Collection

Ships

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

Showing 11,701–11,750

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Home Port	Historynotes
Minivet	AM	371	Auk	Sunk	1945-05-29 00:00:00.000	1945-12-29 00:00:00.000		Savannah Machine & Foundry Co.	Savannah	GA		1st Minivet WW II Mine Division 23 Sunk Dec 29 1945 in Ts… 1st Minivet WW II Mine Division 23 Sunk Dec 29 1945 in Tsushima Straits after hitting a mine while sweeping. 31 crew killed or missing First American mine-sweeper lost in post war sweeping. 1 Battle Star for aftermath of WW II
Mink	Tug								Seattle	WA		Built 1941 Army ST-size tug WW II
Mink	IX	123		Decom	1944-01-09 00:00:00.000	1946-06-26 00:00:00.000		Delta Shipbuilding Co.	New Orleans	LA		Laid down as Judah Touro, qv. Maritime Commission E Hull 19… Laid down as Judah Touro, qv. Maritime Commission E Hull 1927. Renamed Mink 10/27/1943, before commissioning Acquired by Navy Jan 8 1944. WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LT W. J. Meagher Oct 25 1945, Battle for Leyte Gulf Jan 1945, invasion at Lingayen Gulf, LT W. J. Meagher Decommissioned 6/26/1946 Struck 7/19/1946. Renamed Judah Touro. Sold. Later named Scavalor, Apukia, Eleni V 3 Battle Stars WW II
Minneapolis	C	13	Columbia	Decom	1894-12-13 00:00:00.000	1921-03-15 00:00:00.000		William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia	PA		1st Minneapolis Spanish-American War North ern Patrol Squa… 1st Minneapolis Spanish-American War North ern Patrol Squadron Decommissioned Aug 18 1898 Recommissioned Apr 23 1902 Decommissioned Jun 2 1903 Recommissioned Oct 5 1903 Decommissioned Nov 17 1906 Recommissioned Jul 2 1917 WW I - Decommissioned Mar 15 1921 Sold Aug 5 1921
Minneapolis	CA	36	New Orleans	Decom	1934-05-19 00:00:00.000	1947-02-10 00:00:00.000		Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia	PA		2nd Minneapolis ex CL 36 WW II May 1942, Battle of Coral… 2nd Minneapolis ex CL 36 WW II May 1942, Battle of Coral Sea, CPT Frank J. Lowry Jun, 1942, Battle of Midway, CPT Frank J. Lowry Aug, 1942, Operation Watchtower, invasion of Guadalcanal, CPT Frank J. Lowry Aug 23-25 1942, Battle of Eastern Solomons, CPT Frank J. Lowry (flag of RADM Wright) Nov 30 1942, Battle of Tassafaronga, badly damaged by torpedoes from Japanese warships Oct 5 1943, bombardment of Wake Island Nov-Dec 1943, Operation Galvanic, Gilbert Islands operation, CPT R. W. Nates Dec 1943-Feb 1944, Invasion of Marshall Islands (carrier screen) Jun-Aug 1944, Operation Forager, Invasion of Saipan and Tinian, CPT Harry B. Slocum June 19-20 1944, Battle of the Philippine Sea, CPT Harry B. Slocum Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CPT Harry B. Slocum Oct 24-25 1944, Battle of Surigao Strait, CPT Harry B. Slocum Jan 1945, Invasion at Lingayen Gulf, CPT Harry B Slocum Apr 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa operation, CPT Harry B. Slocum, then CPT R. C. Hudson Sep 9 1945, at surrender of Korea by Japanese, flagship of Admiral Thomas Kincaid as he accepted the surrender Decommissioned 2/10/1947 Sold for scrapping 8/14/1959 16 Battle Stars WW II
Minneapolis-Saint Paul	SSN	708	Los Angeles	Active	1984-03-10 00:00:00.000			General Dynamics, Electric Boat Div.	Groton	CT	Norfolk
Minnehaha	Steamboat											Civil War Used by Army January 1865, Ohio River Also see … Civil War Used by Army January 1865, Ohio River Also see other Minnehaha
Minnehaha	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 Minnehaha
Minnehaha	YT	271		Reclas	1942-07-10 00:00:00.000	1944-05-15 00:00:00.000	*	Gulfport Boiler Works	Port Arthur	TX		Built 1942 Acquired by Navy May 29 1942 Ex Michael Moran … Built 1942 Acquired by Navy May 29 1942 Ex Michael Moran Named Minnehaha Jun 9 1942 Placed in service Jul 10 1942 WW II 5th Naval District Reclassified YTM-271, qv, May 15 1944
Minnehaha	YTM	271		Struck	1944-05-15 00:00:00.000	1946-12-30 00:00:00.000		Gulfport Boiler Works	Port Arthur	TX		Ex YT-271, qv Reclassified YTM-271 May 15 1944 WW II 5th … Ex YT-271, qv Reclassified YTM-271 May 15 1944 WW II 5th Naval District Struck Dec 30 1946 Transferred to Maritime Commission for disposition Sold Renamed Penn No. 3
Minnemac II	SP	202		Returned	1917-07-05 00:00:00.000	1919-01-13 00:00:00.000		George Lawley & Sons	Neponsett	MA		Motorboat built 1914 Acquired by Navy May 7 1917 Commissio… Motorboat built 1914 Acquired by Navy May 7 1917 Commissioned Jul 5 1917 WW I - Great Lakes area Returned to owner Jan 13 1919
Minneopa	SP	1701		Returned	1917-10-09 00:00:00.000							Motorboat Acquired by Navy Oct 9 1917 WW I - Section patr… Motorboat Acquired by Navy Oct 9 1917 WW I - Section patrol Returned to owner 1918
Minnequa	Hog Islander							American International Shipbuilding	Philadelphia	PA		WW I - Built for the war but not completed in time to parti… WW I - Built for the war but not completed in time to participate
Minnesota	StFrig			Decom	1857-05-21 00:00:00.000			Washington Navy Yard	Washington	DC		1st Minnesota Wooden steam frigate Commissioning commander… 1st Minnesota Wooden steam frigate Commissioning commander CPT S. F. Dupont Civil War Flag of Atlantic Blocking Squadron, capturing many prizes Mar 1862, saved by Monitor from CSS Virginia Flag of North Atlantic Blockading Squadron Apr 14 1863, Nansemond River Jan 15 1865, Assault on Fort Fisher Decommissioned 2/16/1865 Recommissioned 6/03/1867 Decommissioned 1/13/1868 Recommissioned 6/12/1875 Oct 1895, loaned to Massachusetts Naval Militia Sold Aug 1901
Minnesota	BB	22	Connecticut	Decom	1907-03-09 00:00:00.000	1921-12-01 00:00:00.000		Newport News Shipbuilding Co.	Newport News	VA		2nd Minnesota 1907-09, Great White Fleet WW I - Decommiss… 2nd Minnesota 1907-09, Great White Fleet WW I - Decommissioned 12/01/1921 Struck 12/01/1921 Sold Jan 23 1924 for scrap
Minnesotan	Str			Decom	1917-09-11 00:00:00.000	1919-08-21 00:00:00.000		Maryland Steel Co.	Sparrows Point	MD		Built 1912 Chartered by Army Sep 11 1917 WW I - Animal tr… Built 1912 Chartered by Army Sep 11 1917 WW I - Animal transport Taken over by Navy and commissioned Aug 23 1918 Naval Overseas Transportation Service Cargo to France Jan 1919, converted to troop transport Cruiser and Transport Force Decommissioned Aug 21 1919 Returned to owner May have served as commercial transport in World War II
Minnetonka	ScFr		Java	Renamed	1867-07-03 00:00:00.000	1869-05-15 00:00:00.000	*	Portsmouth Navy Yard	Portsmouth	NH		1st Minnetonka Launched Jul 3 1867 Renamed California, qv,… 1st Minnetonka Launched Jul 3 1867 Renamed California, qv, May 15 1869, before commissioning
Minnetonka	torpedo boat			Broken up				Perine's Union Iron Works	Williamsburgh	NY		Ex Naubuc, qv Ex Gorgon, qv Renamed Minnetonka Aug 10 1869… Ex Naubuc, qv Ex Gorgon, qv Renamed Minnetonka Aug 10 1869 Broken up 1875
Minnetonka	WHEC	67	Owasco		1946-09-20 00:00:00.000			Western Pipe & Steel	San Pedro	CA
Minnie M. Fiske					1944-03-15 00:00:00.000			J. A. Jones Const. Co., Wainwright Yard	Panama City	FL		Maritime Commission E Hull 1547 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1547 Merchant ship Original operator, American South African Lines WW II
Minniska	YTB	408	Sassaba		1945-03-01 00:00:00.000			Ira S. Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn	NY		Ex YT-408 Redesignated YTB-408 May 15 1944, before placed i… Ex YT-408 Redesignated YTB-408 May 15 1944, before placed in service Placed in service Mar 1 1945 WW II Pacific Fleet Naval Operating Base Guam
Minooka	YTB	257	Cahto	Sold	1944-08-08 00:00:00.000	1947-05-30 00:00:00.000		Anderson & Cristofani	San Francisco	CA		Ex YT-257 Redesignated YTB-257 May 15 1944, before placed i… Ex YT-257 Redesignated YTB-257 May 15 1944, before placed in service Placed in service Aug 8 1944 WW II Sold May 30 1947 to Nationalist China Struck Jun 10 1947
Minor C. Keith					1944-05-19 00:00:00.000			Todd-Houston Shipbuilding Corp.	Houston	TX		Maritime Commission E Hull 2928 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2928 Merchant ship Original operator, United Fruit Co. WW II
Minorca	ScStr			Not taken	1918-08-07 00:00:00.000			Ramagek & Ferguson	Leith	ST		Built 1892 Delivered to Navy Aug 7 1918, but never taken ov… Built 1892 Delivered to Navy Aug 7 1918, but never taken over
Minos	ARL	14	Achclous	Decom	1944-09-26 00:00:00.000	1955-08-19 00:00:00.000		Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.	Seneca	IL		Originally laid down as LST 644, qv. Named Minos and redesig… Originally laid down as LST 644, qv. Named Minos and redesignated as ARL-14 8/14/44 (before commissioning) WW II Decommissioned Jun 18 1946 Recommissioned Sep 22 1950 Decommissioned Aug 19 1955Struck Jan 1 1960 Sold Oct 18 1960
Minot Victory					1945-02-01 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR		Maritime Commission Victory Hull 149 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 149 Merchant ship Original operator, American Mail Line WW II Apr 10--26 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign
Minotaur												Merchant ship WW II
Minotaur	ARL	15	Achelous	Decom	1945-02-26 00:00:00.000	1955-10-03 00:00:00.000		Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.	Seneca	IL		Originally laid down as LST 645, qv. Named Minotaur and rede… Originally laid down as LST 645, qv. Named Minotaur and redesignated ARL-15 8/14/44 (before commissioning) WW II Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa operation Decommissioned Feb 26 1947 Recommissioned Jun 14 1951 Decommissioned Oct 3 1955 and loaned to Republic of Korea Renamed Duk Soo (ARL-1) 1 Battle Star WW II
Minquas	Dredge							Spedden Shipbuilding	Baltimore	MD		Built 1915 Army vessel WW II
Mintaka	AK	94	Crater	Decom	1943-05-10 00:00:00.000	1946-02-12 00:00:00.000		California Shipbuilding Corp.	Wilmington	CA		Ex Ansel Briggs, qv Renamed Mintaka Mar 17 1943 Delivered … Ex Ansel Briggs, qv Renamed Mintaka Mar 17 1943 Delivered to Navy Mar 26 1943 Commissioned May 10 1943 WW II Dec 1943, converted to troop-carrying cargo ship May 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa operations Decommissioned Feb 12 1946 and redelivered to War Shipping Administration the same day Struck Feb 26 1946 1 Battle Star WW II
Mira	SP	118		Returned		1918-05-08 00:00:00.000		Holmes Motor Co.	West Mystic	CT		Motor launch built 1911 Scheduled for use by Navy, but retu… Motor launch built 1911 Scheduled for use by Navy, but returned to owner May 8 1918 without ever being commissioned
Mira	AK	84		Renamed				Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ		Maritime Commission Hull 471 Laid down as William Nott Acq… Maritime Commission Hull 471 Laid down as William Nott Acquired by Navy Nov 6 1943. Renamed Mira (AK-84) Never commissioned by Navy Transferred to Army Nov 7 1943 Struck Nov 16 1943 WW II Renamed Robert M. Emery, qv
Mirabeau B. Lamar					1942-07-28 00:00:00.000			Houston Shipbuilding Corp.	Houston	TX		Maritime Commission E Hull 267 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 267 Merchant ship Original operator, Waterman Line WW II
Miramar	SP	591		Returned	1917-05-16 00:00:00.000	1918-12-18 00:00:00.000		Gas Engine & Power Co. & Charles L. Seabury	Morris Heights	NY		Built 1910 Acquired by Navy May 8 1917 Commissioned May 16… Built 1910 Acquired by Navy May 8 1917 Commissioned May 16 1917 WW I - 4th Naval District Returned to owner Dec 18 1918
Miramar	SP	672										Miramar (former civilian name) was unofficial Navy name of S… Miramar (former civilian name) was unofficial Navy name of SP-672 WW I - 8th Naval District
Mirfak	AK	271	Eltanin		1957-12-30 00:00:00.000			Avondale Marine Ways, Inc.	Avondale	LA		Delivered to Navy Dec 30 1957 Transferred to Military Sea T… Delivered to Navy Dec 30 1957 Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service the same day as USNS Mirfak (T-AK-271)
Mirna	SP	1214		Returned	1917-08-17 00:00:00.000	1918-05-08 00:00:00.000						Motorboat built 1911 Leased by Navy Jul 1917 Assigned to 4… Motorboat built 1911 Leased by Navy Jul 1917 Assigned to 4th Naval District Aug 17 1917 WW I - Returned to owner May 8 1918
Mirth	AM	265	Admirable	Decom	1944-08-12 00:00:00.000	1945-05-21 00:00:00.000	*	American Shipbuilding Co.	Lorain	OH		WW II First Atlantic, then Pacific Decommissioned May 21 1… WW II First Atlantic, then Pacific Decommissioned May 21 1945 Transferred to USSR under Lend Lease agreement Redesignated MSF-265, qv, Feb 7 1955, while in Soviet custody
Mirth	MSF	265						American Shipbuilding Co.	Lorain	OH		Ex AM-265, qv Redesignated MSF-265 Feb 7 1955, while in Sov… Ex AM-265, qv Redesignated MSF-265 Feb 7 1955, while in Soviet custory Still in Soviet custory in 1969
Mishawaka	YTB	764	Natick					Southern Shipbuilding Corp.	Slidell	LA		Launched Jan 1963 Named Mishawaka aeffective Jan 17 1965 1… Launched Jan 1963 Named Mishawaka aeffective Jan 17 1965 11th Naval District
Mispillion	AO	105	Cimarron		1945-12-29 00:00:00.000			Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Chester	PA		Maritime Commission Hull 2701 1948, Operation Sandstone Ko… Maritime Commission Hull 2701 1948, Operation Sandstone Korean War Sep 1950, Inchon Landing 1956, Operation Redwing 1965-66, modernized and made almost 100 feet longer 8 Battle Stars Korean War
Miss Anne II	SP	657		Returned	1918-09-21 00:00:00.000	1919-01-17 00:00:00.000		E. S. Thibault	Jacksonville	FL		Motor cruiser built 1916 Acquired by Navy Apr 13 1918 Comm… Motor cruiser built 1916 Acquired by Navy Apr 13 1918 Commissioned for district use Sep 21 1918 WW I - 6th Naval District Returned to owner Jan 17 1919
Miss Betty	J	846										Army vessel WW II
Miss Toledo	SP	1711		Returned	1918-04-30 00:00:00.000	1918-12-14 00:00:00.000		Dechel Carter Co.	Benton Harbor	MI		Built 1917 Acquired by Navy Apr 30 1918 WW I - No active … Built 1917 Acquired by Navy Apr 30 1918 WW I - No active service Returned to owner Dec 14 1918
Mission	Launch								Kansas City	MO		Built 1929 Army vessel WW II
Mission Alamo	Tanker			Renamed		1944-07-24 00:00:00.000	*	Marinship Corp.	Sausalito	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 1829 Laid down as Mission Alamo R… Maritime Commission Hull 1829 Laid down as Mission Alamo Renamed Anacostia (AO-94), qv, Jul 24 1944, before launching
Mission Bay	CVE	59	Casablanca	Deactiv	1943-09-13 00:00:00.000	1947-02-21 00:00:00.000	*	Kaiser Co., Inc.	Vancouver	WA		Maritime Commission Hull 1096 Originally scheduled to be bu… Maritime Commission Hull 1096 Originally scheduled to be built as AVG-59 Reclassified ACV-59 before laid down Reclassified CVE-59 Jul 15 1943 Commissioned Sep 13 1943 WW II Atlantic Placed in commission-in reserve status Feb 21 1947 Redesignated CVU-59, qv, Jun 12 1955
Mission Bay	CVU	59		Struck		1958-09-01 00:00:00.000		Kaiser Co., Inc.	Vancouver	WA		Ex CVE-59, qv Reclassified CVU-59 Jun 12 1955, after active… Ex CVE-59, qv Reclassified CVU-59 Jun 12 1955, after active service was completed Struck Sep 1 1958 Sold Apr 30 1959
Mission Buenaventura	TAOT	1012						Marine Ship Corp.	Sausalito	CA		Ex AO-111, qv Reclassified TAOT-1012 Active with Military … Ex AO-111, qv Reclassified TAOT-1012 Active with Military Sealift Command 1994 In Ready Reserve Fleet 1998
Mission Buenaventura	AO	111	Mission Buenaventura	Reclas	1944-06-28 00:00:00.000		*	Marine Ship Corp.	Sausalito	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 1821 Merchant ship Delivered to M… Maritime Commission Hull 1821 Merchant ship Delivered to Maritime Commission Jun 28 1944 Original operator, Deconhil Shipping WW II Pacific Acquired by Navy Nov 18 1947 and classified AO-111 Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission Buenaventura (T-AO-111) Reclassified TAOT-1012, qv

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.