Collection

Ships

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

Showing 1,151–1,200

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Home Port	Historynotes
Arrow	Str			Burned		1862-06-04 00:00:00.000						Seized by Governor of Louisiana in 1861 and turned over to C… Seized by Governor of Louisiana in 1861 and turned over to Confederate Army Civil War Mississippi sound Sep 1861, aided in removing Confederate troops from Ship Island MS Burned by Confederates Jun 4 1862 on the Pearl River to prevent capture
Arrow	Troopship							Bath Iron Works	Bath	ME		Built 1909 Ex Belfast Army troopship WW II
Arrow	Tug											Steam tug Civil War Virginia State Navy Picket duty near … Steam tug Civil War Virginia State Navy Picket duty near Craney Island No evidence of being taken into Confederate Navy
Arrowhead	AD	35	Shenandoah	Broken up				Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton	WA		Laid down Dec 1 1944 Never completed Contract termintated … Laid down Dec 1 1944 Never completed Contract termintated Aug 11 1945 Hunk broken up
Arrowsic	YFB	59		oos	1945-02-20 00:00:00.000	1946-05-20 00:00:00.000		Todd Shipyard Corp.	Brooklyn	NY		Built between 1922 and 1925 Acquired by Navy Feb 19 1945 N… Built between 1922 and 1925 Acquired by Navy Feb 19 1945 Named Arrowsic 4/6/1945 WW II 3rd Naval District Out of service 5/20/1946 Struck 6/5/1946 Returned to New York City 6/11/1946
Arroyo	SP	197		Decom	1917-06-25 00:00:00.000	1918-12-16 00:00:00.000		Luders Marine Construction Co.	Stamford	CT		Motorboat built 1913 Leased by Navy Apr 21 1917 WW I - 3r… Motorboat built 1913 Leased by Navy Apr 21 1917 WW I - 3rd Naval District Decommissioned 12/16/1918. and Struck same date and returned to owner
Art Young					1944-11-22 00:00:00.000			J. A. Jones Construction Co., Wainright Yd	Panama City	FL		Maritime Commission E Hull 2328 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2328 Merchant ship Original operator, A. L. Burbank Co. WW II
Artemas Ward					1942-06-30 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC		Maritime commission E Hull 156 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime commission E Hull 156 Merchant ship Original operator, American Export Lines WW II Nov 1942, Operation Torch, Invasion of North Africa Jun 1944, Mulberry breakwater at Normandy
Artemis	AKA	21	Artemis	Decom	1944-08-28 00:00:00.000	1947-01-10 00:00:00.000		Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.	Providence	RI		3rd Artemis Maritime Commission Hull 1882 WW II Feb 1945,… 3rd Artemis Maritime Commission Hull 1882 WW II Feb 1945, Invasion of Iwo Jima 1946, Operation Crossroads Decommissioned 1/10/1947 Transferred to Maritime Commission 4/01/1948 sold in 1960s and later scrapped 2 Battle Stars WW II
Artemis	Id	2187		Decom	1919-04-08 00:00:00.000	1919-10-18 00:00:00.000		Harland & Wolff	Belfast	IR		2nd Artemis Built 1902 Ex Bohemia Ex Iowa. Passenger shi… 2nd Artemis Built 1902 Ex Bohemia Ex Iowa. Passenger ship Seized by U.S. Customs officials Apr 1917 Renamed Artemis Apr 1917 WW I - U.S. Army Transport Transferred to Navy and commissioned 4/8/1919 Decommissioned 10/18/1919 Struck 10/18/1919 Transferred to U.S. Shipping Board Renamed Empire Bittern 1941
Artemis	SP	593		Renamed	1917-10-17 00:00:00.000	1918-02-20 00:00:00.000	*	Pusey & Jones Co.	Wilmington	DE		1st Artemis Ex Christina Built 1912 SP-593 WW I - Feb 1… 1st Artemis Ex Christina Built 1912 SP-593 WW I - Feb 1918, Convoy GB-12 Renamed Arcturus, qv, Feb 20 1918. Ship did not receive notice of name change until Jun 2 1918, while operating out of Gibraltar Renamed Artemis again after sale Burned and sank Feb 1927
Arthur	Bark			Decom	1861-12-11 00:00:00.000	1865-09-16 00:00:00.000			Amesburg	MA		Built 1855 Civil War Gulf Blockading Squadron, Acting Volu… Built 1855 Civil War Gulf Blockading Squadron, Acting Volunteer LT John W. Kittredge Decommissioned 9/16/1865 Sold 9/27/1865
Arthur A. Penn					1944-02-25 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 2	Richmond	CA		Maritime Commission E Hull 2753 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2753 Merchant ship Original operator, Alaska Steamship WW II
Arthur C. Ely	Repair							Penn Jersey Shipbuilding	Camden	NJ		Built 1944 Army vessel WW II
Arthur Dobbs					1943-06-27 00:00:00.000			North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.	Wilmington	NC		Maritime Commission E Hull 1984 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1984 Merchant ship Original operator, Calmar Steamship WW II
Arthur J. Tyrer					1944-08-31 00:00:00.000			J. A. Jones Construction Co., Inc.	Brunswick	GA		Maritime Commission E Hull 2372 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2372 Merchant ship Original operator, Grace Line WW II
Arthur L. Bristol	APD	97	Charles Lawrence	Decom	1945-06-25 00:00:00.000	1946-04-29 00:00:00.000		Charleston Navy Yard	Charleston	SC		Named for VADM Arthur L. Bristol, qv ex DE-281. Reclassifi… Named for VADM Arthur L. Bristol, qv ex DE-281. Reclassified APD-97 before commissioning. WW II Naval Training Center, Miami, training ship Decommissioned Apr 29 1946 Struck Jun 1 1964 Transferred to purchaser Aug 4 1965
Arthur L. Perry					1943-08-21 00:00:00.000			New England Shipbuilding Corp.	South Portland	ME		Maritime Commission E Hull 809 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 809 Merchant ship Original operator, Calmar Steamship WW II
Arthur M. Huddell					1943-12-18 00:00:00.000			St. Johns River Shipbuilding Co., Inc.	Jacksonville	FL		Maritime Commission E Hull 1215 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1215 Merchant ship Original operator, A. H. Bull & Co. WW II
Arthur M. Hulbert					1944-12-16 00:00:00.000			J. A. Jones Construction Co., Inc.	Brunswick	GA		Maritime Commission E Hull 2389 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2389 Merchant ship Original operator, Alcoa Steamship WW II
Arthur Middleton				Sunk	1942-07-08 00:00:00.000	1943-01-01 00:00:00.000		Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.	Mobile	AL		Maritime Commission E Hull 4 Merchant ship Original operat… Maritime Commission E Hull 4 Merchant ship Original operator, Lykes Bros. WW II Sunk by German U-boat off Oran North Africa January 1 1943
Arthur Middleton	APA	25	Arthur Middleton	Decom	1943-02-01 00:00:00.000	1946-10-21 00:00:00.000		Ingalls Shipbuilding Co.	Pascagoula	MS		Named for Revolutionary War patriot Arthur Middleton, qv ex… Named for Revolutionary War patriot Arthur Middleton, qv ex SS African Comet, Maritime Commission Hull 106 Originally commissioned AP-55. Reclassified APA-25 2/01/1943 WW II Nov-Dec 1943, Operation Galvanic, Gilbert Islands operation, CPT S. A. Olsen, USCG Jan-Feb 1944, invasion of Marshall Islands Jun-Aug 1944, Operation Forager, Invasion of Saipan and Tinian, CPT S. A. Olsen, USCG Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CPT S. A. Olsen, USCG Jan 1945, Invasion at Lingayen Gulf Apr 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign, TG 53.1 Decommissioned Oct 21 1946 Struck Oct 1 1958 Sold May 9 1973 and later scrapped 6 Battle Stars WW II
Arthur Middleton	AP	55	Arthur Middleton	Reclas	1942-09-07 00:00:00.000	1943-02-01 00:00:00.000	*	Ingalls Shipbuilding Co.	Pascagoula	MS		Named for Revolutionary War patriot Arthur Middleton, qv ex… Named for Revolutionary War patriot Arthur Middleton, qv ex SS African Comet Maritime Commission Hull 106 Acquired by Navy Jan 6 1942 Originally commissioned AP-55 WW II Reclassified APA-25 2/01/1943
Arthur P. Davis					1943-08-06 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA		Maritime commission E Hull 1858 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime commission E Hull 1858 Merchant ship Original operator, American West African Lines WW II
Arthur R. Lewis					1944-05-12 00:00:00.000			St. Johns River Shipbuilding Co., Inc.	Jacksonville	FL		Maritime Commission E Hull 2475 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2475 Merchant ship Original operator, Seas Shipping WW II
Arthur Riggs					1943-02-23 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR		Maritime Commission E Hull 1593 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1593 Merchant ship Original operator, Polaris Steamship WW II
Arthur Sewall												Merchant ship WW II
Arthur Sewall					1944-03-24 00:00:00.000			New England Shipbuilding Corp.	South Portland	ME		Maritime Commission E Hull 3006 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 3006 Merchant ship Original operator, Eastern Steamship WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy
Arthur St. Clair					1944-05-26 00:00:00.000			Todd-Houston Shipbuilding Corp.	Houston	TX		Maritime Commission E Hull 2930 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2930 Merchant ship Original operator, American West African Lines WW II
Arthur W. Radford	DD	968	Spruance	Active	1977-04-16 00:00:00.000			Ingalls Shipbuilding Co.	Pascagoula	MS	Norfolk	Named for ADM Arthur W. Radford, qv
Artigas	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
Artigas	ScStr			Decom		1919-01-04 00:00:00.000			Bremen	GE		Named for Jose G. Artigas (Fernando Jose Artigas) of Uruguay… Named for Jose G. Artigas (Fernando Jose Artigas) of Uruguay Built 1911 Merchant ship Acquired by Navy summer 1918 WW I - Naval Overseas Transportation Service South America Decommissioned Jan 4 1919 and transferred to U.S. Shipping Board the same day Renamed Elias G. Culucundis around 1928 Renamed Argentina in 1933-34
Artisan	AFDB	1		oos	1979-06-07 00:00:00.000			(See History and Notes for ABSD-1)				Formerly un-named ABSD-1, qv., then AFDB-1, qv Named Artisa… Formerly un-named ABSD-1, qv., then AFDB-1, qv Named Artisan 6/7/1979, while in service Out of service Oct. 1986. Struck Reinstated to Navy list 3/1987
Artmar III	SP	408		Decom	1917-05-24 00:00:00.000	1919-02-18 00:00:00.000	*	F. S. Nock	East Greenwich	RI		Motor boat built 1912 Sometimes called Artmar Acquired by … Motor boat built 1912 Sometimes called Artmar Acquired by Navy May 22 1917 WW I - New Bedford MA Decommissioned 2/18/1919 Struck Apr 11 1919 Transferred to Coast Guard 9/15/1919 Renamed Dash, qv., 12/16/1919 Renamed AB-5 Nov 6 1923
Arunah S. Abell					1943-08-12 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD		Maritime commission E Hull 1759 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime commission E Hull 1759 Merchant ship Original operator, Blidberg-Rthch. WW II
Arundel	CGC											Coast Guard ship WW II Aug 5 1942, Atlantic Fleet, Greenla… Coast Guard ship WW II Aug 5 1942, Atlantic Fleet, Greenland Patrol
Arundel	CGC			Sold	1918-04-01 00:00:00.000	1928-04-28 00:00:00.000		Charles A. Weidner	Chester	PA		Coast Guard cutter Ed Manhattan, qv Renamed Arundel Apr 1 … Coast Guard cutter Ed Manhattan, qv Renamed Arundel Apr 1 1918, while in Navy possession WW I - Returned to Coast Guard Aug 28 1919 sold Apr 28 1928
Arval	SP	1045		Decom	1917-11-01 00:00:00.000	1919-02-27 00:00:00.000		Stamford Motor Co.	Stamford	CT		Motorbaot built 1911 Acquired by Navy Nov 1 1917 and commis… Motorbaot built 1911 Acquired by Navy Nov 1 1917 and commissioned the same day WW I - 6th Naval District Decommissioned and returned to owner Feb 27 1919, and struck the same day
Arvek	WPG	165										Commissioned 1942 Ex Triton Coast Guard ship WW II Aug 5… Commissioned 1942 Ex Triton Coast Guard ship WW II Aug 5 1942, Atlantic Fleet, Greenland Patrol
Arvilla	SP	752		Returned	1917-05-05 00:00:00.000	1919-03-12 00:00:00.000		Joe Fellows	Wilmington	DE		Motorboat Acquired by Navy Jun 24 1917. Commissioned earli… Motorboat Acquired by Navy Jun 24 1917. Commissioned earlier, on May 5 1917 WW I - 12th Naval District Apparently decommissioned Jan 1919 Returned to owner Mar 12 1919 Struck
Arvonian	ScStr			Renamed	1917-11-27 00:00:00.000	1917-12-18 00:00:00.000	*	Richardson, Duck & Co.	Stockton	EN		Built 1905 Transferred from British to U.S. Navy Nov 27 191… Built 1905 Transferred from British to U.S. Navy Nov 27 1917 and commissioned the same day WW I - Renamed Santee, qv, Dec 18 1917 Resumed the name Arvonian after being decommissioned and returned to British custody
Asa Gray					1943-05-17 00:00:00.000			New England Shipbuilding Corp.	South Portland	ME		Maritime Commission E Hull 786 Merchant ship Original oper… Maritime Commission E Hull 786 Merchant ship Original operator, Coastwise Trs. WW II
Asa Lothrop								Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ		Maritime Commission Hull 466 WW II
Asbury Victory					1945-07-18 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond Two	Richmond	CA		Maritime Commission Victory Hull 764 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 764 Merchant ship Original operator, American-Hawaiian Steamship
Ascella	AK	137	Crater	Decom	1944-01-07 00:00:00.000	1946-08-13 00:00:00.000		California Shipbuilding Corp.	Wilmington	CA		Ex George C. Yount, qv Acquired by Navy Nov 30 1943 Rename… Ex George C. Yount, qv Acquired by Navy Nov 30 1943 Renamed Ascella (AK-137) Dec 14 1943 WW II Pacific Decommissioned Aug 13 1946 Struck May 22 1947 Transferred to Maritime Commission in reserve Resumed former name, George C. Yount
Ascension	PF	74	Tacoma	Struck		1946-10-29 00:00:00.000		Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.	Providence	RI		Maritime Commission Hull 1656 Ex PG-182 Delivered 11/24/19… Maritime Commission Hull 1656 Ex PG-182 Delivered 11/24/1943 and transferred to Royal Navy Renamed Hargood Returned to U.S. Navy May 31 1946. Name dropped. Known just as PF-74 Struck Oct 29 1946 Sold Oct 16 1947 Broken up for scrap Dec 1948
Ascutney	SwGbt		Sassacus	Decom	1864-07-28 00:00:00.000	1868-08-01 00:00:00.000		G. W. Jackson	Newburyport	MA		Civil War North Atlantic Blockading Squadron Decommissione… Civil War North Atlantic Blockading Squadron Decommissioned Sep 22 1864 Recommissioned Oct 19 1865 Decommissioned Aug 1 1868 Sold Oct 28 1868
Ash	YN	2	Aloe	Reclas	1941-07-01 00:00:00.000	1942-12-20 00:00:00.000	*	Lake Washington Shipyards	Houghton	WA		Originally put in service as YN-2 7/01/1941 WW II Dec 7 19… Originally put in service as YN-2 7/01/1941 WW II Dec 7 1941, at Pearl Harbor (Bishop's Point section base) during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Redesignated AN-7, qv, and commissioned 12/20/1942
Ash	AN	7		Decom	1942-12-20 00:00:00.000	1946-12-13 00:00:00.000		Lake Washington Shipyards	Houghton	WA		Originally put in service as YN-2, qv, 7/01/1941 Redesignat… Originally put in service as YN-2, qv, 7/01/1941 Redesignated AN-7 and commissioned 12/20/1942 WW II Pearl Harbor Decommissioned 12/13/1946 Struck 9/01/1961 Sold May 14 1971 for scrapping
Asheboro	PC	822	PC-592	Struck		1959-04-01 00:00:00.000		Leathem D. Smith Corp.	Sturgeon Bay	WI		Ex PC-822, no name, qv Named Asherboro Feb 15 1956, after p… Ex PC-822, no name, qv Named Asherboro Feb 15 1956, after placed in reserve Struck Apr 1 1959 Sold between Oct 1 1959 and Jan 1 1960

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.