delta Shipbuilding Co., Inc.	New Orleans	LA	Maritime Commission E Hull 1041 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1041 Merchant ship Original operator, Lykes Bros. WW II
Henry S. Lane					1943-05-24 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission E Hull 2014 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2014 Merchant ship Original operator, Pacific Atlantic Steamship WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy
Henry S. Sanford					1944-03-04 00:00:00.000			St. Johns River Shipbuilding Co., Inc	Jacksonville	FL	Maritime Commission E Hull 2467 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2467 Merchant ship Original operator, Overlakes Freight WW II
Henry Seymour	SP	3225		Decom	1918-10-18 00:00:00.000	1919-05-15 00:00:00.000		A. C. Brown	Staten Island	NY	Wooden schooner barge built 1890 Purchased by Navy and take… Wooden schooner barge built 1890 Purchased by Navy and taken over Sep 22 1918 WW I - 3rd Naval District Decommissioned May 15 1919 and sold the same day
Henry St.G. Tucker					1942-06-08 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD	Maritime Commission E Hull 37 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission E Hull 37 Merchant ship Original operator, American South African WW II
Henry T. Allen	APA	15	Harris	Decom	1943-02-01 00:00:00.000	1946-02-05 00:00:00.000		New York Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ	ex SS President Jefferson; SS Wenatchee Commissioned 4/22/1… ex SS President Jefferson; SS Wenatchee Commissioned 4/22/1942 as AP-30. qv Reclassified 2/01/1943 APA-15 WW II Apr-May 1944, Hollandia Invasion, plus Wakde, CPT John Meyer Decommissioned Feb 5 1946 Transferred back to Army Sold Scrapped Mar 1948
Henry T. Allen	AP	30		Reclas	1942-04-22 00:00:00.000	1943-02-01 00:00:00.000	*	New York Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ	ex SS President Jefferson; SS Wenatchee Built 1920 as Army … ex SS President Jefferson; SS Wenatchee Built 1920 as Army transport. Then used commercially Purchased by Army Oct 1940 Renamed Henry T. Allen by Army Acquired by Navy Dec 6 1941 Commissioned 4/22/1942 as AP-30 WW II Nov, 1942, Operation Torch, invasion of North Africa, CPT Paul A. Stevens Reclassified 2/01/1943 APA-15
Henry T. Rainey					1943-11-20 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission E Hull 2523 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2523 Merchant ship Original operator, McCormick WW II
Henry T. Scott					1944-06-10 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2692 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2692 Merchant ship Original operator, Oliver J. Olson WW II
Henry V. Alvarado					1943-08-07 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp., S/B Div, Yd 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime commission E Hull 1716 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime commission E Hull 1716 Merchant ship Original operator, United Fruit Co. WW II
Henry Villard					1942-09-25 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission E Hull 571 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 571 Merchant ship Original operator, Coastwise Steamship WW II
Henry Von Phul	Steamboat										Civil War Used by Army December 1862, lower Mississippi
Henry W. Corbett					1943-04-06 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission E Hull 1616 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1616 Merchant ship Original operator, War Shipping Administration WW II
Henry W. Grady					1943-10-30 00:00:00.000			J. A. Jones Const. Co., Brunswick Yard	Brunswick	GA	Maritime Commission E Hull 1501 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1501 Merchant ship Original operator, Wilmore Steamship WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy
Henry W. Longfellow					1942-04-18 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission E Hull 185 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 185 Merchant ship Original operator,Coastwise Steamship Line WW II
Henry W. Tucker	DD	875	Gearing		1945-03-12 00:00:00.000		*	Consolidated Steel Corp.	Orange	TX	"Tuck's Tavern" Named for PhM3c Henry W. Tucker, qv Reclas… "Tuck's Tavern" Named for PhM3c Henry W. Tucker, qv Reclassified DDR-875, qv, Mar 18 1949 Again reclassified DD-875 Mar 15 1963 Vietnam War Operation Market Time Nov 6 1965, became first destroyer to refuel an in-flight helicopter at night
Henry W. Tucker	DDR	875		Reclas	1949-03-18 00:00:00.000	1963-03-15 00:00:00.000		Consolidated Steel Corp.	Orange	TX	Named for PhM3c Henry W. Tucker, qv Ex DD-875, qv Reclassi… Named for PhM3c Henry W. Tucker, qv Ex DD-875, qv Reclassified DDR-875 Mar 18 1949 Korean War Again reclassified DD-875 Mar 15 1963 7 Battle Stars Korean War
Henry Ward Beecher					1942-09-26 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 642 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 642 Merchant ship Original operator, Union Sulphur WW II
Henry Watterson					1943-08-18 00:00:00.000			St. Johns River Shipbuilding Co., Inc.	Jacksonville	FL	Maritime Commission E Hull 1201 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1201 Merchant ship Original operator, American Express Lines WW II
Henry Wells					1943-09-26 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 1	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2103 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2103 Merchant ship Original operator, Grace Line WW II
Henry White					1944-04-30 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp., Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2274 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2274 Merchant ship Original operator, De La Rama Steamship WW II
Henry Wilson					1943-05-26 00:00:00.000			New England Shipbuilding Corp.	South Portland	ME	Maritime Commission E Hull 788 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 788 Merchant ship Original operator, American Export Lines WW II
Henry Wright Hurley	Repair							Penn Jersey Shipbuilding	Camden	NY	Built 1944 Army vessel WW II
Henry Wynkoop					1942-12-11 00:00:00.000			Delta Shipbuilding Co., Inc.	New Orleans	LA	Maritime Commission E Hull 140 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 140 Merchant ship Original operator, United Fruit Co. WW II
Henshaw	DD	278	Clemson	Decom	1919-12-10 00:00:00.000	1930-03-11 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.	Squantum	MA	Pacific Decommissioned Jun 15 1922 Recommissioned Sep 27 1… Pacific Decommissioned Jun 15 1922 Recommissioned Sep 27 1923 Pacific Decommissioned Mar 11 1930 Struck Jul 22 1930 Scrapped and sold Nov 14 1930
Henson	T-AGS	63		Authorized							Oceanographic and surveying ship Named for Matthew Henson, … Oceanographic and surveying ship Named for Matthew Henson, qv
Hepburn	DE	1055	Knox	Decom				Todd Shipyard Corp.	San Diego	CA	Named for ADM Arthur J. Hepburn, qv Commissioned 1969 Deco… Named for ADM Arthur J. Hepburn, qv Commissioned 1969 Decommissioned 1991
Herald	Ship			Sold	1798-06-15 00:00:00.000				Newburyport	MA	1st Herald Purchased by Navy Jun 15 1798 Quasi War with Fr… 1st Herald Purchased by Navy Jun 15 1798 Quasi War with France West Indies Sold 1801
Herald	Ship			Sunk	1861-09-27 00:00:00.000						Old whaling vessel purchased by Navy Sep 27 1861 Civil War … Old whaling vessel purchased by Navy Sep 27 1861 Civil War Part of Stone Fleet Sunk Dec 1861 in Charleston harbor to help block the harbor
Herald	AM	101	Auk	Reclas	1943-03-23 00:00:00.000	1955-02-07 00:00:00.000	*	General Engineering & Drydock Co.	Alameda	CA	2nd Herald WW II Aug 1943, landing on Kiska Jun-Aug 1944,… 2nd Herald WW II Aug 1943, landing on Kiska Jun-Aug 1944, Operation Forager, Invasion of Saipan and Tinian, LT E. P. Dietrich Decommissioned May 31 1946 Recoommissioned Mar 5 1952 Atlantic Reclassified MSF-101, qv, Feb 7 1955 Decommissioned Apr 15 1955 2 Battle Stars WW II
Herald	MSF	101		Decom	1955-02-07 00:00:00.000	1955-04-15 00:00:00.000		General Engineering & Drydock Co.	Alameda	CA	2nd Herald Ex AM-101, qv Reclassified MSF-101 Feb 7 1955 … 2nd Herald Ex AM-101, qv Reclassified MSF-101 Feb 7 1955 Decommissioned Apr 15 1955
Herald of the Morning	AP	173		Decom	1944-04-22 00:00:00.000	1946-08-09 00:00:00.000		Moore Drydock Co.	Oakland	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 1161 Acquired by Navy Apr 22 1944 … Maritime Commission Hull 1161 Acquired by Navy Apr 22 1944 WW II Jun-Aug 1944, Operation Forager, Invasion of Saipan and Tinian, CDR H. A. Dunn Sep 1944, Invasion of Palau Islands Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CDR H. A. Dunn Jan 1945, Invasion at Lingayen Gulf Feb 1945, Invasion of Iwo Jima Decommissioned 8/09/1946 and returned to Maritime Commission Sold Renamed citrus Packer Renamed gulf Grader 5 Battle Stars WW II
Herbert	DD	160	Wickes	Reclas	1919-11-21 00:00:00.000	1943-12-01 00:00:00.000	*	New York Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ	Named for Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert, qv Origi… Named for Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert, qv Originally commissioned DD-160 Decommissioned Jun 27 1922 Recommissioned May 1 1930. WW II Aug 5 1942, Atlantic Fleet, LCDR J. A. E. Hindman Reclassified APD-22 12/01/1943
Herbert	APD	22		Decom	1943-12-01 00:00:00.000	1945-09-25 00:00:00.000		New York Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ	Named for Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert, qv Origi… Named for Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert, qv Originally commissioned DD-160. Reclassified APD-22 12/01/1943 WW II Apr-May 1944, Hollandia Invasion, plus Biak and Sansapor, LCDR J. N. Ferguson Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LT G. S. Hewitt Jan 1945, invasion at Lingayen Gulf, LT G. S. Hewitt Feb 1945, Invasion of Iwo Jima Mar-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign Decommissioned Sep 25 1945 Sold for scrap May 23 1946 6 Battle Stars WW II
Herbert C. Jones	DE	137	Edsall	Decom	1943-07-21 00:00:00.000	1947-05-02 00:00:00.000		Consolidated Steel Corp.	Orange	TX	Named for ENS Herbert C. Jones, qv WW II Pioneered use of … Named for ENS Herbert C. Jones, qv WW II Pioneered use of electronic defense against controlled glider bombs Jan 1944, Operation Shingle, Invasion at Anzio, LCDR R. A. Soule Aug 1944, Operation Anvil, Invasion of Southern France Decommissioned May 2 1947 and placed in reserve Navy Unit Commendation and 3 Battle Stars WW II
Herbert D. Croly					1944-09-30 00:00:00.000			Todd-Houston Shipbuilding Corp.	Houston	TX	Maritime Commission E Hull 2960 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2960 Merchant ship Original operator, International Freighting WW II
Herbert J. Thomas	DD	833	Gearing		1945-05-29 00:00:00.000			Bath Iron Works	Bath	ME	Named for SGT Herbert J. Thomas, qv WW II Korean War Viet… Named for SGT Herbert J. Thomas, qv WW II Korean War Vietnam War 6 Battle Stars Korean War
Herbert L. Pratt	Tanker			Decom	1918-06-10 00:00:00.000	1919-01-18 00:00:00.000					WW I - Delivered fuel to France Decommissioned Jan 18 1919… WW I - Delivered fuel to France Decommissioned Jan 18 1919 and returned to former owner
Hercules	Crane barge							Treadwell Construction	Midland	PA	Built 1941 Army vessel WW II
Hercules	Mon			Renamed		1869-08-10 00:00:00.000	*	Boston Navy Yard	Boston	MA	1st Hercules Monitor laid down in 1864 as Quinsigamond, qv … 1st Hercules Monitor laid down in 1864 as Quinsigamond, qv Renamed Hercules Jun 15 1869, while incomplete Renamed Oregon, qv, Aug 10 1869 Never completed
Hercules	Transport			Renamed	1917-04-06 00:00:00.000		*	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	GE	Ex Bulgaria Acquired by Army Apr 6 1917 WW I - Animal and… Ex Bulgaria Acquired by Army Apr 6 1917 WW I - Animal and general cargo transport While operated by Army, renamed Philippines, qv
Hercules	YD	11									YD-11 was named Hercules at some time

Background and Sources Collection notes, historical context, and related resources

Ships

Purpose

The Ships table is the most comprehensive and nearly complete of the tables in this site. It includes tens of thousands of different vessels. It is primarily, but not exclusively, Navy ships, that have helped make American history.

Fewer than half of the vessels in the table are named. Most of the others are identified only by a number but one that is unique to that vessel (called hull numbers by the Navy). The most famous of the latter is PT-109, John Kennedy’s PT boat that was sunk in World War II. Another famous group is the “LSTs”, the Landing Ships-Tank of World War II fame. (Some crew members who served on these big, ungainly vessels said that LST stood for Large Slow Target.) Following World War II, the Navy started giving the LSTs names, but those in the war were identified only by their hull numbers.

DANFS

The most authoritative and most common source of information about the Navy’s commissioned and named ships, plus the LSTs, is the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS). This series of eight books was published by the Navy and was not available through commercial book stores. The books are now out of print, but are available through the used book market. Much if not all of their content is now also available online at the Naval History and Heritage Command’s DANFS site.

Many thousands of watercraft had non-unique numbers, or semi-unique numbers, the latter including landing craft that carried the number of the transport that carried them plus a number of their own (such as PA-91-15). I have not tried to include these latter craft in this project.

The World War II Commercial Fleet

The Navy in World War II utilized many commercial vessels, even in the dangerous landing operations, the most famous being the Liberty Ships, which were mostly freighters, and their larger replacements, the Victory Ships. These and other commercial vessels from that war are included in the table. The U.S. built thousands of these ships and other commercial type ships during and shortly after World War II. Lists of the various types of commercial design ships built for the war, and separate lists of what ships were built by each shipyard, are at the Maritime Commission site.

Some of these were turned over to the Navy to operate, but most were operated by commercial shipping companies, even in battle and particularly in dangerous convoys crossing the Atlantic.

The liberty ships were named for people, and a book has been published that identifies who these people were. It is Liberty Ships, the People Behind the Names, compiled by Capt. Robert Deschamps and published in 1999. It is probably available online.

The Army’s Ships

The Army has also used thousands of ships and other watercraft over the years, especially in the Civil War and World War II. Major sources of information about these vessels are:

The Army’s Navy Series Volume I, Marine Transportation in War. The U.S. Army Experience 1775-1860, by Charles Dana Gibson and E. Kay Gibson.

The Army’s Navy Series Volume II, Assault and Logistics Union Army Coastal and River Operations 1861-1866, by Charles Dana Gibson and E. Kay Gibson.

U.S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II, by David H. Grover.

Smaller Vessels

Many books and web sites have been published about the tens of thousands of smaller vessels that the Navy used during World War II. I have found several of them and am sure there are many more that I’m not aware of.

Two fine examples are:

Ten Thousand Men and One Hundred Thirty “Mighty Midget” Ships–The U.S.S. LCS(L)s in World War II, by Raymond A. Baumler. This is about the Landing Ship Support (Large) vessels. This book was privately published and printed in 1991 by PIP Printing, Rockville MD.

At Close Quarters, PT Boats in the United States Navy, by Robert J. Bulkley, Jr. This book has extensive information about the history of each PT-Boat, many of the men who served on them, and their organizations. This book was first printed in 1962 for the Navy by the Government Printing Office, and has been reprinted by the Naval Institute Press.