The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Naval and Maritime: Ships

General: (For the official ".navy.mil" pages of in-commission U.S. Navy vessels (exept carriers and submarines), see the Atlantic Fleet or Pacific Fleet Surface Force Pages or The Naval Vessel Register which is the official U.S. Navy inventory of Naval vessels and service craft. All carriers are listed below; submarines are listed separately under Submarines); Alex's Royal Navy Page (Carriers and Cruisers) [Alex Walton]; Atlantic Fleet Surface Force Ships [Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet]; Battleships, Carriers and all other Warships [Guy Derdall]; Battleships of the United States [Ronald Branson]; Destroyers On-Line [Plateau Internet Partnership]; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Online [Haze Grey & Underway/Andrew Toppan]; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships )(same name but different content; for ex. HG&U version has no submarines but this one has most) [Naval Historical Center]; The Greyhound Navy: Spruance Class Destroyers [Ray Bales] (offline 6/20/01); Historic Naval Ships Visitors' Guide [Historic Naval Ships Association]; Koninklijke Marine 1945 - Heden - Dutch warships from 1945 to present (in Dutch) [Willem Cool]; NAVAL PLATFORMS [Bob Jacoby] (offline 6/20/01); Navy Ships Page - most complete list of U.S. Navy ship links [Cook Memorial Public Library, Libertyville, Illinois]; Northwest Ships - histories, links, pictures, of naval ships with geographical names of the U.S. northwest. [Mike McGarry]; Nuclear Powered Cruisers of the United States Navy (offline 6/20/01); Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Name [Naval Historical Center]; Pacific Fleet Surface Force Ships [Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet]; Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 [The Hyperwar Project at iBiblio.org, the public's library (formerly sunsite.unc.edu)/Patrick W. Clancey]; U.S. Navy Decommissioned Ships [L. Smith]; Warships On The Web [Andrew Cashmore]; Warships Great photos of international warships, all taken by the site owner [Arjun Sarup, Mauritius]
International: CT Mariz e Barros D-26 (Marinha do Brasil); GURUPI Patrol Boat (Marinha do Brasil); HMAS Mildura 1941-1965, a Royal Australian Navy Bathurst Class Corvette; details of the ship, crew, stories and photos from the records of the HMAS Mildura Association [Peter Waugh]; HMCSS Victoria - Her Majesty's Colonial Steam Sloop Victoria, Australia's first War Steamer, landed a naval brigade during New Zealand's first Taranaki War, and took part in the search for lost explorers Burke and Wills in north Australia. [Ian MacFarlane]; HMS Ark Royal; HMS Belfast; HMS Bounty (Gone 6/1/00); HMS Opal; HMVS Cerebus Details of the campaign to save the HMVS Cerberus (Australia), the first Breastwork Monitor warship [John Rogers]; Tall Ship Bounty (from the 1962 motion picture) [Tall Ship Bounty Foundation, Inc]; Tombazis D-215 (Greece)
United States: SS JOHN W. BROWN (Liberty Ship); The SS United States; U.S. Brig Niagra; U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle (WIX-327); USCGC Polar Sea; USCGC Polar Star; USS Aaron Ward (DD 483); USS Agerholm (DD 826); USS Alabama (BB 60); USNS Algol [Bay Ship Management Inc./Military Sealift Command]; USNS Altair [Bay Ship Management Inc./Military Sealift Command]; USNS Antares [Bay Ship Management Inc./Military Sealift Command]; USS Antrim (FFG 20); USS Arizona (BB 39); USS Arkansas (CGN 41); USS Ashland (LSD 1); USS AUGUSTA (CA-31); USS Bainbridge (CGN 25); USS Bainbridge (CGN 25) [Jason Lloyd]; USS Bataan (LHD 5); USS Beale (DDE 471); USNS Bellatrix [Bay Ship Management Inc./Military Sealift Command]; U.S.S. Biddle CG-34; U.S.S. Blandy DD-943 [USS Blandy DD 943 Association/Bruce Cogswell]; U.S.S. Brinkley Bass DD-887; USS Chara AKA 58/AE 31; USS Charles Ausburne DD 294; USS Charles Ausburne DD 570; USS CONSTITUTION; USS Constitution; USS Cowpens (CG 63)
USS Gearing DD-710; USS GURKE DD-783; USS Harry E. Yarnell CG-17; USS Helena, CA-75 - Korean War; USS Helena, CL-50 - WW-II; USS Helena, FG-9 Gunboat - Spanish/American War; USS HOPPER; U. S. S. Houston (CA-30)
U.S.S Indianapolis CA-35; USS Los Angeles CA-135 [USS Los Angeles Association/George Bell]; USS LIBERTY; USS Massachusetts BB2; USS Massachusetts BB59
USS McFaul (DDG-74); USS Montrose APA-212 - Information including history, reunion info and Association info [D.M. McDonald]; USS NEW JERSEY BB 62; USS Newport News CA-148 [Jim Sollee]; USS Nicholas (DD/DDE-449) [David McComb]; USS North Carolina BB-55; USS Oakland CL-95; USS OUELLET (FF-1077); USS Pueblo AGER-2 Official USS Pueblo Veteran's Association site; USS Pueblo AGER-2 [Mark Evert]; USS Pueblo AGER-2 [Donald Peppard, a Pueblo crewmember]; USS Providence CL-82/CLG-6 Historical Website [Sam Villa]; USS Rathburne FF 1057; USS REEVES (CG-24)
USS San Francisco (CA-38)
USS Salem CA-139; USS Savannah (CL-42); USS STETHEM (DDG 63); USS Sigsbee DD-502 [William Knight Roberts II]; USS Texas BB 35 The last Dreadnought still afloat [Dennis Mitchell]; USS Thomas Jefferson APA-30; USS Turner DDR 834; USS Waldron (DD-699); USS Washington BB56; U.S.S. William C. Cole (DE-641); USS Wisconsin BB-64; USS Worden (CG-18); USS Harry E Yarnell CG-17 (DLG-17); U. S. S. YMS 425 / USS Siskin (AMS-58/MSCO-58) [Bob Colantuono]

Carriers (In order by Hull Number)

Featured Site: Created by the son of a WW II crew member, USS Enterprise CV-6 is meticulously documented and beautifully designed; it is the the absolute best “non-official” CV site on the Web and a great WW2 history resource.

, Joel Shepherd!

Aircraft Carriers Study Group [Aircraft Carriers Study Group/Chuck Vore]

The Carrier Project [William Hughes]

The Light Carrier Historical Project [Richard Angelini]

USN Public Affairs Office: The Carriers

USS Saratoga Association (CV-3/CVA-60/CV-60) [Saratoga Association/J.D. Springer]

USS Yorktown (CV-5/CVS-10) [Bill Jones]

USS Enterprise CV-6 Meticulously documented, beautifully designed; the absolute best “non-official” CV site on the Web and a great WW2 history resource [Joel Shepherd]

USS Yorktown CV-10: Museum in Charleston, South Carolina

USS Intrepid (CV\CVA\CVS-11): U.S.S. Intrepid Association

USS Intrepid (CV\CVA\CVS-11): Museum in New York City

USS Hornet CV-12, CVA-12, CVS-12: Museum in Alameda, California

USS Hornet CV-12, CVA-12, CVS-12: Dwayne Miles

USS Lexington CV-16: Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas

USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19)

USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20) [LP Whittaker Enterprises/L. P. Whittaker]

USS Boxer (CV\CVA\CVS-21) [Naval Historical Center]

USS Boxer Korean War Action Reports [Naval Historical Center]

USS Boxer Veterans Association [USS Boxer Veterans Association/Riley Morton]

USS Monterey CVL-26 [USS Monterey CVL26 Association/Richard Angelini]