Collection

Ships

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

Showing 751–800

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Historynotes
American Forwarder	Cargo				1946-01-02 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC	Maritime Commission Hull 2800 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2800 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines
American Importer	Cargo				1946-01-10 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC	Maritime Commission Hull 2801 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2801 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines
American Kestrel	TAK	9521									1994, Military Sealift Command
American Leader	Cargo			Sunk	1941-06-12 00:00:00.000	1942-09-10 00:00:00.000		Western Pipe & Steel Company	San Francisco	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 95 Sunk in south Atlantic by Germa… Maritime Commission Hull 95 Sunk in south Atlantic by German raider MIchel Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines WW II
American Legion	APA	17	Harris	Decom	1943-02-01 00:00:00.000	1946-03-28 00:00:00.000		New York Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ	Commissioned AP-35, qv, 8/26/1941 Reclassified APA-17 2/01/… Commissioned AP-35, qv, 8/26/1941 Reclassified APA-17 2/01/1943 WW II Nov 1943, Invasion of Bougainville IS Decommissioned 3/28/1946 Transferred to War Shipping Adiministration and struck same 3/28/1946 and struck the same day Sold Feb 5 1948 for scrap 2 Battle Stars WW II, as AP and APA
American Legion	AP	35	American Legion	Reclas	1941-08-26 00:00:00.000	1943-02-01 00:00:00.000	*	New York Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ	Built 1921 ex SS American Legion; SS Koda Transferred by M… Built 1921 ex SS American Legion; SS Koda Transferred by Maritime Commission to Army Nov 28 1939 1940, sailed from Europe as a neutral, bringing a copy of Bofors antiaircraft gun for copying in U.S. Transferred to Navy Aug 22 1941 and classified AP-35 Commissioned AP-35 8/26/1941 WW II Aug, 1942, Operation Watchtower, invasion of Guadalcanal, CPT Thomas D. Warner Reclassified APA-17, qv, 2/01/43
American Manufacturer	Cargo				1941-04-11 00:00:00.000			Western Pipe & Steel Company	San Francisco	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 94 Merchant ship Original operato… Maritime Commission Hull 94 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines WW II
American Mariner					1942-02-12 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD	Maritime Commission E Hull 20 Delivered incomplete original… Maritime Commission E Hull 20 Delivered incomplete originally Delivered complete 3/10/43 Operated by War Shipping Administration as training ship WW II
American Merchant	Cargo				1945-12-05 00:00:00.000			North Carolina shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC	Maritime Commission Hull 2798 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2798 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines
American Merlin	TAK	9302									1994, Military Sealift Command
American Packer	Cargo				1941-10-14 00:00:00.000			Western Pipe & Steel Company	San Francisco	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 98 Merchant ship Original operato… Maritime Commission Hull 98 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines WW II
American Press	Cargo				1941-09-03 00:00:00.000			Western Pipe & Steel Company	San Francisco	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 97 Merchant ship Original operato… Maritime Commission Hull 97 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines WW II
American Press	Hog Islander							American International Shipbuilding	Philadelphia	PA	WW I - Built for the war but not completed in time to parti… WW I - Built for the war but not completed in time to participate
American Ranger					1945-04-05 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC	Maritime Commission Hull 1713 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 1713 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines WW II
American Robin	Cargo							American International Shipbuilding	Hog Island	PA	Built 1919 Army vessel WW II
American Scout	Cargo				1946-02-04 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC	Maritime Commission Hull 2803 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2803 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines
American Shipper	Cargo				1945-12-17 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC	Maritime Commission Hull 2799 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2799 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines
American Star	Cargo							Downey Shipbuilding	Arlington	NY	Built 1919 Army vessel Bareboat charter WW II
American Traveler	Cargo				1946-02-15 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC	Maritime Commission Hull 2804 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2804 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines
American Veteran											Korean War Sep 1950, Operation Chromite, Invasion at Inchon… Korean War Sep 1950, Operation Chromite, Invasion at Inchon, Task Force 90
American Victory				Preserved	1945-06-20 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission Victory Hull 792 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 792 Merchant ship Original operator, Hammond Shipping In Tampa FL as museum ship
Americus	Steamer										Civil War March 1862, used to transport Union troops for th… Civil War March 1862, used to transport Union troops for the Battle of Shiloh. (Hurst List)
Amerigo Vespuci					1944-03-18 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2767 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2767 Merchant ship Original operator, W. R. Chamberlin WW II
Ameriki											Merchant ship WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion… Merchant ship WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy
Ames Victory					1945-02-24 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission Victory Hull 163 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 163 Merchant ship Original operator, Coastwise (PFE) Lines WW II May 5-19, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign
Amesbury	APD	46		Decom	1945-02-23 00:00:00.000	1946-07-03 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyards	Hingham	MA	Named for LTJG Stanton M. Amesbury, qv Originally commissio… Named for LTJG Stanton M. Amesbury, qv Originally commissioned DE-66, qv Reclassified APD-46 2/23/1945 WW II Post-war landings in Inchon Korea and Tientsin China Decommissioned 7/03/1946 Struck 6/01/1960 Sold 7/24/1962 Scrapped 1 Battle Star WW II
Amesbury	DE	66	Buckley	Reclas	1943-08-31 00:00:00.000	1945-02-23 00:00:00.000	*	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyards	Hingham	MA	Named for LTJG Stanton M. Amesbury, qv Originally commissio… Named for LTJG Stanton M. Amesbury, qv Originally commissioned DE-66 WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy, LCDR Arthur B. Wilbur Reclassified APD-46, qv, 2/23/1945
Amethyst	PYc	3		Decom	1941-02-27 00:00:00.000	1946-02-27 00:00:00.000		Craig Shipbuilding Co.	Long Beach	CA	ex Samona II Built 1931 Purchased by Navy Nov 1 1940 WW I… ex Samona II Built 1931 Purchased by Navy Nov 1 1940 WW II 11th Naval District Decommissioned Feb 2 1944 Recommissioned Apr 19 1944. Coast Guard crew Western Sea Frontier Decommissioned 2/27/1946 Struck 3/13/1946 Sold Renamed Samona II Renamed Pudlo Renamed Explorer
Amherst	PCER	853	PCER-489	oos	1944-06-16 00:00:00.000	1970-02-06 00:00:00.000		Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co.	Chicago	IL	Originally built as PCER-853, no name, qv Named Amherst Feb… Originally built as PCER-853, no name, qv Named Amherst Feb 15 1956 Training vessel Out of service 2/06/71970 Struck Jun 3 1970 Transferred to Vietnam Renamed Van Kiep II (HQ-14)
Amherst Victory					1945-03-26 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission Victory Hull 770 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 770 Merchant ship Original operator, International Freighting WW II
Amick	DE	168	Cannon	Decom	1943-07-26 00:00:00.000	1947-05-16 00:00:00.000		Federal Shipbuilding Co.	Newark	NJ	Named for ENS Eugene E. Amick, qv WW II Atlantic Fleet To… Named for ENS Eugene E. Amick, qv WW II Atlantic Fleet To Pacific Jun 1945 Decommissioned 5/16/1947 Loaned to Japan 55-75 Renamed Asahi (DE-252) Redesignated FF-168 Struck 6/15/1975 Sold to Philippines 1976
Amiens	Tanker				1945-03-30 00:00:00.000			Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.	Chester	PA	Maritime Commission Hull 1797 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 1797 Merchant ship Original operator, Marine Transp. WW II
Ammen	DD	35	Paulding	Decom	1911-05-23 00:00:00.000	1919-12-11 00:00:00.000	*	New York Shipbuilding Co.	Camden	NJ	Named for RADM Daniel Ammen, qv 1st Ammen WW I - Decommis… Named for RADM Daniel Ammen, qv 1st Ammen WW I - Decommissioned Dec 11 1919 Designated DD-35 Jul 17 1920 Transferred to Coast Guard Apr 28 1924 Redesignaed CG-8, qv Returned to Navy May 22 1931 Name dropped Jul 1 1933 and referred to only as DD-35 Struck Jul 5 1934 Sold
Ammen	DD	527	Fletcher	Decom	1943-03-12 00:00:00.000	1960-09-15 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co.	San Francisco	CA	2nd Ammen Named for RADM Daniel Ammen, qv WW II Feb 1944,… 2nd Ammen Named for RADM Daniel Ammen, qv WW II Feb 1944, invasion of Admiralties Apr 1944, invasion of Aitape-Hollandia May-Jun 1944, assault on Biak Jul 1944, invasion of Noemfoor Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CDR J. H. Brown Apr 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign Decommissioned Apr 15 1946 Recommissioned Apr 5 1951 Atlantic Fleet Decommissioned 9/15/1960 Struck 10/01/1960 Sold 4/20/1961 8 Battle Stars WW II
Ammen	CG	8		Returned		1931-05-22 00:00:00.000		New York Shipbuilding Co.	Camden	NJ	Named for RADM Daniel Ammen, qv Ex Navy Destroyer No. 35/DD… Named for RADM Daniel Ammen, qv Ex Navy Destroyer No. 35/DD-35, qv Transferred to Coast Guard Apr 28 1924 and reclassified CG-8 Offshore Patrol Force, to suppress bootlegging Returned to Navy May 31 1931 and again referred to as DD-35, qv
Ammonoosuc	ScFr		Ammonoosuc	Renamed	1864-07-21 00:00:00.000	1869-05-15 00:00:00.000	*	Boston Navy Yard	Boston	MA	Not to be confused with Ammonusuc (AOG-23) qv Built 1863-64… Not to be confused with Ammonusuc (AOG-23) qv Built 1863-64 Launched Jul 21 1864 In 1868, attained speed of 17.11 knots, highest sustained speed for a ship at that time Newver commissioned Renamed Iowa, qv, 5/15/1869 Sold 9/27/1883
Ammonusuc	AOG	23	Mettawee	Decom	1944-05-19 00:00:00.000	1946-06-04 00:00:00.000		East Coast Shipyards, Inc.	Bayonne	NJ	Maritime Commission Hull 1520 WW II Decommissioned Jun 4 1… Maritime Commission Hull 1520 WW II Decommissioned Jun 4 1946 Struck Apr 23 1947 Transferred to Maritime Commission Mar 9 1947 Sold
Amos G. Throop					1942-12-19 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 676 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 676 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy
Amos Kendall					1943-03-17 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission E Hull 1604 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1604 Merchant ship Original operator, Weyerhaeuser Steamship WW II
Ampere	ADG	11		Struck	1955-02-01 00:00:00.000	1961-07-01 00:00:00.000		Willamette Iron & Steel Co,	Portland	OR	Ex YDG-11, no name, qv Redesignated ADG-11, no name, qv, 11… Ex YDG-11, no name, qv Redesignated ADG-11, no name, qv, 11/01/1947 In service Jul 1951 Named Ampere 2/01/1955 oos Feb 1957 Struck 7/01/1961 Sold 6/21/1962
Amphion	AR	13	Amphion	Decom	1946-01-30 00:00:00.000	1971-10-02 00:00:00.000		Tampa Shipbuilding Co.	Tampa	FL	2nd Amphion Atlantic Fleet Decommissioned 10/02/1971 Tran… 2nd Amphion Atlantic Fleet Decommissioned 10/02/1971 Transferred to Iran 10/02/1971. Renamed Chah Bahar Sold to Iran 3/01/1977 Struck
Amphion	Id	1888		Decom	1919-04-12 00:00:00.000	1919-09-27 00:00:00.000		J. C. Tecklenborg Actiengesellshaft	Geestemunde	GE	1st Amphion Screw stearmer ex Koln. Nuilt 1898-99 Intern… 1st Amphion Screw stearmer ex Koln. Nuilt 1898-99 Interned in American waters in World War I. Seized 4/06/1917 Renamed Amphion WW I - American troop ship Commissioned 4/12/1919 Decommissioned 9/27/1919 Struck 9/27/1919 Sold Jun 191924
Amphitheatre	Sch			Sold		1800-08-19 00:00:00.000					Also known as Anphetrite, Ampitheater, and Amphitrite Neutr… Also known as Anphetrite, Ampitheater, and Amphitrite Neutral vessel captured improperly by Navy 2/04/1800 Served as tender to Constitution Condemned as prize and sold at auction 8/19/1800
Amphitrite	Mon			Broken up	1869-06-15 00:00:00.000			Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia	PA	1st Amphitrite Ex Tonawanda, qv Renamed Amphitrite Jun 15 … 1st Amphitrite Ex Tonawanda, qv Renamed Amphitrite Jun 15 1869 Broken up 1873-4
Amphitrite	Mon		Amphitrite	Decom	1895-04-23 00:00:00.000	1919-05-31 00:00:00.000		Harlan & Hollingsworth	Wilmington	DE	2nd Amphitrite Atlantic Squadron Spanish American War May… 2nd Amphitrite Atlantic Squadron Spanish American War May 12 1898, bombardment of San Juan Puerto Rico 1899-1900, gunnery training Decommissioned Nov 30 1901 Recommissioned Dec 1 1902 Decommissioned Aug 3 1907 Recommissioned, in reserve, Jun 14 1910 WW I - New York area, net laying and tending Decommissioned 5/31/1919 Struck 7/24/1919 Sold 1/03/1920 WW II Provided housing for commercial workers building Naval Air Stationsat Elizabeth City Scrapped 1952
Amphitrite	ARL	29	Achelous	Decom	1945-06-28 00:00:00.000	1947-01-01 00:00:00.000		Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.	Seneca	IL	Ex LST-1124, no name, qv Named Amphitrite (ARL-29) before c… Ex LST-1124, no name, qv Named Amphitrite (ARL-29) before commissioning Pacific Fleet Decommissioned Jan 1 1947 Struck Jul 1 1961 Sold Apr 16 1962 for scrapping
Amsterdam	CL	101	Cleveland	Decom	1945-01-08 00:00:00.000	1947-06-30 00:00:00.000		Newport News Shipbuilding Co.	Newport News	VA	WW II Jul-Aug 1945, Task force 38 Decommissioned 6/30/1947… WW II Jul-Aug 1945, Task force 38 Decommissioned 6/30/1947 Struck 1/02/1971 Sold 2/11/1972 1 Battle Star WW II
Amtank	Tanker				1945-05-25 00:00:00.000			Welding Shipyards, Inc.	Norfolk	VA	Maritime Commission Hull 2899 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2899 Merchant ship Original operator, National Bulk WW II
Amy Lowell					1943-04-10 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 734 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 734 Merchant ship Original operator, Seas Shipping WW II
Amycus	ARL	2	Achelous	Decom	1943-07-30 00:00:00.000	1946-11-15 00:00:00.000		Kaiser Co., Inc.	Richmond	CA	Originally planned as LST-489 Reclassified ARL-2 and named … Originally planned as LST-489 Reclassified ARL-2 and named Amycus Jan 13 1943, while building WW II Jan 1945, Invasion at Lingayen Gulf, LCDR E. W. Wunch Decommissioned 11/15/1946 Struck 6/01/1970 Sold for scrapping 8/13/1971 2 Battle Stars WW II

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 about 48,800 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.