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Ships

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

Showing 8,051–8,100

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Home Port	Historynotes
Hopkins	DMS	13	Chandler	Decom	1940-11-19 00:00:00.000	1945-12-21 00:00:00.000		New York Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ		3rd Hopkins "Lucky 13" Named for Naval commander Esek Hopk… 3rd Hopkins "Lucky 13" Named for Naval commander Esek Hopkins, qv Originally commissioned DD-249, qv Reclassified DMS-249 11/19/1940 WW II Aug 1942, Operation Watchtower, invasion of Guadalcanal, LCDR Benjamin Coe Feb 1932, Invasion of Russell Islands. Flagship of RADM R. K. Turner Jul 4 1943, Invasion of Rice Anchorage, New Georgia Jun-Aug 1944, Operation Forager, Invasion of Saipan and Tinian, LT A. L. C. Waldron Jan 1945, Invasion at Lingayen Gulf, LT D. P. Payne Feb 1945, Invasion of Iwo Jima Apr-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign Decommissioned Dec 21 1945 Sold Nov 8 1946 for scrapping 2 Navy Unit commendations and 10 Battle Stars WW II
Hopkins	DD	249	Clemson	Reclas	1921-03-21 00:00:00.000	1940-11-19 00:00:00.000	*	New York Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ		3rd Hopkins Named for Naval commander Esek Hopkins, qv Ori… 3rd Hopkins Named for Naval commander Esek Hopkins, qv Originally commissioned DD-249 Reclassified DMS-13, qv, 11/19/1940
Hopkins	SP	3294		Transferred	1918-10-02 00:00:00.000	1920-03-04 00:00:00.000		Hahnes Co.	Portsmouth	VA		2nd Hopkins Launched 1917 Placed in service Oct 3 1918 WW… 2nd Hopkins Launched 1917 Placed in service Oct 3 1918 WW I - 5th Naval District Transferred to Army Mar 4 1920
Hopkins	DD	6	Bainbridge	Decom	1903-09-23 00:00:00.000	1919-01-29 00:00:00.000		Harlan & Hollingsworth	Wilmington	DE		1st Hopkins Named for Naval commander Esek Hopkins, qv WW … 1st Hopkins Named for Naval commander Esek Hopkins, qv WW I - Canal Zone Decommissioned Jun 20 1919 Sold Sep 7 1920 for scrapping
Hopocan	YNT	1		Reclas	1942-04-08 00:00:00.000	1945-08-04 00:00:00.000	*	Ira S. Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn	NY		Ex YN-33, qv Reclassified YNT-1 Apr 8 1042 WW II 10th Nav… Ex YN-33, qv Reclassified YNT-1 Apr 8 1042 WW II 10th Naval District Reclassified YTM-728, qv, Aug 4 1945
Hopocan	YN	33		Reclas	1940-09-09 00:00:00.000	1942-04-08 00:00:00.000	*	Ira S. Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn	NY		Ex Carmelite Built 1937 as tugboat Acquired by Navy Aug 16… Ex Carmelite Built 1937 as tugboat Acquired by Navy Aug 16 1940 Placed in service as Hopocan (YN-33) Sep 9 1940 WW II 15th Naval District, Canal Zone Reclassified YNT-1, qv, Apr 8 1942
Hopocan	YTM	728		oos	1945-08-04 00:00:00.000	1946-08-02 00:00:00.000		Ira S. Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn	NY		Ex YN-33, qv Ex YNT-1, qv Reclassified YTM-728 Aug 4 1945 … Ex YN-33, qv Ex YNT-1, qv Reclassified YTM-728 Aug 4 1945 Placed out of service Aug 2 1946 Struck Aug 15 1946 Transferred to Maritime Commission May 1947 for disposal
Hopper	DDG	70	Arleigh Burke	Active	1997-06-30 00:00:00.000	1996-01-06 00:00:00.000		Bath Iron Works	Bath	ME	Pearl Harbor	Named for RADM Grace Murray Hopper, qv
Hopping	DE	155	Buckley	Reclas	1943-05-21 00:00:00.000	1944-09-07 00:00:00.000	*	Norfolk Navy Yard	Portsmouth	VA		Named for LCDR Hallsted L. Hopping, qv Originally commissio… Named for LCDR Hallsted L. Hopping, qv Originally commissioned DE-155 WW II Aylantic Reclassified APD-51, qv, 9/07/1944
Hopping	APD	51		Decom	1944-09-07 00:00:00.000	1947-05-05 00:00:00.000		Norfolk Navy Yard	Portsmouth	VA		Named for LCDR Hallasted L. Hopping, qv Originally commissi… Named for LCDR Hallasted L. Hopping, qv Originally commissioned DE-155, qv Reclassified APD-51 9/07/1944 WW II Mar-Apr 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign Decommissioned May 5 1947Struck Sep 1964 Sold Aug 15 1966 1 Battle Star WW II
Hoptree	AN	62	Ailanthus	Decom	1944-05-18 00:00:00.000	1946-03-01 00:00:00.000		Snow Shipyards, Inc.	Rockland	ME		Ex YN-83 Reclassified AN-62 before commissioning WW II 19… Ex YN-83 Reclassified AN-62 before commissioning WW II 1945, Eniwetok Atoll Decommissioned Mar 1 1946 Sold Apr 23 1947
Hoqua	SP	142		Returned	1917-07-27 00:00:00.000	1919-02-06 00:00:00.000		Charles Seabury	Morris Heights	NY		Built 1914 Acquired by Navy Jun 1917 commissioned Jul 27 1… Built 1914 Acquired by Navy Jun 1917 commissioned Jul 27 1917 WW I - 3rd Naval District Returned to owner Feb 6 1919
Hoquiam	PF	5	Tacoma	Decom	1944-05-08 00:00:00.000	1951-10-08 00:00:00.000		Kaiser Cargo, Inc.	Richmond	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 1423 WW II Alaska Decommissioned… Maritime Commission Hull 1423 WW II Alaska Decommissioned Aug 16 1945 and transferred to Soviet Union the same day Returned to U. S. Navy Nov 1 1949 Recommissioned Sep 27 1950 Korean War Oct 1950, landings at Wonsan Dec 1950, evacuation at Hungnam May 7 1951, hit by enemy gunfire Decommissioned Oct 8 1951 Leased to Republic of Korea Renamed Nae Tong (PF-65) 5 Battle Stars Korean War
Horace A. Bass	APD	124	Crosley	Decom	1944-12-21 00:00:00.000	1959-02-09 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem Steel Co.	Quincy	MA		Named for ENS Horace A. Bass, Jr., qv Ex DE-691. Reclassif… Named for ENS Horace A. Bass, Jr., qv Ex DE-691. Reclassified APD-124 before commissioning WW II Apr-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa operations Apr 25 1945, sank Japanese submarined RO-109 between Guam and Okinawa Mar-Jul 1947. China Jun-Dec 1948, China Nov 1949-May (approx) 1950, China Korean War Sep 1950, Inchon landings Oct 1950, raids near Songjin 1955, Operation Passage to Freedom Decommissioned Feb 9 1959 and put in reserve 2 Battle Stars WW II 6 Battle Stars and Navy Unit Commendation Korean War
Horace Beals	Barkentine			Sold	1862-02-05 00:00:00.000	1865-05-30 00:00:00.000						Purchased by Navy Sep 14 1861 Commissioned Feb 5 1862 Civi… Purchased by Navy Sep 14 1861 Commissioned Feb 5 1862 Civil War Supply ship for mortar vessels Apr 1862, bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip Jun 1862, bombardment of Vicksburg West Gulf Blockading Squadron Sold May 30 1865
Horace Binney					1942-08-31 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD		Maritime Commission E Hull 62 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission E Hull 62 Merchant ship Original operator, American Export Line WW II Nov 1942, Operation Torch, Invasion of North Africa
Horace Bushnell					1943-10-08 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD		Maritime commission E Hull 1795 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime commission E Hull 1795 Merchant ship Original operator, R. A. Nicol & Co. WW II
Horace Gray					1943-02-11 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD		Maritime Commission E Hull 936 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 936 Merchant ship Original operator, American Export Lines WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy
Horace Greeley					1942-09-24 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA		Maritime Commission E Hull 641 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 641 Merchant ship Original operator, Oliver J. Olson WW II
Horace H. Harvey					1943-12-20 00:00:00.000			Delta Shipbuilding Co.	New Orleans	LA		Maritime Commission E Hull 1924 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1924 Merchant ship Original operator, Bernuth-Lembcke WW II
Horace H. Lurton					1943-10-19 00:00:00.000			J. A. Jones Const. Co., Brunswick Yard	Brunswick	GA		Maritime Commission E Hull 1500 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1500 Merchant ship Original operator, Cosmopolitan S WW II
Horace H. Watson					1944-04-26 00:00:00.000			Ingalls Shipbuilding Co.	Decatur	AL		Maritime Commission Hull 1643 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 1643 Merchant ship Original operator, Lykes Brothers WW II
Horace Mann					1942-09-08 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA		Maritime Commission E Hull 634 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 634 Merchant ship Original operator, Isthmian Steamship WW II
Horace See					1943-10-27 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA		Maritime commission E Hull 1890 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime commission E Hull 1890 Merchant ship Original operator, Pacific Tankers WW II
Horace V. White					1943-11-12 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR		Maritime Commission E Hull 2519 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2519 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines WW II
Horace Wells					1943-08-22 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp., S/B Div, Yd 1	Richmond	CA		Maritime commission E Hull 1702 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime commission E Hull 1702 Merchant ship Original operator, Isthmian Steamship WW II
Horace Williams					1943-04-19 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC		Maritime Commission E Hull 906 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 906 Merchant ship Original operator, Prudential Steamship WW II
Horace Wilson												Small cargo ship Army vessel WW II
Horatio Allen					1944-02-26 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA		Maritime Commission E Hull 2563 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2563 Merchant ship Original operator, Burns Steamship WW II
Horizon	Transport											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)
Hormigueros	LCU	2024	LCU-2000									In service Dec 1991 1996, Morehead
Horn Snake	Packet											Also called Hornsnake Small packet acquired or chartered by… Also called Hornsnake Small packet acquired or chartered by the Continental Navy during 1775 or 1776 Revolutionary War
Hornbill	AMc	13		Sank	1940-12-07 00:00:00.000	1942-06-30 00:00:00.000		Martinolich Repair Basin	Tacoma	WA		1st Hornbill Ex J. A. Martinolich Built 1938 Acquired by … 1st Hornbill Ex J. A. Martinolich Built 1938 Acquired by Navy and commissioned Dec 7 1940 WW II 12th Naval District Jun 30 1942, collided with lumber schooner Esther Johnson in San Francisco Bay. Hornbill sank. No loss of life Struck Jul 24 1942
Hornbill	AMS	19		Reclas	1947-02-07 00:00:00.000	1955-02-17 00:00:00.000	*	Weaver Shipyards	Orange	TX		2nd Hornbill Originally built as YMS-371, no name, qv Chan… 2nd Hornbill Originally built as YMS-371, no name, qv Changed to Hornbill (AMS-19) 2/7/1947 Pacific Changed to MSC(O)-19, qv, 2/17/1955 Struck 11/01/1959 Sold
Hornbill	MSC(O)	19		Struck	1955-02-17 00:00:00.000	1959-11-01 00:00:00.000		Weaver Shipyards	Orange	TX		2nd Hornbill Ex YMS-371, no name, qv Ex AMS-19, Hornbill, … 2nd Hornbill Ex YMS-371, no name, qv Ex AMS-19, Hornbill, qv Reclassified MSC(O)-19 Feb 17 1955 Decommissioned Sep 1957 Struck Nov 1 1959 Sold Jun 30 1960
Hornby	PF	82	Tacoma	Sold		1947-11-30 00:00:00.000		Walsh-kaiser Co., Inc.	Providence	RI		Ex PG-190 Reclassified PF-82 while building Renamed Montse… Ex PG-190 Reclassified PF-82 while building Renamed Montserrat while building Launched Sep 27 1943 Transferred to United Kingdom Aug 31 1944 under Lend-Lease Returned to U.S. custody Jun 11 1946 Sold Nov 30 1947 Scrapped
Horne	CG	30	Belknap	Decom		1994-02-04 00:00:00.000		San Francisco Naval Shipyard	San Francisco	CA		Named for VADM Frederick J. Horne, qv Ex DLG-30, qv Decomm… Named for VADM Frederick J. Horne, qv Ex DLG-30, qv Decommissioned Feb 4 1994 Transferred to Maritime Commission Mar 17 1994
Horne	DLG	30	Belknap	Reclas	1967-04-15 00:00:00.000		*	San Francisco Naval Shipyard	San Francisco	CA		Named for VADM Frederick J. Horne, qv CPT Stansfield turner… Named for VADM Frederick J. Horne, qv CPT Stansfield turner was commissioning commander Reclassified CG-30, qv, at some point
Hornell							*					YF-849, qv, was named Hornell at some time
Hornet	Brig			Sank	1805-10-18 00:00:00.000	1829-09-29 00:00:00.000		William Price	Baltimore	MD		3rd Hornet Commissioning commander was Master Commandant Is… 3rd Hornet Commissioning commander was Master Commandant Isaac Chauncy 1806, Mediterranean Decommissioned 1807 Recommissioned Dec 26 1808 1810-11, rebuilt and square-rigged at Washington Navy Yard War of 1812 Jul 9 1812, captured privateer Dolphin (Dolphin later re-captured) Feb 24 1813, captured HMS Peacock off British Guiana Mar 23 1815, captured HMS Benguin, unaware that the war had already ended Oct 29 1821, captured pirate schooner Moscow of Santo Domingo Lost with all hands, reportedly foundering in gale off Tampico Sep 29 1829
Hornet	gunboat			Decom		1898-10-18 00:00:00.000		Harlan & Hollingsworth	Wilmington	DE		6th Hornet Built 1890 as yacht Alicia Purchased by Navy Ap… 6th Hornet Built 1890 as yacht Alicia Purchased by Navy Apr 6 1898 Commissioned Apr 12 1898 Spanish-American War Blockade of Cuba Jun 30 1898, shelling at Spanish fort at Manzanillo Decommissioned Oct 18 1898 Loaned to North Carolina naval Militia until 1902 Struck Mar 18 1910 Sold Jul 12 1910
Hornet	Sch			Sold	1814-03-15 00:00:00.000							4th Hornet Purchased by Navy 1813 Commissioned Mar 15 1814… 4th Hornet Purchased by Navy 1813 Commissioned Mar 15 1814 War of 1812 Sold 1820
Hornet	Slp											1st Hornet Charterd by Continental forces Dec 1775 Revolut… 1st Hornet Charterd by Continental forces Dec 1775 Revolutionary War CPT William Stone, her owner Patrolled Delaware Bay May have been captured by Brities off South Carolina summer 1777
Hornet	Slp			Sold		1806-09-03 00:00:00.000						2nd Hornet Ex merchant ship Traveller Purchased by Navy, p… 2nd Hornet Ex merchant ship Traveller Purchased by Navy, probably 1805 Blockade of Tripoli Apr 1805, LT Samuel Evans Show of strength off Tunis Decommissioned Sold Sep 3 1806
Hornet	SwStr			Decom	1865-04-24 00:00:00.000	1865-12-15 00:00:00.000			Blackwell	EN		5th Hornet Built 1864 Ex Lady Sterling, Confederate blocka… 5th Hornet Built 1864 Ex Lady Sterling, Confederate blockade runner Captured Oct 28 1864 off Wilmington NC by Eolus, qv, and Calypso, qv Commissioned Apr 24 1865 and renamed Hornet Jun 17 1865 Decommissioned Dec 15 1865 Sold Jun 26 1869
Hornet	torpedo boat		Squib	Sank		1865-01-26 00:00:00.000						Steam launch fitted out as torpedo boat late 1864 Civil War… Steam launch fitted out as torpedo boat late 1864 Civil War Confederate vessel Jan 23-24 1865, attempt to force passage through obstruction at Trent's Reach Jan 26 1865, collided with flag-of-truce steamer Allison, probably in James River, and sank
Hornet	CV	12	Essex	Reclas	1943-11-29 00:00:00.000		*	Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News	VA		8th Hornet Laid down as Kearsarge. Renamed Hornet while bu… 8th Hornet Laid down as Kearsarge. Renamed Hornet while building Sponsored by Mrs. Frank Knox, wife of Secretary of the Navy CPT Miles Browning was commissioning commander WW II Jun 11 1944, raids on Tinian and Saipan Jun 12 1944, bombing attacks on Guam ant Rota Jun 15-16 1944, raids of Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima Jun 19-20 1944, Battle of Philippine Sea (TG 58.1), CPT W. D. Sample Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CPT A. K. Doyle Feb 1945, Invasion of Iwo Jima Apr-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign, CPT A. K. Doyle, TG 58.1 Apr 6 1944, Hornet aircraft participated in sinking Japanese battleship Yamato Decommissioned Jan 15 1947 Recommissioned Mar 20 1951 Decommissioned May 12 1951 Converted, reclassified CVA-12, qv Presidential Unit Citation and 7 Battle Stars WW II
Hornet	CVA	12		Reclas			*	Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News	VA		8th Hornet Ex CV-12, qv Reclassified CVA-12 and recommissi… 8th Hornet Ex CV-12, qv Reclassified CVA-12 and recommissioned Sep 11 1953 Reclassified CVS-12, qv, in 1958
Hornet	CVS	12		Decom				Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News	VA		8th Hornet Ex CV-12, qv Ex CVA-12, qv Reclassified CVS-12… 8th Hornet Ex CV-12, qv Ex CVA-12, qv Reclassified CVS-12 1958 Aug 1966, Apollo Program Vietnam War
Hornet	CV	8	Hornet	Sunk	1941-10-20 00:00:00.000	1942-10-27 00:00:00.000		Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News	VA		7th Hornet Commissioning Commander CPT Marc A. Mitscher WW… 7th Hornet Commissioning Commander CPT Marc A. Mitscher WW II Apr 1942. Carried 16 B-25's for the Apr 18 Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, CPT Marc A. Mitscher Jun, 1942, Battle of Midway, CPT Marc A. Mitscher Carried Torpedo Squadron 8 Oct 26 1942, Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, CPT Charles P. Mason (flag of RADM Murray) Sunk 10/27/1942 following damage in the battle. Severely damaged and abandoned by attack of Japanese members and torpedo planes, she still floated after being hit by 9 U.S. torpedoes and over 400 rounds of U.S. 5" shells. 4 more 21" Japanese torpedoes finally sunk her Struck 1/13/1943 4 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 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.