Collection

Ships

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

Showing 6,701–6,750

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Historynotes
General W. F. Hase	AP	146	General G. O. Squier	Decom	1944-06-06 00:00:00.000	1946-06-06 00:00:00.000		Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 703 Named for General William F. H… Maritime Commission Hull 703 Named for General William F. Hase, qv WW II Decommissioned 6/06/46 and transferred to War Shipping Administration. Assigned to Army Transport Service Reacquired by Navy 3/01/50, and assigned to Military Sea Transport Service. Manned by civilian crew Korean War Out of Service July 1954. Transferred to Maritime Administration 1/08/60. In National Defense Reserve Fleet 8 Battle Stars Korean War
General W. G. Haan	AP	158	General G. O. Squier	Decom	1945-08-02 00:00:00.000	1946-06-07 00:00:00.000		Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 715 Named for MGEN William G. Haan… Maritime Commission Hull 715 Named for MGEN William G. Haan, qv Decommissioned 6/07/46 and transferred to War Shipping Administration, then to Army Reacquired by Navy 3/01/50 and assigned to Military Sea Transport Service with civilian crew 1950-53, under International Refugee Organization Transferred to Maritime Administration 10/22/58 and assigned to National Defense Reserve Fleet
General W. H. Gordon	AP	117			1944-07-27 00:00:00.000			Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Kearny	NJ	Maritime Commission Hull 675 WW II
General W. M. Black	AP	135	General G. O. Squier	oos	1944-02-24 00:00:00.000	1955-08-26 00:00:00.000		Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 658 Named for MGEN William M. Blac… Maritime Commission Hull 658 Named for MGEN William M. Black, qv WW II Pacific Then Atlantic Decommissioned 2/28/1946 and transferred to Army Reacquired by Navy 3/01/1950 and assigned to Military Sea Transport Service with civilian crew Korean War Placed out of service and Aug 26 1955 and transferred to Maritime Administration Assigned to National Defense Reserve Fleet 6 Battle Stars Korean War
General W. P. Richardson	AP	118	General John Pope	Decom	1944-11-02 00:00:00.000	1946-02-14 00:00:00.000		Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Kearny	NJ	Maritime Commission Hull 676 ex General R. M. Blatchford R… Maritime Commission Hull 676 ex General R. M. Blatchford Renamed General W. P. Richardson 7/01/44, before commissioning Named for World War I General Wilds P. Richardson, qv WW II Decommissioned Feb 14 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission Mar 10 1948 for use as Army transport Chartered Renamed SS La Guardia Renamed Leilani 1956
General Washington	Ship			Sold							Revolutionary War Named for General George Washington, qv … Revolutionary War Named for General George Washington, qv Privateer owned by Rhode island Commander, CPT Silas Talbot. Captured by British Culloden off New York late in 1780. Renamed General Monk in British Navy Recaptured my Americans Apr 8 1782, restored to name General Washington Placed in American service under LT Joshua Barney Sold summer of 1784
General Weeks	Tug			Transferred		1930-04-07 00:00:00.000	*		Shanghai	CH	Built 1910 Army Quartermaster vessel Manila Bay Transferr… Built 1910 Army Quartermaster vessel Manila Bay Transferred to Navy Apr 7 1930 Ranamed Vaga (YT-116), qv
General William Mitchell	AP	114	General John Pope	Transferred	1944-01-19 00:00:00.000	1966-12-01 00:00:00.000		Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Kearny	NJ	Maritime Commission Hull 672 Delivered 1/15/44 WW II Tran… Maritime Commission Hull 672 Delivered 1/15/44 WW II Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service Oct 1949 Korean War Returned to Maritime Administration Dec 1 1966
General William O. Darby	AP	127		Struck	1950-03-01 00:00:00.000	1969-01-09 00:00:00.000	*	Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard, Inc.	Alameda	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 685 Former Navy ship Admiral W. S.… Maritime Commission Hull 685 Former Navy ship Admiral W. S. Sims (AP-127), qv. Decommissioned 6/21/46 and transferred to Maritime Commission same day Transferred to Army and renamed General William O. Darby in honor of BGEN William O. Darby, qv Transferred from Army to Navy 3/01/50 and operated by Military Sea Transportation Service with civilian crew Korean War Vietnam War To Vietnam 1965-67 Placed in reserve 1968 Struck Jan 9 1969 and transferred to Maritime Commission Named cancelled Jul 6 1976 and reclassifiedIX-510, no name, qv
General William Weigel	AP	119	General John Pope		1945-01-06 00:00:00.000			Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Kearny	NJ	Maritime Commission Hull 677 ex General C. H. Barth. Renam… Maritime Commission Hull 677 ex General C. H. Barth. Renamed General William Weigel 8/24/44, before commissioning Named for MGEN William Wiegel, qv WW II Decommissioned 5/10/46 Reacquired by Navy 7/20/50 and assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service 8/01/50 Korean War Returned to Maritime Commission 6/12/58 Reacquired by Navy 8/18/65. Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service Vietnam War 7 Battle Stars Korean War
Genervieve	yacht			Decom	1918-12-09 00:00:00.000	1919-08-09 00:00:00.000			New Bedford	MA	Built 1895 Purchased by Navy Sep 19 1918 3rd Naval Distric… Built 1895 Purchased by Navy Sep 19 1918 3rd Naval District Served as water taxi in New York harbor Decommissioned Aug 9 1919 Sold Nov 20 1919
Genesee	SwStr			Decom	1862-07-03 00:00:00.000	1865-07-20 00:00:00.000		Boston Navy Yard	Boston	MA	1st Genesee Civil War South Atlantic Blockading Squadron … 1st Genesee Civil War South Atlantic Blockading Squadron 1863, West gulf Blockading Squadron Decommissioned Jul 31 1865 Sold Oct 3 1867
Genesee	AT	55		Scuttled	1917-11-10 00:00:00.000	1942-05-05 00:00:00.000		Maryland Steel Co.	Sparrows Point	MD	2nd Genosee Built 1905 Ex Monocacy (SP-1116), qv Acquired… 2nd Genosee Built 1905 Ex Monocacy (SP-1116), qv Acquired by Navy Jul 27 1917 WW I - WW II Scuttled in Philippines May 5 1942 to avoid capture 1 Battle Star WW II
Genesee	AOG	8	Patapsco	Decom	1944-05-27 00:00:00.000	1972-07-05 00:00:00.000		Cargill, Inc.	Savage	MN	3rd Genosee WW II May-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa… 3rd Genosee WW II May-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa operations Decommissioned Dec 14 1949 Recommissioned Jul 28 1950 Korean War Vietnam War 1 Battle Star WW II Navy Unit Citation Vietnam War
Geneva	APA	86	Gilliam	Decom	1945-03-22 00:00:00.000	1947-01-23 00:00:00.000		Consolidated Steel Corp.	Wilmington	CA	Maritime Commission Hull 1879 WW II 1946, Operation Crossr… Maritime Commission Hull 1879 WW II 1946, Operation Crossroads Decommissioned Jan 23 1947 Struck Feb 25 1947 Returned to Maritime Commission Par 2 1947 Sold for scrap Nov 2 1966
Genevieve Lykes											Commercial vessel WW II 1944
Gentian	WLB	290	Balsam					Zenith Dredge Co.	Duluth	MN
Gentry	DE	349	John C. Butler	Decom	1944-06-14 00:00:00.000	1946-07-02 00:00:00.000		Consolidated Steel Corp.	Orange	TX	Named for LT Wayne R. Gentry, qv WW II Decommissioned Jul … Named for LT Wayne R. Gentry, qv WW II Decommissioned Jul 2 1946
Geoanna	TP	249									Army vessel WW II Also see other Geoanna
Geoanna	IX	61		Transferred	1942-02-19 00:00:00.000	1943-09-03 00:00:00.000		Craig Shipbuilding Co.	Long Beach	CA	Built 1934 Acquired by Navy from Maritime Commission Feb 1 … Built 1934 Acquired by Navy from Maritime Commission Feb 1 1942 Placed in service Feb 19 1942 WW II 11th Naval District Also see other Geoanna Transferred to Coast Guard temporarily Jul 2 1943 Served Coast Guard as operational training ship Redelivered to Maritime Commission Aug 28 1943 Turned over to Army Sep 3 1943
George	DE	697	Buckley	Decom	1943-11-20 00:00:00.000	1958-10-08 00:00:00.000		Defoe Shipbuilding Co.	Bay City	MI	Named for Seaman Eugene F. George, qv WW II May 19-31 1944… Named for Seaman Eugene F. George, qv WW II May 19-31 1944, together with USS England and USS Raby, sank 6 Japanese submarines, (I-16, RO-106, RO-104, RO-116, RO-108, and RO-105) Feb 1945, Invasion of Iwo Jima Decommissioned Oct 8 1958 2 Battle Stars WW II
George A Sloan					1943-07-22 00:00:00.000			Great Lakes Engine Works	River Rouge	MI	Maritime Commission Hull 581 Merchant ship Original operat… Maritime Commission Hull 581 Merchant ship Original operator, Pittsburgh Steamship Co. WW II
George A. Custer					1942-10-10 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 646 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 646 Merchant ship Original operator, American South African Lines WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy
George A. Farley					1944-07-20 00:00:00.000			New England Shipbuilding Corp.	South Portland	ME	Maritime Commission E Hull 3037 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 3037 Merchant ship Original operator, Boland & Cornel. WW II
George A. Johnson	DE	583	Rudderow	Struck	1944-04-15 00:00:00.000	1965-11-01 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyards	Hingham	MA	Named for PVT George A. Johanson, qv WW II Atlantic convoy… Named for PVT George A. Johanson, qv WW II Atlantic convoys Jan 1945, Invasion of Lingayen Gulf Jan 1945, landing at San Antonio, Luzon Decommissioned May 31 1946 Assigned to 12th Naval District as training ship Commissioned in reserve Sep 29 1950 Decommissioned Sep 1957 Struck Nov 1 1965
George A. Lawson					1945-03-13 00:00:00.000			New England Shipbuilding Corp.	South Portland	ME	Maritime Commission E Hull 3097 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 3097 Merchant ship Original operator, West India Steamship WW II
George A. Marr					1944-03-22 00:00:00.000			Delta Shipbuilding Co.	New Orleans	LA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2454 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2454 Merchant ship Original operator, Overlakes Freight WW II
George A. Pope					1944-02-28 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2755 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2755 Merchant ship Original operator, McCormick Steamship WW II
George Abernethy					1942-07-25 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission E Hull 550 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 550 Merchant ship Original operator, Grace Lines WW II
George Ade					1944-08-25 00:00:00.000			J. A. Jones Construction Co., Wainright Yd	Panama City	FL	Maritime Commission E Hull 2314 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2314 Merchant ship Original operator, American West African Lines WW II
George B. Cortelyou				Renamed			*	Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond #2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 445 Acquired by Jan 4 1943 Rena… Maritime Commission E Hull 445 Acquired by Jan 4 1943 Renamed Cetus, qv
George B. McClellan					1942-06-27 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond #2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 322 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 322 Merchant ship Original operator, Mormack Lines WW II Aug-Sep 1944, Operation Dragoon, Invasion of Southern France
George B. McFarland					1944-05-29 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2686 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2686 Merchant ship Original operator, Interocean Steamship WW II
George B. Porter					1943-12-31 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2720 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2720 Merchant ship Original operator, McCormick Steamship WW II
George B. Seldon					1942-11-16 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond #2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 428 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 428 Merchant ship Original operator, Matson Navigation WW II
George Bancroft					1942-08-04 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 91 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission E Hull 91 Merchant ship Original operator, Hammond Shipping WW II Aug-Sep 1944, Operation Dragoon, Invasion of Southern France
George Bancroft	SSBN	643	Lafayette	Decom	1966-01-22 00:00:00.000	1993-01-01 00:00:00.000		Electric Boat Div. of General Dynamics Corp	Groton	CT	Named for Navy Secretary George Bancroft, qv Atlantic Fleet… Named for Navy Secretary George Bancroft, qv Atlantic Fleet Decommissioned Jan 1 1993
George Bellows					1943-09-04 00:00:00.000			Houston Shipbuilding Corp.	Houston	TX	Maritime Commission E Hull 1947 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1947 Merchant ship Original operator, R. A. Nicol & Co. WW II
George Berkeley					1943-06-14 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Shipbuilding Div.	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 1568 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1568 Merchant ship Original operator, Dichmann N. & P. WW II
George Buckhart	Sch										Civil War Confederate Navy (Texas Marine Department) A shi… Civil War Confederate Navy (Texas Marine Department) A ship of this name was captured Mar 17 1865 by USS Quaker City, qv, off Brozos while running the blockade
George Burton	Tr			Decom	1919-05-26 00:00:00.000	1919-08-05 00:00:00.000					British trawler chartered by U.S. Navy to clear mines in Nor… British trawler chartered by U.S. Navy to clear mines in North Sea following World War I Decommissioned Aug 5 1919 Returned Sep 30 1919
George C. Childress					1943-07-17 00:00:00.000			Houston Shipbuilding Corp.	Houston	TX	Maritime Commission E Hull 1937 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1937 Merchant ship Original operator, Grace Lines, Inc. WW II
George C. Collins	Steamer										Civil War Used to transport Gen. Sherman's troops in early … Civil War Used to transport Gen. Sherman's troops in early 1865
George C. Marshall	SSBN	654	Lafayette	Decom	1966-04-29 00:00:00.000	1993-01-01 00:00:00.000		Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News	VA	Decommissioned Jan 1 1991 Named for George Catlett Marshall… Decommissioned Jan 1 1991 Named for George Catlett Marshall, U.S. Army Chief of Staff in World War II, later Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State. Decommissioned Jan 1 1993
George C. Yount				Renamed	1943-02-21 00:00:00.000		*	California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 708 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 708 Merchant ship Original operator, American President Lines WW II Taken into Navy and renamed Ascella (AK-137)Dec 14 1943 Resumed name George C. Yount after being returned to Maritime Commission after the war
George Calvert					1942-04-30 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD	Maritime Commission E Hull 29 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission E Hull 29 Merchant ship Original operator, Bull Line WW II
George Chaffey					1942-12-08 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 671 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 671 Merchant ship Original operator, J. H. Winchester WW II
George Chamberlain					1942-08-26 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission E Hull 560 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 560 Merchant ship Original operator, Luckenbach Steamship WW II
George Clarke	Tr			Returned	1919-05-15 00:00:00.000	1919-08-12 00:00:00.000					British trawler chartered by U.S. Navy to clear mines in Nor… British trawler chartered by U.S. Navy to clear mines in North Sea following World War I Decommissioned Returned Aug 12 1919
George Cleeve					1943-06-30 00:00:00.000			New England Shipbuilding Corp.	South Portland	ME	Maritime Commission E Hull 793 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 793 Merchant ship Original operator, American Export Lines 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.