Collection

Ships

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

Showing 4,101–4,150

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Historynotes
Coolbaugh	APD?							Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia	PA	(Morrison lists Coolbaugh as APD at Lingayen, but Naval Disc… (Morrison lists Coolbaugh as APD at Lingayen, but Naval Disctionary does not show it was reclassified from DE, qv) WW II Jan 1945, invasion at Lingayen Gulf, LCDR S. T. Hotchkiss
Coolbaugh	DE	217	Buckley	Decom	1943-10-15 00:00:00.000	1960-02-21 00:00:00.000	*	Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia	PA	WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LCDR S. T. Hotchkiss Mo… WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LCDR S. T. Hotchkiss Morison lists Coolbaugh as APD at Lingayen, qv, but Naval Dictionary does not show it ever reclassified Decommissioned Feb 21 1960 and placed in service until out of service May 26 1960 3 Battle Stars WW II
Cooner	DE	172	Cannon	Decom	1943-08-21 00:00:00.000	1946-06-25 00:00:00.000		Federal Shipbuilding Co.	Newark	NJ	WW II Decommissioned Jun 25 1946
Coontz	DDG	40	Farragut	Decom				Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bremerton	WA	Ex DLG 9 Originally commissioned 1960 Reclassified 1975 D… Ex DLG 9 Originally commissioned 1960 Reclassified 1975 Decommissioned 1989 Named for ADM Robert E. Coontz, qv.
Coontz	DLG	9	Farragut	Reclas	1960-07-15 00:00:00.000		*	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bremerton	WA	Reclassified DDG-40, qv Named for ADM Robert E. Coontz, qv
Cooper	DD	695	Allen M. Sumner	Sunk	1944-03-27 00:00:00.000	1944-12-03 00:00:00.000		Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Kearny	NJ	WW II Sunk 12/3/44 by torpedo from undetermined source in O… WW II Sunk 12/3/44 by torpedo from undetermined source in Ormoc Bay, P. I. 1 Battle Star WW II
Cooper Victory					1945-05-12 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission Victory Hull 783 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 783 Merchant ship Original operator, Seas Shipping WW II
Cooperstown	PC	484						Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.	New York	NY	PC-484 was named Cooperstown at some point
Coos Bay	AVP	25		Decom	1943-05-15 00:00:00.000	1946-04-30 00:00:00.000		Lake Washington Shipyards	Houghton	WA	WW II Mar 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign. Recei… WW II Mar 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign. Received major damage by collision 3/31 Decommissioned Apr 30 1946 2 Battle Stars WW II
Copahee	ACV	12		Reclass	1942-08-20 00:00:00.000	1943-07-15 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Maritime Commission Hull 169 Also listed in narrative of Na… Maritime Commission Hull 169 Also listed in narrative of Navy Dictionary as built by Todd-Pacific in Tacoma Originally commissioned AVG-12, qv Reclassified ACV-12 8/20/42 WW II Reclassified CVE-12, qv, 7/15/43
Copahee	AVG	12	Bogue	Reclass	1942-06-15 00:00:00.000	1942-08-20 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Maritime Commission Hull 169 Ex Steel Architect Also liste… Maritime Commission Hull 169 Ex Steel Architect Also listed in narrative of Navy Dictionary as built by Todd-Pacific in Tacoma WW II Reclassified ACV-12 8/20/42, qv Reclassified CVE-12 7/15/43
Copahee	CVE	12		Decom	1943-07-15 00:00:00.000	1946-07-05 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Maritime Commission Hull 169 Also listed in narrative of Na… Maritime Commission Hull 169 Also listed in narrative of Navy Dictionary as built by Todd-Pacific in Tacoma Originally commissioned AVG-12, qv Reclassified ACV-12, qv, 8/20/42 Reclassified CVE-12 7/15/43 WW II Jun-Aug 1944, Operation Forager, Invasion of Saipan and Tinian, CPT Dale Harris Decommissioned Jul 5 1946 Reclassified CVHE-12, qv, Jun 12 1955 1 Battle Star WW II
Copahee	CVHE	12						Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Ex AVG-12, ACV-12, and CVE-12, qv Reclassified CVHE-12 Jun … Ex AVG-12, ACV-12, and CVE-12, qv Reclassified CVHE-12 Jun 12 1955, after decommissioning
Copano	Launch								Orange	TX	Built 1935 Army vessel WW II
Copeland	FFG	25	Oliver Hazard Perry	Decom	1982-08-07 00:00:00.000	1996-09-18 00:00:00.000		Todd Shipbuilding Co.	San Pedro	CA	Decommissioned Sep 18 1996 Transferred to Egypt Sep 1996
Copiapo	Troopship							Nakskov Skibs A/S	Nakskov	DM	Built 1937 WW II Army vessel
Coquet	Tug			Decom	1918-03-16 00:00:00.000	1919-05-23 00:00:00.000					Built 1906 for Army Loaned to Navy WW I 3rd Naval Distric… Built 1906 for Army Loaned to Navy WW I 3rd Naval District Decommissioned May 23 1919 and returned to Army
Coquette	Half Brig										The half brig Clarence, qv, was also known as Coquette
Coquette	Sch										Civil War (DANFS cites, in Vol VI, pg 353, under Satellite,… Civil War (DANFS cites, in Vol VI, pg 353, under Satellite, that a schooner Coquette was captured by Confederates Aug 25 1863 and destroyed Aug 28 1863 to prevent recapture) Captured Jan 26 1865 by Union ship Clover, qv
Coquette	ScStr								Renfrew	ST	Perhaps built by Hoby & Son Purchased for Confederacy Sep 1… Perhaps built by Hoby & Son Purchased for Confederacy Sep 1863 Civil War Used as blockade runner, exporting large quantities of cotton and importing loads of ammunition Sold at Nassau, probably Aug 1864, because of machinery breakdowns Seized by U.S. Government after the war
Coquette	StwStr								Mobile	AL	Built 1859 Civil War Blockade runner out of Wilmington NC … Built 1859 Civil War Blockade runner out of Wilmington NC 1864, commanded by LT Robert R. Carter, qv Spring 1864, imported two marine engines past Federal blockade into Wilmington
Coquille	Tanker				1943-12-30 00:00:00.000			Kaiser Co., Inc., Swan Island	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission Hull 836 Merchant ship Original operat… Maritime Commission Hull 836 Merchant ship Original operator, Pacific Tankers WW II
Coquille	PCS	1400			1956-02-15 00:00:00.000			South Coast Co.	Newport Beach	CA	Laid down as PCS-1400. Changed to YMS-451 10/07/43. Change… Laid down as PCS-1400. Changed to YMS-451 10/07/43. Changed back to PCS-1400 6/23/44 WW II Changed to AMS-59 (unnamed) 9/02/47. Loaned commercially 9/17/47 Returned to Navy 4/14/52 Reinstated on Navy list 11/04/53 as PCS-1400 Named Coquille (PCS-1400) 2/15/56 Struck 7/02/56 Sold 3/14/57
Cor Caroli	AK	91		Decom	1943-04-16 00:00:00.000	1945-11-30 00:00:00.000		Permanente Metals Corp.	Richmond	CA	Launched as Betsy Ross Acquired by Navy Mar 31 1943 WW II … Launched as Betsy Ross Acquired by Navy Mar 31 1943 WW II Jul 27-UG 15 1944, Invasion of Guam Decommissioned Nov 30 1945 Returned to War Shipping Administration Dec 2 1945 1 Battle Star WW II
Cora S	Steamboat										Civil War Used by Army January 1865, Ohio River
Coral	PY	15		Decom	1941-02-27 00:00:00.000	1943-09-10 00:00:00.000		Pusey & Jones	Wilmington	DE	Built 1913 Decommissioned 8/12/43 Recommissioned 8/27/43 … Built 1913 Decommissioned 8/12/43 Recommissioned 8/27/43 Decommissioned 9/10/43 Sold Jul 15 47
Coral Sea	CVA	43		Decom	1952-10-01 00:00:00.000	1993-07-02 00:00:00.000		Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News	VA	Originally CVB-43 Reclassified CVA-43 Oct 1 1952 Decommiss… Originally CVB-43 Reclassified CVA-43 Oct 1 1952 Decommissioned Jul 2 1993 Sold for scrap.
Coral Sea	CVB	43	Midway	Reclas	1947-10-01 00:00:00.000	1952-10-01 00:00:00.000	*	Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News	VA	Reclassified CVA-43, qv, Oct 1 1952
Coral Sea	CVE	57	Casablanca	Renamed	1943-08-27 00:00:00.000	1944-09-15 00:00:00.000	*	Kaiser Shipbuilding Co.	Vancouver	WA	ex ACV-57, Alikula Bay Renamed Coral Sea before launching … ex ACV-57, Alikula Bay Renamed Coral Sea before launching Sponsored by Mrs. Frank J. Fletcher, wife of VADM Fletcher, qv Reclassified CVE-57 before commissioning Maritime Commission Hull 1094 WW II Feb 1944, Invasion of Marshalls Apr 1944, occupation of Emirau Apr 1944, landings on New Guinea Jun-Jul 1944, Invasion of Marianas Renamed Anzio 9/15/1944
Coral Sea	DPC	608						Cargill	Minneapolis	MN	Built 1944 Army vessel WW II
Corbesier	DE	438	John C. Butler	Decom	1944-03-31 00:00:00.000	1946-07-02 00:00:00.000		Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newark	NJ	WW II Mar-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign De… WW II Mar-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign Decommissioned Jul 2 1946 2 Battle Stars WW II
Corbitant	YT	354			1942-10-25 00:00:00.000		*		Port Richmond	NY	Built 1914 Ex Socony No 4 Acquired by Navy 10/25/42 WW II… Built 1914 Ex Socony No 4 Acquired by Navy 10/25/42 WW II 15th Naval District Reclassified YTM 354, qv, 5/15/44
Corbitant	YTM	354							Port Richmond	NY	Built 1914 Acquired by Navy 10/25/42 and classified YT 354,… Built 1914 Acquired by Navy 10/25/42 and classified YT 354, qv. Reclassified YTM 354, qv, 5/15/44 WW II 15th Naval District Transferred to State Department for disposal 4/14/47
Cordele	PC	1125						Defoe Shipbuilding Corp.	Bay City	MI	PC-1125, qv, was named Cordele at some point
Cordova	ACV	39	Prince William	Reclas		1943-07-15 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Originally launched as ACV-39 Reclassified CVE-39, qv, Jul … Originally launched as ACV-39 Reclassified CVE-39, qv, Jul 15 1943 Never saw service with U. S. Navy
Cordova	CVE	39		Sold		1947-01-23 00:00:00.000		Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Originally Launched as ACV-39, qv Reclassified CVE-39 Jul 1… Originally Launched as ACV-39, qv Reclassified CVE-39 Jul 15 1943 Transferred to Great Britain Aug 25 1943 Renamed HMS Khedive Returned to U.S. custody Jan 26 1946 Sold Jan 23 1947 Never saw service with U.S. Navy
Corduba	AF	32	Adria	Decom	1945-01-26 00:00:00.000	1955-11-18 00:00:00.000		Pennsylvania Shipyards	Beaumont	TX	Maritime Commission Hull 2196 Transferred to Navy Dec 30 19… Maritime Commission Hull 2196 Transferred to Navy Dec 30 1944 WW II Decommissioned Nov 18 1955
Core	ACV	13	Bogue	Reclas	1942-12-10 00:00:00.000	1943-07-15 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Maritime Commission Hull 178 Ex AVG-13, qv Originally comm… Maritime Commission Hull 178 Ex AVG-13, qv Originally commissioned ACV-13 WW II Aug 5 1942, Atlantic Fleet, CPT M. R. Greer ?? (Naval Dictionary says commissioned Dec 10 1942 Reclassified CVE-13 Jul 15 1943 For war record see CVE-13
Core	AKV	13						Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Maritime Commission Hull 178 Ex AVG-13, ex ACV-13, ex CVE-1… Maritime Commission Hull 178 Ex AVG-13, ex ACV-13, ex CVE-13, ex CVHE-14 (?), ex CVU-13 Reclassified AKV-13 May 7 1959, after decommissioning
Core	AVG	13		Reclas		1942-08-20 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Maritime Commission Hull 178 Laid down as AVG-13 Reclassif… Maritime Commission Hull 178 Laid down as AVG-13 Reclassified ACV-13, qv, Aug 20 1942, before commissioning
Core	CVE	13		Decom	1943-07-15 00:00:00.000	1946-10-04 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Maritime Commission Hull 178 Originally commissioned ACV-13… Maritime Commission Hull 178 Originally commissioned ACV-13, qv Reclassified CVE-13 7/15/43 WW II Jul 13 1943, planes sank German submarine U-487 Jul 16 1943, planes sank german submarine U-67 Aug 24 1943, planes sank German submarines U-84 andd U-185 Oct 20 1943, planes sank German submarine U-378 Decommissioned Oct 4 1946 Reclassified CVHE-14 (?), qv, Jun 12 1955
Core	CVU	13		Reclas		1959-05-07 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Maritime Commission Hull 178 Ex CVHE-14 (?), qv Reclassifi… Maritime Commission Hull 178 Ex CVHE-14 (?), qv Reclassified CVU-13 Jul 1 1958, after decommissioning Reclassified AKV-13, qv, May 7 1959
Core	CVHE	14		Reclas		1958-07-01 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA	Maritime Commission Hull 178 Ex CVE-13, qv Reclassified CV… Maritime Commission Hull 178 Ex CVE-13, qv Reclassified CVHE-14 (?), Jun 12 1955, after decommissioning Reclassified CVU-13, qv, Jul 1 1958
Corea											Civil War Part of Stone Fleet
Coringa	Cargo				1945-06-22 00:00:00.000			Moore Dry Dock Co.	Oakland	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 1216 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 1216 Merchant ship Original operator, Luckenbach Steamship
Corinth	Tanker				1943-07-30 00:00:00.000			Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Chester	PA	Maritime Commission Hull 376 Merchant ship Original operat… Maritime Commission Hull 376 Merchant ship Original operator, Keystone Shipping WW II
Corinth	PC	1547						Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.	Morris Heights	NY	PC-1547 was named Corinth at some point
Corinth	LCU	2016	LCU-2000								In service May 1991 1996, Fort Eustis
Corinthia	motorboat			Decom	1917-05-14 00:00:00.000	1918-12-06 00:00:00.000					WW I 8th Naval district Decommissioned 12/6/18
Corkwood	AN	44	Ailanthus	Decom	1944-05-16 00:00:00.000	1946-03-07 00:00:00.000		Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Everett	WA	ex YN-63 Reclasssified AN-44 and named Corkwood Jan 20 1944… ex YN-63 Reclasssified AN-44 and named Corkwood Jan 20 1944, before commissioning WW II Mar-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign 1 Battle Star 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.