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Ships

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

Showing 17,901–17,950

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Home Port	Historynotes
Truxton	APD	98	Crosley	Decom	1945-07-09 00:00:00.000	1946-03-15 00:00:00.000		Charleston Navy Yard	Charleston	SC		4th Truxton Named for Commodore Thomas Truxton ex DE-282. … 4th Truxton Named for Commodore Thomas Truxton ex DE-282. Reclassified APD-98 before commissioning. Decommissioned Mar 15 1946 Named cancelled Jun 24 1963, and then known just as APD-63 Sold to Taiwan Nov 22 1965 under Military Assistance Program Renamed Fu Shan (PF-35) Struck Jan 15 1966
Tryon	APH	1	Tryon	Decom	1942-09-30 00:00:00.000	1946-03-20 00:00:00.000	*	Moore Drydock Co.	Oakland	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 175 Ex Alcoa Courier. Ex Comfort … Maritime Commission Hull 175 Ex Alcoa Courier. Ex Comfort Renamed Tryon Aug 13 1942, before commissioning Named for RADM James R. Tryon, qv WW II Jan 1945, invasion at Lingayen Gulf, CDR W. G. Jones Transferred to Army Jul 17 1946 and renamed Sgt. Charles E. Mower, qv, 6 Battle Stars WW II
Tucana	AK	88	Enceladus					Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.	Camden	NJ		Ex Symmes Potter, qv Renamed Tucana Oct 30 1942 Launched S… Ex Symmes Potter, qv Renamed Tucana Oct 30 1942 Launched Sep 13 1944 and transferred to Army Struck from Navy list
Tucked Bend					1945-11-26 00:00:00.000			Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc.	Beaumont	TX		Maritime Commission Hull 2755 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2755 Merchant ship Original operator, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.
Tucker	CG	23		Transferred	1926-03-25 00:00:00.000	1933-06-30 00:00:00.000		Fore River Shipbuilding Co.	Quincy	MA		1st Tucker Named for Samuel Tucker, qv Former Navy vessel … 1st Tucker Named for Samuel Tucker, qv Former Navy vessel DD-57, qv Transferred to Coast Guard Mar 25 1926 and reclassified CG-23 Returned to Navy Jun 30 1933 and reclassified DD-57
Tucker	DD	374	Mahan	Sunk	1936-07-23 00:00:00.000	1942-08-04 00:00:00.000		Norfolk Navy Yard	Portsmouth	VA		2nd Tucker Named for Samuel Tucker, qv WW II Dec 7 1941, … 2nd Tucker Named for Samuel Tucker, qv WW II Dec 7 1941, at Pearl Harbor during attack on Pearl Harbor Damaged by mine explosion off Espiritu Santo 8/01/42 and sank 8/04/42 Struck Dec 2 1944 1 Battle Star WW II
Tucker	DD	57	Tucker	Decom	1916-04-11 00:00:00.000	1921-05-16 00:00:00.000	*	Fore River Shipbuilding Co.	Quincy	MA		1st Tucker Commissioned as Destroyer No. 57 Named for Samu… 1st Tucker Commissioned as Destroyer No. 57 Named for Samuel Tucker, qv WW I Classified DD-57 Jul 17 1920 Transferred to Coast Guard Mar 25 1926 and designated CG-23, qv Returned to Navy Jun 30 1933 Name cancelled Nov 1 1933. Henceforth known only as DD-57 Struck Oct 24 1936 Sold Dec 10 1936 Reduced to hulk Dec 23 1936
Tucson	SSN	770	Los Angeles	Active	1995-09-09 00:00:00.000							2nd Tucson
Tucson	CL	98	Oakland	Decom	1945-02-03 00:00:00.000	1949-06-11 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem Steel Co.	San Francisco	CA		1st Tucson WW II Decommissioned Jun 11 1949 Struck Jun 1 … 1st Tucson WW II Decommissioned Jun 11 1949 Struck Jun 1 1966 Served as test hulk until 1970 Hulk sold Feb 24 1971 1 Battle Star WW II
Tucson Victory					1945-08-17 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA		Maritime Commission Victory Hull 803 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 803 Merchant ship Original operator, American President Lines
Tucumcari	PGH	2	Tucumcari		1968-03-07 00:00:00.000			Boeing Aerospace Group, Marine Branch	Seattle	WA		Placed in service Mar 7 1968 Vietnam War Operation Market … Placed in service Mar 7 1968 Vietnam War Operation Market Time
Tudno	SwStr			Transferred		1919-08-21 00:00:00.000		Fairfield Co., Ltd.	Glasgow	ST		Built 1891 Ex H. T. Jackson. Ex Saint Tudno Apparently lo… Built 1891 Ex H. T. Jackson. Ex Saint Tudno Apparently loaned to U.S. Navy around Oct 1918 WW I Transferred back to British Aug 21 1919 Renamed Saint Tudno Disappeared from commercial ship lists 1923-24
Tufts Victory					1945-03-28 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA		Maritime Commission Victory Hull 771 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 771 Merchant ship Original operator, American Mail Line WW II
Tug No. 5	Tug						*					Purchased by Navy Jun 3 1864 as Harry Bumm, qv Known as Tug… Purchased by Navy Jun 3 1864 as Harry Bumm, qv Known as Tug No. 5 in Naval service Civil War James River Renamed Epsilon, qv, Nov 1864
Tug No. 6	Tug			Renamed	1864-06-08 00:00:00.000		*		Philadelphia	PA		Ex J, G, Loane Built 1844 Purchased by Navy Jun 2 1864 Re… Ex J, G, Loane Built 1844 Purchased by Navy Jun 2 1864 Renamed Tug No. 6 and commissioned Jun 8 1864. Sometimes referred to as Picket Boat No. 6 Civil War Renamed Zeta, qv, Nov 1864
Tuituila	ARG	4										Named Arthur P. Gorman at some point
Tulagi	CVE	72	Casablanca	Decom	1943-12-21 00:00:00.000	1946-04-30 00:00:00.000		Kaiser Co., Inc.	Vancouver	WA		eLaid down as Fortezela Bay Maritime Commission Hull 1109 … eLaid down as Fortezela Bay Maritime Commission Hull 1109 Named corrected to Fortaleza Bay Oct 19 1943 Renamed Tulagi Nov 6 1943 WW II Aug 1944, Operation Dragoon, Invasion of Southern France Jan 1945, Invasion at Lingayen Gulf, CPT Joseph C. Cronin Feb 1945, Invasion of Iwo Jima Apr-May 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa operations Decommissioned Apr 30 1946 Struck May 8 1946 4 Battle Stars WW II
Tulane Victory					1945-04-28 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Richmond #1	Richmond	CA		Maritime Commission Victory Hull 593 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 593 Merchant ship Original operator, Mississippi Shipping WW II
Tulare	MB			Renamed		1923-11-06 00:00:00.000	*	Pacific Shipyards & Ways Co.	Alameda	CA		Ex Sentinel, (Navy vessel) qv Transferred to Coast Guard Se… Ex Sentinel, (Navy vessel) qv Transferred to Coast Guard Sep 18 1919 and renamed Tulare Renamed AB-14, qv, Nov 6 1923
Tulare	AKA	112	Tulare		1956-01-12 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp.	San Francisco	CA		ex Evergreen Mariner, Maritime Administration Hull 32 Vietn… ex Evergreen Mariner, Maritime Administration Hull 32 Vietnam War 11 Battle Stars, Navy Unit Citation, and Meritorious Unit Commendation Vietnam War
Tularosa	AOG	43	Sequatchie	Decom	1945-01-10 00:00:00.000	1946-04-23 00:00:00.000		East Coast Shipyards, Inc.	Bayonne	NJ		Maritime Commission Hull 2069 WW II Decommissioned Apr 23 … Maritime Commission Hull 2069 WW II Decommissioned Apr 23 1946 Struck May 21 1946 Transferred to Maritime Commission Aug 28 1946
Tule Canyon					1944-06-30 00:00:00.000			Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Co.	Mobile	AL		Maritime Commission Hull 1504 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 1504 Merchant ship Original operator, Marine Transport WW II
Tulip	Lht			Returned		1919-07-01 00:00:00.000			Camden	NJ		2nd Tulip Built 1908 Transferred to Navy along with Lighth… 2nd Tulip Built 1908 Transferred to Navy along with Lighthouse Service for WW I WW I - Returned to Department of Commerce Jul 1 1919
Tulip	ScGbt			Destroyed		1864-11-11 00:00:00.000		Jowett & Co.	New York	NY		1st Tulip Ex Chih Hiang (built for Chinese Navy) Built 186… 1st Tulip Ex Chih Hiang (built for Chinese Navy) Built 1862-3 Purchased by U.S. Navy Jun 22 1863 Renamed Tulip Civil War Served 1863-64 Destroyed by boiler explosion off Ragged Point MD Nov 11 1864
Tullahoma	Tanker				1944-10-20 00:00:00.000			Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.	Chester	PA		Maritime Commission Hull 1765 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 1765 Merchant ship Original operator, War Emergency Tankers WW II
Tullibee	SS	284	Gato	Sunk	1943-02-15 00:00:00.000	1944-03-26 00:00:00.000		Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo	CA		1st Tullibee WW II Called at Midway Mar 14 1944 to top off… 1st Tullibee WW II Called at Midway Mar 14 1944 to top off fuel Sunk Mar 26 1944 in Palaus area, apparently by one of her own torpedoes Struck Jul 29 1944
Tullibee	SSN	597	Tullibee		1960-11-09 00:00:00.000			Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics Corp.	Groton	CT		2nd Tullibee Only ship of her class Meritoreous Unit Comme… 2nd Tullibee Only ship of her class Meritoreous Unit Commendation for contingency operations with 6th Fleet
Tulsa												Merchant ship WW II Dec 1941, subject of "Tulsa Incident" … Merchant ship WW II Dec 1941, subject of "Tulsa Incident" in Rangoon, Burma, involving lend lease material. Also see other Tulsa
Tulsa	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
Tulsa	LCS	16	Independeence	Under construction					Mobile	AL
Tulsa	PG	22	Asheville	Renamed	1923-12-03 00:00:00.000	1944-12-18 00:00:00.000	*	Charleston Navy Yard	Charleston	SC		WW II Dec 8 1941, in Philippines, LCDR T. S. Daniel Rename… WW II Dec 8 1941, in Philippines, LCDR T. S. Daniel Renamed Tacloban, qv, Dec 18 1944 2 Battle Stars WW II
Tultran	AG	46		Decom	1942-12-11 00:00:00.000	1945-12-20 00:00:00.000		Toledo Shipbuilding Co.	Toledo	OH		Ex Anna Shafer Built 1917 Renamed Tuluran May 6 1942 Acqu… Ex Anna Shafer Built 1917 Renamed Tuluran May 6 1942 Acquired by Navy Oct 1942 WW II Pacific Fleet Decommissioned Dec 20 1945 Struck Jan 8 1946 Transferred to Maritime Commission for disposition Jul 1 1946 Sold and scrapped
Tumacaccri					1944-06-14 00:00:00.000			Kaiser Co., Inc., Swan Island	Portland	OR		Maritime Commission Hull 1925 (Name may be mis-spelled) Me… Maritime Commission Hull 1925 (Name may be mis-spelled) Merchant ship Original operator, Pacific Tankers WW II
Tumult	AM	127	Auk	Decom	1943-02-27 00:00:00.000	1954-09-21 00:00:00.000	*	Gulf Shipbuilding Co.	Chickasaw	AL		WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LT W. K. McDuffie Jun 1… WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LT W. K. McDuffie Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa operations Decommissioned Sep 21 1954Reclassified MSF-127, qv, Feb 7 1955 5 Battle Stars WW II
Tumult	MSF	127		Struck	1955-02-07 00:00:00.000	1967-05-01 00:00:00.000		Gulf Shipbuilding Co.	Chickasaw	AL		Ex AM-127, qv Reclassified MSF-127 after decommissioning S… Ex AM-127, qv Reclassified MSF-127 after decommissioning Struck May 1 1967 Hulk sold
Tuna	motor yacht			Returned	1917-06-12 00:00:00.000	1919-01-11 00:00:00.000		Neilson Yacht Building Co.	Baltimore	MD		1st Tuna Built 1911 Acquired by Navy Jun 11 1917 SP-664 … 1st Tuna Built 1911 Acquired by Navy Jun 11 1917 SP-664 WW I - 2nd Naval District Returned to owner Jan 11 1919
Tuna	SS	203	Tambor	Decom	1941-01-06 00:00:00.000	1946-12-11 00:00:00.000		Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo	CA		2nd Tuna WW II Jun 1942, Battle of Midway Mar 29 1943, sa… 2nd Tuna WW II Jun 1942, Battle of Midway Mar 29 1943, sank Japanese merchantman Kurohime Maru Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CDR E. F. Steffanides 1946, Operation Crossroads Decommissioned Dec 11 1946 Sunk Sep 24 1948 Struck Oct 21 1948 7 Battle Stars WW II
Tungsten					1944-05-28 00:00:00.000			Concrete Ship Constructors	National City	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 2232 Army vessel WW II
Tunica	ATA	178	ATA-121	Struck		1962-09-01 00:00:00.000		Levingston Shipbuilding Co.	Orange	TX		Formerly ATA-178 with no name Decommissioned Dec 23 1947 N… Formerly ATA-178 with no name Decommissioned Dec 23 1947 Named Tunica Jul 16 1948 Transferred to Maritime Administration Oct 1961 Struck Sep 1 1962
Tunisia	LCU	1586	LCU-1500									1996, Fort Eustis
Tunny	APSS	282		Reclas			*	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo	CA		1st Tunny Ex SS-282, qv Ex SSG-282, qv Reclassified APSS-… 1st Tunny Ex SS-282, qv Ex SSG-282, qv Reclassified APSS-282 1966, as troop carrier submarine for unconventional warfare Vietnam War Reclassified LPSS-282, qv, Jan 1 1968 5 Battle Stars Vietnam War
Tunny	LPSS	282		Decom	1968-01-01 00:00:00.000	1969-06-28 00:00:00.000		Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo	CA		1st Tunny Ex SS-282, qv Ex SSG-282, qv Ex APSS-282, qv R… 1st Tunny Ex SS-282, qv Ex SSG-282, qv Ex APSS-282, qv Reclassified LPSS-282 Jan 1 1968 Decommissioned Jun 28 1969 Struck Jun 30 1969 Designated for disposal as moving target
Tunny	SS	282	Gato	Reclas	1942-09-01 00:00:00.000		*	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo	CA		1st Tunny WW II At Midway Mar 2-3 1944 June 19-20 1944, B… 1st Tunny WW II At Midway Mar 2-3 1944 June 19-20 1944, Battle of the Philippine Sea, CDR J. A. Scott Decommissioned Dec 13 1945 Commissioned in reserve Feb 28 1952 Decommissioned Apr 1952 Recommissioned Mar 6 1953 and reclassified SSG-282 , qv Redesignated SS-282 again May 1965 Reclassified APSS-282, qv in 1966 9 Battle Stars and 2 Presidential Unit Citations WW II
Tunny	SSG	282		Reclas	1953-03-06 00:00:00.000		*	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo	CA		1st Tunny Ex SS-282, qv Recommissioned Mar 6 1953 and recl… 1st Tunny Ex SS-282, qv Recommissioned Mar 6 1953 and reclassified SSG-282,fitted with Regulus missile system Reclassified SS-282 again in May 1965 when Regulus missile phased out.
Tunny	SSN	682	Sturgeon	Active	1974-01-26 00:00:00.000			Ingalls Shipbuilding Div., Litton Systems,	Pascagoula	MS	Pearl Harbor	2nd Tunny Atlantic fleet
Tunxis	Mon		Casco	Decom	1864-07-12 00:00:00.000		*	Reaney, Son, & Archbold	Chester	PA		1st Tunxis Civil War Decommissioned in Sep 1864 because of… 1st Tunxis Civil War Decommissioned in Sep 1864 because of taking on water Renamed Hydra, qv, Jun 15 1869, then Ostego Aug 10 1869, after decommissioning Broken up 1874
Tunxis	AN	90	Cohoes	Decom	1945-03-28 00:00:00.000	1955-07-20 00:00:00.000		Zenith Dredge Co.	Duluth	MN		2nd Tunxis ex YN-119 Reclasified AN-90 before commissionin… 2nd Tunxis ex YN-119 Reclasified AN-90 before commissioning WW II Decommissioned Jun 30 1945 Activated Feb 20 1953 Decommissioned Jul 20 1955 Aug 1963, transferred to Venezuale under Military Assistance Program Renamed Puerto Nutrias (H-02)
Tuolumne Meadows					1944-05-22 00:00:00.000			Kaiser Co., Inc., Swan Island	Portland	OR		Maritime Commission Hull 1920 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 1920 Merchant ship Original operator, Pacific Tankers WW II
Tupelo	WLB	303	Balsam					Zenith Dredge Co.	Duluth	MN
Tupelo	YN	75					*					Renamed Winterberry, qv, Apr 3 1943

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.