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Ships

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

Showing 7,351–7,400

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Historynotes
H 5	SS	148	H-1	Decom	1918-09-30 00:00:00.000	1922-10-20 00:00:00.000		Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton	WA	H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russi… H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russian government, but not delivered. They were stored until purchased by the U.S. Navy and commissioned in 1918 WW I - Decommissioned Oct 20 1922 Struck Feb 26 1931 Sold for scrapping Nov 28 1933
H 6	SS	149	H-1	Decom	1918-09-09 00:00:00.000	1922-10-23 00:00:00.000		Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton	WA	H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russi… H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russian government, but not delivered. They were stored until purchased by the U.S. Navy and commissioned in 1918 WW I - Decommissioned Oct 23 1922 Struck Feb 26 1931 Sold for scrapping Nov 28 1933
H 7	SS	150	H-1	Decom	1918-10-24 00:00:00.000	1922-10-23 00:00:00.000		Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton	WA	H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russi… H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russian government, but not delivered. They were stored until purchased by the U.S. Navy and commissioned in 1918 WW I - Decommissioned Oct 23 1922 Struck Feb 26 1931 Sold for scrapping Nov 28 1933
H 8	SS	151	H-1	Decom	1918-11-18 00:00:00.000	1922-11-17 00:00:00.000		Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton	WA	H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russi… H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russian government, but not delivered. They were stored until purchased by the U.S. Navy and commissioned in 1918 WW I - Decommissioned Nov 17 1922 Struck Feb 26 1931 Sold for scrapping Nov 28 1933
H 9	SS	152	H-1	Decom	1918-11-25 00:00:00.000	1922-11-03 00:00:00.000		Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton	WA	H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russi… H-4 through H-9 were originally built for the Imperial Russian government, but not delivered. They were stored until purchased by the U.S. Navy and commissioned in 1918 WW I - Decommissioned Nov 3 1922 Struck Feb 26 1931 Sold for scrapping Nov 28 1933
H-1	FS	124							Portsmouth	VA	Built 1931 Converted merchant vessel WW II Army vessel
H-1	SS	28	H-1	Sank	1913-12-01 00:00:00.000	1920-03-24 00:00:00.000		Union Iron Works	San Francisco	CA	ex Seawolf Renamed H-1 before commissioning WW I - Went a… ex Seawolf Renamed H-1 before commissioning WW I - Went aground off Santa Margarita Island CA Mar 12 1920 and sank during salvage operation Mar 24 Struck Apr 12 1920 Hulk sold for salvage scrap Jun 1920
H-2	SS	29	H-1	Decom	1913-12-01 00:00:00.000	1922-10-23 00:00:00.000		Union Iron Works	San Francisco	CA	ex Nautilus Renamed H-2 before commissioning WW I - Decom… ex Nautilus Renamed H-2 before commissioning WW I - Decommissioned Oct 23 1922 Struck Dec 18 1930 Sold for scrapping 1931
H. A. Butler	SP	2285		Returned		1918-04-24 00:00:00.000		John A. Dialogue & Son	Milford	DE	Built 1889 Acquired by Navy Mar 15 1918 Found to be in nee… Built 1889 Acquired by Navy Mar 15 1918 Found to be in need of extensive repair and returned to owner Apr 24 1918
H. A. Scandrett	Cargo							Great Lakes Engineering Works	St. Claire	MI	Built 1909 Army vessel Bareboat charter WW II
H. C. Cadmus	LT	332						J. H. Dialogue	Camden	NJ	Built 1899 Army vessel WW II
H. D. Collier	Tanker				1945-10-29 00:00:00.000			Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Chester	PA	Maritime Commission Hull 2712 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2712 Merchant ship Original operator, Standard Oil of California
H. G. Blasdel					1943-08-10 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, S/B Div., Yd 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 1718 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1718 Merchant ship Original operator, American President Lines WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy
H. H. Raymond					1944-06-14 00:00:00.000			J. A. Jones Construction Co., Wainright Yd	Panama City	FL	Maritime Commission E Hull 2303 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2303 Merchant ship Original operator, Agwilines, Inc. WW II
H. L. Demeritt	Launch								Chester	PA	Built 1924 Army vessel WW II
H. L. Hunley	Submarine			Sunk		1864-02-17 00:00:00.000		Park & Lyons	Mobile	AL	Confederate vessel Built by Conferearate Army LTs W. A. Ale… Confederate vessel Built by Conferearate Army LTs W. A. Alexander and G. E. Dixon. Plans by Horace L. Hunley, James R. McClintock and Baxter Watson Civil War First true submarine. First submarine to sink a warship in combat Sank and recovered many times during trials, killing 32 people, including Horace Hunley, the builder Feb 17 1864, sank USS Housatonic with torpedo fitted on bow spar. This action sank the Hunley also. Housatonic, qv, first ship sunk by submarine Raised Aug 8 2000, after being discovered in 1995 by group headed by Clive Cussler
H. R. W. Hill	SwStr			Captured		1862-06-06 00:00:00.000			New Albany	IN	Built 1852 Civil War Used by Confederates as transport in … Built 1852 Civil War Used by Confederates as transport in Mississippi River area Nov 7 1861, Battle of Belmont, MO Captured Jun 6 1862 at Battle of Memphis
H. S. Hagan	Transport										Civil War In June 1865, used to transport Union troops to T… Civil War In June 1865, used to transport Union troops to Texas
H. T. Dodge											WW II Jan 1945, invasion at Lingayen Gulf
H. Weir Cook					1944-03-23 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission E Hull 2770 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2770 Merchant ship Original operator, Burns Steamship WW II
H.S. Taber	Dredge								Dubuque	IA	Built 1914 Self-propelled cutterhead pipeline dredge Army … Built 1914 Self-propelled cutterhead pipeline dredge Army vessel WW II
Haas	DE	424	John C. Butler	Decom	1944-08-02 00:00:00.000	1958-01-24 00:00:00.000		Brom Shipbuilding Co.	Houston	TX	Named for Chief Machinist John W. Haas, qv WW II Decommiss… Named for Chief Machinist John W. Haas, qv WW II Decommissioned May 31 1946 Recommissioned May 19 1951 Decommissioned Jan 24 1958 Scrapped Dec 1966
Habersham	AK	186	Alamosa	Decom	1945-05-12 00:00:00.000	1946-04-09 00:00:00.000		Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc.	Superior	WI	Maritime commission Hull 2117 WW II Decommissioned Apr 9 1… Maritime commission Hull 2117 WW II Decommissioned Apr 9 1946 and returned to Maritime Commission Sold. Renamed Rosa Thorden Renamed Pusan 1952
Hackberry	YN	20	Aloe	Reclas	1942-12-21 00:00:00.000	1944-01-20 00:00:00.000	*	American Shipbuilding Co.	Cleveland	OH	Ex Maple. Renamed before launching WW II Reclassified AN-… Ex Maple. Renamed before launching WW II Reclassified AN-25, qv, Jan 20 1944
Hackberry	AN	25		Transferred	1944-01-20 00:00:00.000	1944-11-12 00:00:00.000		American Shipbuilding Co.	Cleveland	OH	Ex YN-25, qv Reclassified AN-25 Jan 1 1944 Aug 1944, Opera… Ex YN-25, qv Reclassified AN-25 Jan 1 1944 Aug 1944, Operation Dragoon, invasion of Southern France Transferred to French government Nov 12 1944 Returned to U.S. custody Mar 21 1949 and sold the same day to France Renamed Araignee
Hackensack	YTM	750	Army LT-2089	Struck		1967-03-01 00:00:00.000		Higgins Co.	New Orleans	LA	Ex Army LT 2089 Another source says buildier is National St… Ex Army LT 2089 Another source says buildier is National Steel Co., San Diego CA Transferred from Army to Navy 1953 Struck March 1 1967
Hackleback	AGSS	295		Struck		1967-03-01 00:00:00.000		Cramp Shipbuilding Co.	Philadelphia	PA	Ex SS-295, qv Reclassified AGSS-295 Mar 1 1967, after decom… Ex SS-295, qv Reclassified AGSS-295 Mar 1 1967, after decommissioning
Hackleback	SS	295	Balao	Decom	1944-11-07 00:00:00.000	1946-03-20 00:00:00.000	*	Cramp Shipbuilding Co.	Philadelphia	PA	WW II Apr 7 1945, assisted with location reports in the des… WW II Apr 7 1945, assisted with location reports in the destruction of Japanes battleship Yamato Decommissioned Mar 20 1946 Reclassified AGSS-295, qv, Nov 9 1962
Haddo	SS	255	Gato	Decom	1942-10-09 00:00:00.000	1946-02-16 00:00:00.000		Electric Boat Co.	Groton	CT	1st Haddo WW II June 19-20 1944, Battle of the Philippine … 1st Haddo WW II June 19-20 1944, Battle of the Philippine Sea, CDR C. W. Nimitz, Jr. Nov 9 1944, sank Japanese oiler Hishi Maru No. 2 Decommissioned Feb 16 1946 Struck Aug 1 1958 Sold for scrap Apr 30 1959 Navy Unit Commendation and 6 Battle Stars WW II
Haddo	SSN	604	Thresher		1964-12-16 00:00:00.000			New York Shipbuilding Co.	Camden	NJ	2nd Haddo
Haddock	SS	231	Gato	oos	1942-03-14 00:00:00.000			Portsmouth Navy Yard	Portsmouth	NH	1st Haddock WW II Arrived Midway Sep 28 1943. Departed Oc… 1st Haddock WW II Arrived Midway Sep 28 1943. Departed Oct 20 Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CDR J. P. Roach Decommissioned Feb 12 1947 Training ship Out of service May 1952 Reserved training Struck Sold for scrap Aug 23 1960
Haddock	SSN	621	Thresher		1967-12-22 00:00:00.000			Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.	Pascagoula	MS	2nd Haddock
Hadley	Tanker				1943-05-20 00:00:00.000			Kaiser Co., Inc., Swan Island	Portland	OR	Maritime Commission Hull 802 Merchant ship Original operat… Maritime Commission Hull 802 Merchant ship Original operator, International Freighting WW II
Hadley F. Brown					1944-05-15 00:00:00.000			New England Shipbuilding Corp.	South Portland	ME	Maritime Commission E Hull 3023 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 3023 Merchant ship Original operator, Mystic Steamship WW II
Hagan	freighter										WW II Jun 10 1942, torpedoed and damaged but not sunk off F… WW II Jun 10 1942, torpedoed and damaged but not sunk off Florida by German submaring U-157
Hagerstown Victory					1945-03-13 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD	Maritime Commission Victory Hull 634 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 634 Merchant ship Original operator, Calmar Steamship WW II
Haggard	DD	555	Fletcher	Decom	1943-08-31 00:00:00.000	1945-11-01 00:00:00.000		Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Seattle	WA	Named for a CPT Haggard, qv WW II May 16 1944, together wi… Named for a CPT Haggard, qv WW II May 16 1944, together with USS Franks, sank Japanese submarine I-176 in Buka Passage Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CDR D. A. Harris 3/23/45, sank Japanese submarine I-371 in Philippine Sea Mar-Apr 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign, TG 58.4. Damaged 3/22 by ramming enemy submarine. Seriously damaged 4/29 by Japanese air attack and sent to Navy yard for repair Decommissioned Nov 1 1945 Scrapped because of war damage 3 Battle Stars WW II
Hague	Fr										Ex Deane Renamed Hague 1782 Revolutionary War 1782, CPT J… Ex Deane Renamed Hague 1782 Revolutionary War 1782, CPT John Manley assumed command Captured Baille Jan 1783. Last significant prize of the war Decommissioned 1783
Hahira											Merchant ship WW II
Hai Kwang								New Eng. & Shipbuilding Works	Shanghai	CH	Built 1926 WW II Philippine vessel chartered by Army
Haida	WPG	45	Haida								Commissioned 1921 WW II
Haiglar	YT	327		Reclas	1942-12-13 00:00:00.000	1944-05-15 00:00:00.000	*	Brunswick Marine Construction Corp.	Brunswick	GA	Ex Port Wentworth, qv Acquired by Navy Nov 14 1942 and rena… Ex Port Wentworth, qv Acquired by Navy Nov 14 1942 and renamed Haiglar (YT-327) In service Dec 13 1942 WW II 1st Naval District Redesignated YTB-327, qv, May 15 1944
Haiglar	YTB	327		Struck	1944-05-15 00:00:00.000	1947-02-11 00:00:00.000		Brunswick Marine Construction Corp.	Brunswick	GA	Ex Port Wentworth, qv Ex YT-327, qv Redesignated YTN-327 M… Ex Port Wentworth, qv Ex YT-327, qv Redesignated YTN-327 May 15 1944 WW II 15th Naval District Struck Feb 11 1947
Hailey	DD	556	Fletcher	Decom	1943-09-30 00:00:00.000	1960-11-03 00:00:00.000		Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.	Seattle	WA	Named for CPT Joshua Bailey, qv WW II Oct 1944, Invasion o… Named for CPT Joshua Bailey, qv WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CDR P. H. Brady Mar-Apr 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign, TG 58.4 Decommissioned Jan 27 1946 Recommissioned Apr 27 1951 Korean War Decommissioned Nov 3 1960 Loaned to Brazil Jul 20 1961 Renamed Pernambuco (D-30) 6 Battle Stars WW II 2 Battle Stars Korean War
Haines	DE	792	Buckley	Reclas	1943-12-27 00:00:00.000	1944-12-15 00:00:00.000	*	Consolidated Steel Corp.	Orange	TX	Named of LT Richard A. Haines, qv Originally commissioned 1… Named of LT Richard A. Haines, qv Originally commissioned 12/27/43 WW II Aug 1944, Operation Dragoon, Invasion of Southern France, LCDR E. C. Powell Reclassified APD-84, qv, 12/15/44 1 Battle Star WW II
Haines	APD	84		Decom	1944-12-15 00:00:00.000	1946-04-29 00:00:00.000		Consolidated Steel Corp.	Orange	TX	Named of LT Richard A. Haines, qv Originally commissioned a… Named of LT Richard A. Haines, qv Originally commissioned as DE-792, qv, 12/27/43 Reclassified APD-84 12/15/44 WW II Decommissioned Apr 29 1946 Struck Jun 1 1960 Sold for scrap May 19 1961
Hains	Dredge							Pusey & Jones	Wilmington	DE	Built 1942 Army vessel WW II
Haiti Victory	cargo			Reclas	1944-09-18 00:00:00.000	1950-03-01 00:00:00.000	*	Permanente Metals Corp., Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Maritime Commission Victory Hull 532 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 532 Merchant ship Original operator, Waterman Steamship Co. WW II Acquired by Navy Mar 1 1950 and assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service as T-AK-238, qv
Haiti Victory	T-AK	238		Reclas		1960-11-27 00:00:00.000	*	Permanente Metals Corp., Yard 2	Richmond	CA	Former commercial cargo vessel Haiti Victory, qv Acquired b… Former commercial cargo vessel Haiti Victory, qv Acquired by Navy Mar 1 1950 and assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service as T-AK-238 Renamed Longview and reclassified T-AGM-3, qv, Nov 27 1960
Hake	AGSS	256		Struck		1967-03-01 00:00:00.000		Electric Boat Co.	Groton	CT	Ex SS-256, qv Reclassified AGSS-256 Nov 6 1962, acter decom… Ex SS-256, qv Reclassified AGSS-256 Nov 6 1962, acter decommissioning Used for training reservists Struck Mar 1 1967 to be sold

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.