Collection

Ships

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

Showing 5,501–5,550

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Home Port	Historynotes
Emma	ScStr			Decom	1863-09-30 00:00:00.000	1865-08-30 00:00:00.000						1st Emma Civil War Captured Jul 24 1863 by Army transport … 1st Emma Civil War Captured Jul 24 1863 by Army transport Arago, qv, while running blockade Purchased by Navy from prize court Sep 30 1863 Put to sea Nov 4 1863 North Atlantic Blockading Squadron Dec 6 1864, helped destroy blockade reunner Ella off Wilmington NC Dec 25 1864, attack on Fort Fisher Jan 13 and 15 1865, attack on Fort Fisher Decommissioned Aug 30 1865 Sold Nov 1 1865 Also see other Emma
Emma	Steamboat											Civil War Used by Army March 1862, used to transport Union… Civil War Used by Army March 1862, used to transport Union troops for the Battle of Shiloh. (Hurst List) December 1862, lower Mississippi Also see other Emma
Emma	SwStr											Civil War 1864, to be used for moving Union troops up the J… Civil War 1864, to be used for moving Union troops up the James River Also see other Emma
Emma	Tuttle											Civil War Jan 27 1863, captured off Charleston by Hope, qv,… Civil War Jan 27 1863, captured off Charleston by Hope, qv, while running cargo of saltpeter to Confederates
Emma	No.	1223										2nd Emma Wooden motorboat WW I - Served in 5th Naval Dist… 2nd Emma Wooden motorboat WW I - Served in 5th Naval District in noncommissioned status 1917-18
Emma Duncan	SwStr			Renamed			*		Monongahela	PA		Built 1860 Purchased by Navy Mar 1863 Civil War Renamed H… Built 1860 Purchased by Navy Mar 1863 Civil War Renamed Hastings, qv, Apr 7 1863
Emma Henry	SwGbt			Renamed	1865-05-11 00:00:00.000	1865-06-13 00:00:00.000						Civil War Confederate blockade runner, captured Dec 8 1864 … Civil War Confederate blockade runner, captured Dec 8 1864 by Union ship Cherokee, qv Commissioned May 11 1865 Renamed Wasp, qv, Jun 13 1865
Emma Kate Ross	Tug											Served in noncommissioned status in New York Harbor Jul 1918… Served in noncommissioned status in New York Harbor Jul 1918-May 1919 WW I -
Emma No. 2	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)
Emma Willard					1943-04-22 00:00:00.000			New England Shipbuilding Corp.	South Portland	ME		Maritime Commission E Hull 783 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 783 Merchant ship Original operator, Mystic Steamship WW II
Emmet	barge											Army vessel Seminole Wars
Emmet D. Boyle					1944-05-03 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp., Yard 2	Richmond	CA		Maritime Commission E Hull 2275 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2275 Merchant ship Original operator, War Shipping Administration WW II
Emmigrant	No.	3436										Carried briefly on Navy Register, probably during World War … Carried briefly on Navy Register, probably during World War I period, but never taken over
Emmkay	Tanker			Renamed	1942-09-28 00:00:00.000			Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Chester	PA		Maritime Commission Hull 159 Renamed Patuxent
Emmons	DD	457	Benson	Sunk	1941-12-05 00:00:00.000	1945-04-07 00:00:00.000		Bath Iron Works	Bath	ME		WW II Aug 5 1942, Atlantic Fleet, LCDR T. C. Ragan Nov, 19… WW II Aug 5 1942, Atlantic Fleet, LCDR T. C. Ragan Nov, 1942, Operation Torch, invasion of North Africa, LCDR Harold M. Heming Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, CDR E. B. Billingsley Jun 25 1944, Cherbourg Bombardment, CDR E. B. Billingsley Aug 1944, Operation Dragoon, Invasion of Southern France, CDR E. B. Billingsley Apr 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa operations. Sunk during that battle by Navy after extensive damage by Japanese planes. Named for RADM George F. Emmons, qv Navy Unit Commendation and 4 Battle Stars, WW II
Emory S. Land	AS	39	Emory S. Land	Active	1979-07-07 00:00:00.000			Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle	WA	Bremerton	Named for VADM(?) Emory S. Land, qv.
Emory Victory					1945-10-06 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD		Maritime Commission Victory Hull 654 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 654 Merchant ship Original Operator, United States Lines
Emperor	Steamboat											Civil War Used by Army January 1865, Ohio River
Empire	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) Also see other Empire
Empire	Str			Renamed			*					Civil War Chartered by VA State Navy Towed ballasted ships… Civil War Chartered by VA State Navy Towed ballasted ships into position to obstruct channels at Norfolk in May 1861 Renamed Appomattox, qv Also see other Empire
Empire Alliance												Merchant ship WW II May 1944, Convoy UGS-40, Mediterranean
Empire City	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)
Empire Marshall												Korean War Sep 1950, Operation Chromite, Invasion at Inchon… Korean War Sep 1950, Operation Chromite, Invasion at Inchon, Task Force 90
Empire State	IX	38		Transferred		1940-04-11 00:00:00.000		American International Shipbuilding Corp.	Hog Island	PA		Ex Procyon, qv Renamed Empire State and reclassified IX-38 … Ex Procyon, qv Renamed Empire State and reclassified IX-38 when turned over to State of New York Jul 15 1931 School ship Transferred to Maritime commission Apr 11 1940 for disposal
Emporia	PF	28		Decom	1944-05-24 00:00:00.000	1946-08-28 00:00:00.000		Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc	Superior	WI		Maritime Commission Hull 1439 WW II At Argentia to relay w… Maritime Commission Hull 1439 WW II At Argentia to relay weather information between Newfoundland and Bermuda Decommissioned from Navy Mar 14 1946 Recommissioned in Coast Guard same day Decommissioned from Coast Guard Aug 28 1946
Empress	Steamboat											Civil War Used by Army March 1862, used to transport Union… Civil War Used by Army March 1862, used to transport Union troops for the Battle of Shiloh. (Hurst List) December 1862, lower Mississippi
Enaj	PY			Released	1917-06-11 00:00:00.000	1918-12-31 00:00:00.000						WW I - Returned to owner Dec 31 1918
Enceladus	AK	80	Encaladus	Decom	1943-08-18 00:00:00.000	1945-12-18 00:00:00.000		Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Co.	Camden	NJ		Maritime Commission Hull 463 (DANFS Vol 3 says this ship wa… Maritime Commission Hull 463 (DANFS Vol 3 says this ship was named Elias D Knight at some point. Vol 2-Enceladus- and Maritime Commission building list do not mention this) WW II Decommissioned Dec 18 1945 Transferred to Maritime Commission
Encounter Bay	LT	65										Army vessel 1996, Tacoma
Endeavor	AFDL	1	AFDL 1									Completed 1943 WW II
Endicott	DMS	35		Decom	1945-05-30 00:00:00.000	1955-07-15 00:00:00.000		Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Seattle	WA		Ex DD-495, qv Reclassified DMS-35 May 30 1945 WW II Arriv… Ex DD-495, qv Reclassified DMS-35 May 30 1945 WW II Arrived in Pacific after Japanese surrender Mine sweeping in Yellow Sea Korean War Decommissioned Aug 17 1954 Again reclassified DD-495 Jul 15 1955
Endicott	DD	495	Gleaves	Reclas	1943-02-25 00:00:00.000	1945-05-30 00:00:00.000	*	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Seattle	WA		Named for Quarter Gunner Samuel Endicott, qv WW II May 194… Named for Quarter Gunner Samuel Endicott, qv WW II May 1944, damaged in collision with SS Exhibitor, while preparing for European invasion Aug 1944, Operation Dragoon, Invasion of Southern France, CDR J. D. Bulkeley. Sank German merchantman and German corvettes Nimet Allah and Capriola Reclassified DMS-35, qv, May 30 1945 Again reclassified DD-495 Jul 15 1955, after decommissioning
Endion	No.	707		Struck	1917-05-01 00:00:00.000	1919-10-06 00:00:00.000						Purchased by Navy for World War I Commissioned May 1 1917 … Purchased by Navy for World War I Commissioned May 1 1917 WW I - 1st Naval District Struck Oct 6 1919 Later sold
Endurance	ARDM	3	ARDM 1	Struck
Endurance	AM	435	Aggressive	Reclas	1954-03-19 00:00:00.000	1955-02-07 00:00:00.000	*	J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA		2nd Endurance Reclassified MSO-435, qv, Feb 7 1955
Endurance	MSO	435	Aggressive		1955-02-07 00:00:00.000			J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA		2nd Endurance Originally commissioned AM-435, qv Reclassif… 2nd Endurance Originally commissioned AM-435, qv Reclassified MSO-435 Feb 7 1955
Endurance	AMC	77		oos	1941-10-11 00:00:00.000	1945-12-06 00:00:00.000		Gibbs Gas Engine Co.	Jacksonville	FL		1st Endurance Launched Jun 19 1941 Placed in service Oct 1… 1st Endurance Launched Jun 19 1941 Placed in service Oct 11 1941 WW II 10th Naval District, in noncommissioned status Placed out of service Dec 6 1945 Transferred to Maritime Administration Jul 7 1947 for disposal
Endymion	ARL	9	Achelous	Decom	1944-05-09 00:00:00.000	1946-11-30 00:00:00.000		Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.	Chicago	IL		ex LST-513, qv. Reclassified ARL-9 11/03/1943, before commi… ex LST-513, qv. Reclassified ARL-9 11/03/1943, before commissioning WW II Apr-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign Decommissioned 11/30/1946 (Probably built by Chicago Bridge & Iron, since other LSTs in the same series were built there.)
Energy	AM	436	Aggressive	Reclas	1954-07-16 00:00:00.000	1955-02-07 00:00:00.000	*	J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA		2nd Energy
Energy	MSO	436	Aggressive	Decom	1955-02-07 00:00:00.000	1977-07-01 00:00:00.000		J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.	Tacoma	WA		2nd Energy Originally commissioned AM-436, qv Reclassified… 2nd Energy Originally commissioned AM-436, qv Reclassified MSO-436 Decommissioned Jul 1 1977 Scrapped
Energy	AMc	78	Accentor	Reclas	1942-01-01 00:00:00.000	1942-11-05 00:00:00.000	*	W. A. Robinson	Ipswich	MA		1st Energy WW II Decommissioned 11/9/41 Later given in se… 1st Energy WW II Decommissioned 11/9/41 Later given in service status as YDT-3, qv. Naval dictionary says she became YDT-3 in 1946. However, Ships data book for 1945 shows her as YDT-3, and says she was reclassified 11/5/42
Engage	AM	433	Aggressive	Reclas	1954-06-29 00:00:00.000	1955-02-07 00:00:00.000	*	Colberg Boat Works	Stockton	CA		2nd Engage ex Elusive ?? Reclassified MSO-433, qv, Feb 7 1… 2nd Engage ex Elusive ?? Reclassified MSO-433, qv, Feb 7 1955
Engage	MSO	433	Aggressive		1955-02-07 00:00:00.000			Colberg Boat Works	Stockton	CA		Originally commissioned AM-433, qv Reclassified MSP-433 Feb… Originally commissioned AM-433, qv Reclassified MSP-433 Feb 7 1955 Pacific
Engage	AM	93	Adroit	Reclas	1942-10-22 00:00:00.000	1944-06-01 00:00:00.000		Dravo Corp.	Pittsburgh	PA		1st Engage WW II Reclassified PC-1597, qv, Jun 1 1944, and… 1st Engage WW II Reclassified PC-1597, qv, Jun 1 1944, and name canceled
Engineer	SwStr			Ordered sold		1857-04-13 00:00:00.000						1st Engineer Purchased by Navy 1836 Used as tug and dispat… 1st Engineer Purchased by Navy 1836 Used as tug and dispatch boat at Norfolk Condemned. Ordered sold Apr 13 1857
Engineer	tug			Transferred			*	Whampoa Dock Co.	Hong Kong	BC		2nd Engineer Built 1907 for Army and named Engineer Transf… 2nd Engineer Built 1907 for Army and named Engineer Transferred to Navy Dec 28 1917. WW I - Returned to Army custody following World War I - Again transferred to Navy Oct 9 1922 and classified YFB-12 Named San Felipe, qv, Nov 1 1922
England	CG	22	Leahy					Todd Shipyards				Ex DLG-22
England	DE	635	Buckley	Decom	1943-12-10 00:00:00.000	1945-10-15 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem Steel Co.	San Francisco	CA		Named for ENS John C. England, qv WW II May 19 1944, sank … Named for ENS John C. England, qv WW II May 19 1944, sank Japanese submarine I-16 May 22 1944, sank Japanese submarine RO-106 5/23/1944, sank Japanese submarine RO-104 north of Bismarck Archipelago 5/24/1944, sank Japanese submarine RO-116 north of Bismarck Archipelago May 26 1945, sank Japanese submarine RO-108 These 5 sinkings were a record never matched by any other American ship in World War II May 31 1944, together with 4 other ships, sank Japanese submarine RO-105 Apr-May 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign. Seriously damaged 5/09 by Japanese air attack, with 37 of crew killed or mission, and sent to Philadelphia Navy yard for repair Decommissioned Oct 15 1945 Sold Nov 26 1946 Presidential Unit Citation and 10 Battle Stars WW II
English	DD	696	Allen M. Sumner		1944-05-04 00:00:00.000			Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Kearny	NJ		Named for RADM Robert H. English, qv WW II Apr 1945, Opera… Named for RADM Robert H. English, qv WW II Apr 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign, TG 58.3 May 10 1945, bombardment of Minami Daito Shima Jul 18 1945, bombardment of Nojima Saki, Japan Korean War Early 1951, blockade of Chongjin and Wonsan Oct 30 1954, collision with USS Wallace L. Lind
Engstrom	DE	50	Evarts	Decom	1943-06-21 00:00:00.000	1945-12-19 00:00:00.000		Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia	PA		Named for LTJG Warren L. Engstrom, qv Launched as HMS Drury… Named for LTJG Warren L. Engstrom, qv Launched as HMS Drury Reallocated to U.S. and renamed Engstrom before commissioning WW II Alaska area 1945, western Pacific Decommissioned Dec 19 1945 Sold Dec 26 1946

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.