Collection

Ships

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

Showing 2,951–3,000

Name	Type	Hull Num	Class	Status	Comm Is Date	Decom Sunk Or Reclass	Reclass Num	Builder	Built City	Built State	Home Port	Historynotes
Carr	FFG	52	Oliver Hazard Perry	Active	1985-07-27 00:00:00.000			Todd Shipbuilding Co.	Seattle	WA	Norfolk
Carrabasset	SwStr			Decom	1864-05-12 00:00:00.000	1865-07-25 00:00:00.000						1st Carrabasset Purchased by Navy Jan 23 1864 Civil War W… 1st Carrabasset Purchased by Navy Jan 23 1864 Civil War West Gulf Blockading Squadron Decommissioned Jul 25 1865 Sold Aug 12 1865
Carrabasset	AT	35		Decom	1920-06-30 00:00:00.000	1922-03-27 00:00:00.000		Staten Island Shipbuilding Co.	Port Richmond	NY		2nd Carrabasset Decommissioned Mar 27 1922 Transferred to … 2nd Carrabasset Decommissioned Mar 27 1922 Transferred to Treasury Department for the Coast Goaurd May 24 1924
Carrabulle	Tanker			Sunk		1942-05-26 00:00:00.000		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 Merchant vessel WW II Sunk by shelling and torpedo in Gulf of Mexico. 22 crew members lost
Carrick Bend	Cargo				1945-04-24 00:00:00.000			Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc.	Beaumont	TX		Maritime Commission Hull 2334 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2334 Merchant ship Original operator, United States Lines WW II
Carrie Clark	Steamship			Struck		1919-06-13 00:00:00.000						Ex Anna. Ex Carrie M. Clark WW I 5th Naval District Nava… Ex Anna. Ex Carrie M. Clark WW I 5th Naval District Naval Overseas Transportation Service Mar 27 1919, reassigned to 5th Naval District Struck Jun 13 1919
Carrier Dove	Cargo				1946-05-09 00:00:00.000			Consolidated Steel Corp.	Wilmington	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 2822 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 2822 Merchant ship Original operator, States Marine
Carrier Pigeon	Cargo				1945-06-30 00:00:00.000			Moore Dry Dock Co.	Oakland	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 1217 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 1217 Merchant ship Original operator, Sudden & Chris.
Carrillo												Merchant ship WW II
Carrillo	AK			Decom	1918-09-16 00:00:00.000	1919-04-28 00:00:00.000		Workman, Clark & Co.	Belfast	IR		Built 1911 No. 1406 Acquired by Navy Sep 16 1918 and commi… Built 1911 No. 1406 Acquired by Navy Sep 16 1918 and commissioned the same day WW I Cruiser and Transport Force Decommissioned Apr 28 1919 Returned to Shipping Board May 8 1919
Carroll	Launch								Rosedale	MS		Built 1924 Army vessel WW II
Carroll	DE	171	Cannon	Decom	1943-10-24 00:00:00.000	1946-06-19 00:00:00.000		Norfolk Navy Yard	Portsmouth	VA		WW II Decommissioned Jun 19 1946
Carroll Victory					1944-07-31 00:00:00.000			California Shipbuilding Corp.	Los Angeles	CA		Maritime Commission Victory Hull 27 Merchant ship Original… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 27 Merchant ship Original operator, Lukes Bros. WW II
Carroll's 22	J	891										Army vessel WW II
Carronade	IFS	1	Carronade	Decom	1955-05-25 00:00:00.000	1960-05-31 00:00:00.000		Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.	Seattle	WA		Decommissioned May 31 1960 and placed in reserve
Carson City	PF	50	Tacoma	Decom	1944-03-24 00:00:00.000	1949-10-31 00:00:00.000		Consolidated Steel Corp.	Wilmington	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 1461 WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of … Maritime Commission Hull 1461 WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CDR H. B. Roberts, USCG Decommissioned 10/31/49 Loaned to Japan 4/30/53 and renamed Sakura 2 Battle Stars WW II
Cartago												Merchant ship WW II
Carter	DE	112	Buckley	Decom	1944-05-03 00:00:00.000	1946-04-10 00:00:00.000		Dravo Corp.	Wilmington	DE		WW II Decommissioned Apr 10 1946 Transferred to Nationalis… WW II Decommissioned Apr 10 1946 Transferred to Nationalist China Dec 14 1948, renamed T'ai Chao (DE-26) 1 Battle Star WW II
Carter Braxton					1942-03-18 00:00:00.000			Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc.	Baltimore	MD		Maritime Commission E Hull 22 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission E Hull 22 Merchant ship Original operator, Union Sulphur WW II Nov 1942, Operation Torch, Invasion of North Africa May 1944, Convoy UGS-40, Mediterranean Aug-Sep 1944, Operation Dragoon, Invasion of Southern France
Carter Hall	LSD	3	Ashland		1943-09-18 00:00:00.000			Moore Drydock Co.	Oakland	CA		Reclassified from APM-3 WW II Apr-May 1944, Hollandia Inva… Reclassified from APM-3 WW II Apr-May 1944, Hollandia Invasion, LCDR F. J. Harris Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LCDR C. E. Blount Decommissioned Feb 12 1947 Recommissioned Jan 26 1951 6 Battle Stars WW II
Carter Hall	LSD	50	Harpers Ferry	Active	1995-09-30 00:00:00.000			Avondale Industries, Inc.	New Orleans	LA	Little Creek
Carteret	APA	70	Gilliam	Decom	1944-12-03 00:00:00.000	1946-08-06 00:00:00.000		Consolidated Steel Corp.	Wilmington	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 1863 WW II Apr 1945, Operation Ic… Maritime Commission Hull 1863 WW II Apr 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign Decommissioned Aug 6 1946 Towed to Kwajalein for study, and sunk there Apr 19 1948 by USS Toledo (CA-133) 2 Battle Stars WW II
Carthage Victory					1945-08-30 00:00:00.000			Permamente Metals Corp., Richmond One	Richmond	CA		Maritime Commission Victory Hull 710 Merchant ship Origina… Maritime Commission Victory Hull 710 Merchant ship Original operator, Mississippi Shipping
Cartigan	WPC	132	Active									Commissioned 1927
Casa Grande					1944-12-02 00:00:00.000			Kaiser Co., Inc., Swan Island	Portland	OR		Maritime Commission Hull 1959 Merchant ship Original opera… Maritime Commission Hull 1959 Merchant ship Original operator, Pacific Tankers WW II
Casa Grande	LSD	13	Casa Grande		1944-06-05 00:00:00.000			Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.	Newport News	VA		ex Spear, ex Portway WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LC… ex Spear, ex Portway WW II Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LCDR F. E. Strumm Decommissioned Oct 23 1946 Recommissioned Nov 1 1950 3 Battle Stars WW II
Casablanca	LCU	1466	LCU-1400									Army vessel In service 1954 1996, Stockton
Casablanca	ACV	55	Casablanca	Reclas	1943-07-08 00:00:00.000	1943-07-15 00:00:00.000	*	Kaiser Co., Inc.	Vancouver	WA		Ex Ameer (AVG). ex Alazon Bay Reclassified ACV-55 Aug 20 … Ex Ameer (AVG). ex Alazon Bay Reclassified ACV-55 Aug 20 1942, and renamed Casablanca Apr 3 1943, before commissioning Maritime Commission Hull 1092 Originally commissioned ACV-55 Reclassified CVE-55, qv, 7/15/43
Casablanca	CVE	55	Casablanca	Decom	1943-07-15 00:00:00.000	1946-06-10 00:00:00.000		Kaiser Co., Inc.	Vancouver	WA		ex Alazon Bay Maritime Commission Hull 1092 Originally com… ex Alazon Bay Maritime Commission Hull 1092 Originally commissioned ACV-55, qv Reclassified CVE-55 7/15/43 WW II Decommissioned Jun 10 1946 Sold Apr 23 1947
Casablanca	DPC	616						St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co.	St. Louis	MO		Built 1944 Army vessel WW II
Cascade	AD	16	Cascade		1943-03-12 00:00:00.000			Western Pipe & Steel Co.	San Francisco	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 172 (Listed in Maritime Commsssion… Maritime Commission Hull 172 (Listed in Maritime Commsssion Constracts list as AO-16, but that appears to be wrong) WW II Nov-Dec 1943, Operation Galvanic, Gilbert Islands operation, CDR S. B. Ogden Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign 1 Battle Star WW II
Casco	AK			Decom	1918-01-08 00:00:00.000	1919-03-22 00:00:00.000		Flensburger Schiffbauges	Flensburg	GE		2nd Casco WW I Naval Overseas Transportation Service Deco… 2nd Casco WW I Naval Overseas Transportation Service Decommissioned Mar 22 1919 and returned to Shipping Board
Casco	Monitor			Decom	1864-12-04 00:00:00.000	1865-06-10 00:00:00.000	*	Atlantic Works	Boston	MA		1st Casco Civil War Decommissioned Jun 10 1865 Renamed He… 1st Casco Civil War Decommissioned Jun 10 1865 Renamed Hero, qv, Jun 15 1869 Broken up April 1875
Casco	AVP	12	Barnegat	Decom	1941-12-27 00:00:00.000	1947-04-10 00:00:00.000		Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton	WA		3rd Casco WW II Apr-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa C… 3rd Casco WW II Apr-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign 3 Battle Stars WW II
Case	DD	285	Clemson	Decom	1919-12-08 00:00:00.000	1930-10-22 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.	Squantum	MA		1st Case Decommissioned Oct 22 1930 Sold Jan 17 1931
Case	DD	370	Mahan	Decom	1936-09-15 00:00:00.000	1945-12-13 00:00:00.000		Boston Navy Yard	Boston	MA		2nd Case WW II Dec 7 1941, at Pearl Harbor during attack o… 2nd Case WW II Dec 7 1941, at Pearl Harbor during attack on Pearl Harbor June 19-20 1944, Battle of the Philippine Sea, LCDR R. S. Willey Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, LCDR R. S. Willey Decommissioned 12/13/45 7 Battle Stars WW II
Casey	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
Casimir Pulaski					1943-07-16 00:00:00.000			Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp.	Savannah	GA		Maritime Commission E Hull 1053 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1053 Merchant ship Original operator, United Fruit WW II Jun 1944, Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy
Casimir Pulaski	SSBN	633	James Madison	Decom	1964-08-14 00:00:00.000	1993-01-01 00:00:00.000						Decommissioned Jan 1 1993
Casinghead	YO	47	Bullwheel (YO 46)	Decom	1942-11-12 00:00:00.000	1947-07-23 00:00:00.000		Lake Superior Shipbuilding Co.	Superior	WI		WW II 5th Naval District Decommissioned Jul 23 1947. Plac… WW II 5th Naval District Decommissioned Jul 23 1947. Placed in service
Casper	Hog Islander											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
Casper	PF	12	Tacoma	Decom	1944-03-31 00:00:00.000	1946-05-16 00:00:00.000		Kaiser Cargo, Inc.	Richmond	CA		Maritime Commission Hull 1430 WW II Decommissioned May 16 … Maritime Commission Hull 1430 WW II Decommissioned May 16 1946 Sold May 20 1947
Casper S. Yost					1943-10-24 00:00:00.000			Permanente Metals Corp, Yard 1	Richmond	CA		Maritime Commission E Hull 2112 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 2112 Merchant ship Original operator, American South African Lines WW II
Cass Gilbert					1943-04-24 00:00:00.000			Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.	Portland	OR		Maritime Commission E Hull 1626 Merchant ship Original ope… Maritime Commission E Hull 1626 Merchant ship Original operator, War Shipping Administration WW II
Cassandra	Transport											Civil War In May 1865, used to transport Union troops to Te… Civil War In May 1865, used to transport Union troops to Texas
Cassia County	LST	527		Decom	1955-07-01 00:00:00.000	1956-12-21 00:00:00.000		Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.	Jeffersonville	IN		Originally LST-527, no name, av Named Cassia County (LST-52… Originally LST-527, no name, av Named Cassia County (LST-527), Jul 1 1955 Decommissioned Dec 21 1956 Struck Oct 1 1958 Sunk as target Mar 3 1959
Cassimir	Hog Islander			Sunk		1942-02-26 00:00:00.000		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 WW II Sunk by collision off East Coast. 7 crew members lost
Cassin	DD	372	Mahan	Decom	1936-08-21 00:00:00.000	1945-12-17 00:00:00.000		Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia	PA		2nd Cassin WW II Dec 7 1941, at Pearl Harbor during attack… 2nd Cassin WW II Dec 7 1941, at Pearl Harbor during attack on Pearl Harbor Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CDR V. J. Meola Decommissioned 12/17/45 Named for CPT Stephen Cassin, qv 6 Battle Stars WW II
Cassin	DD	43	Cassin	Decom	1913-08-08 00:00:00.000	1922-06-07 00:00:00.000		Bath Iron Works	Bath	ME		1st Cassin WW I Decommissioned Jun 7 1922 Transferred to … 1st Cassin WW I Decommissioned Jun 7 1922 Transferred to Treasury Dept Apr 28 1924 Returned to Navy custody Jun 30 1933 and sold Aug 22 1934 Named for CPT Stephen Cassin, qv
Cassin Young	DD	793	Fletcher	Decom	1943-12-31 00:00:00.000	1960-04-29 00:00:00.000		Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div.	San Pedro	CA		Named for CPT Cassin Young, qv WW II Jun-Aug 1944, Operati… Named for CPT Cassin Young, qv WW II Jun-Aug 1944, Operation Forager, Invasion of Saipan and Tinian, CDR E. T. Schrieber Oct 1944, Invasion of Leyte, CDR E. T. Schrieber Feb 1945, Invasion of Iwo Jima Apr-Jun 1945, Operation Iceberg, Okinawa Campaign, TG 54.1, CDR J. W. Ailes Decommissioned May 28 1946 Recommissioned Sep 8 1951 Decommissioned Apr 29 1960 Navy Unit Commendation and 4 Battle Stars 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.