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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Names beginning with the letter A
This page lists all A-named Civilian Ships whose
pictures are available through the Online Library.
If the ship you want is not listed on this page, contact the
Photographic Section
concerning other research options.
A-named ships are listed below in alphabetical order.
Scan down the list until you find the ship you want, then click
its entry to access appropriate image pages.
- A. Brook Taylor (Fishing Trawler, 1913)
- A.G. Prentiss (Harbor Tug, 1912)
- Abalone
(Motor Boat, 1913)
- Abangarez (Passenger and Cargo Ship, 1909)
- Aberdeen
(Wooden Freighter, 1918)
- Absaroka (Freighter,
1917)
- Absegami
(Motor Boat, 1916)
- Achelous (Motor
Boat, 1911). Later renamed Psyche V
- Acoma (Motor
Boat, 1917)
- Actus (Steam Yacht,
1907). Previously named Halawa
- Adams, Walter
(Fishing Vessel, 1890). Properly called Walter Adams
- Addie & Carrie
(Salvage Barge, 1884)
- Adelante (Tug,
ex-Yacht, 1883). Previously named Utowana and Oneida
- Adelanto (Bulk Carrier, ex-Freighter, 1918). Previously named Lake Geneva and John J. O'Hagan
- Adger, James
(Steamship, 1852-1878). Properly called James Adger
- Adirondack (River
Passenger Steamship, 1896)
- Admiral (Steam Yacht,
1892)
- Admiral (Motor Boat,
1913)
- Admiral DuPont (Steamship, 1847-1865). Previously named Anglia
- Adroit (Steam Yacht, 1907). Originally named Winchester
- Advance (Harbor Tug, 1912)
- Agwa
(Steam Yacht, 1907). Also named Cythera
- Agwidale (Freighter, 1918)
- Ahdeek (Motor Boat, 1916)
- Aid
(Blockade Running Schooner, captured 1861)
- Aiglon, L' (French Barge, active in 1919)
- Akbar (Motor Boat, 1915)
- Akela (Steam Yacht, 1899)
- Alabama
(Steamship, 1850)
- Alabama
(Tanker, 1901). Originally named Northtown
- Alabama (Motor Boat, 1906)
- Alacrity (Motor
Yacht, 1910)
- Alamar (Freighter, 1916). Originally named Eurana
- Alameda
(Derrick Barge, active circa 1918)
- Alameda (Motor
Boat, 1917)
- Alanthus (Freighter, 1918)
- Alaska (Fishing Trawler, 1881)
- Alaskan (Freighter, 1902)
- Albacore (Motor Boat, 1900)
- Albatross (Motor Boat, 1912)
- Alcalda (Motor Yacht,
1910)
- Alcedo (Steam Yacht, 1895)
- Alert (Motor Boat,
1913)
- Alert (Steam Lighter, in service 1919)
- Aleshire, General (Harbor Tug, in service circa the 1930s). Properly called General Aleshire
- Alex Brown
(Harbor Tug, 1912). Possibly also known as Alexander Brown
- Alexander, Oakey L. (Collier, 1915). Properly called Oakey L. Alexander
- Alexander Agassiz (Auxiliary Schooner, in service 1918)
- Alexander H. Erickson (Harbor Tug, 1917)
- Alfredine IV
(Motor Boat, 1909). Also named Edithia
- Alice (Motor Boat, 1913)
- Alice, Princess (German and American Passenger Liner, 1900). Properly called Princess Alice
- Allegany (Steamship, 1863-1865)
- Allegheny (Coastal Passenger Ship, 1923). Renamed American Seafarer, circa 1942
- Alliance (Steamer,
1853-1869). Originally named Caledonia
- Alloway (Freighter, 1918)
- Almax II (Motor Boat, 1912)
- Aloha (Steam Yacht, 1910)
- Alpaco
(Freighter, 1918)
- Alpha
(Motor Boat, 1911)
- Alsen
(Barge, 1902)
- Althea
(Motor Boat, 1907)
- Alvarado
(Bark, destroyed in August 1861)
- Amackassin (Ferry Lighter, in service 1919)
- Amagansett
(Steam Fishing Vessel, 1879)
- Amanda Moore (Tug, 1900)
- Amberstone
(Freighter, 1917). Previously named War Banner and Lake Worth. Later renamed Ørland
- Amelia (Steam Yacht, 1899). Also named Cem and Yacona
- American Banker (Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1920). Later renamed Ville d'Anvers, City of Athens, Protea and Arosa Kulm
- American Farmer (Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1920). Later renamed Ville de Liege
- American Navigator (Training Ship, 1942). Originally S.S. City of Chattanooga (1923)
- American Seafarer (Training Ship, 1942). Originally S.S. Alleghany (1923)
- Amerika
(German Passenger Liner, 1905). Later renamed America
- Amphitrite (Motor Tug, 1918)
- Anado (Motor Boat, 1917)
- Ancon (Freighter, 1902)
- Ancon (Passenger Liner, 1939). Renamed State of Maine in 1962
- Andalusia (Steamship, 1864-1867). Originally named Commodore
- Anderton, Raymond J. (Fishing Vessel, 1911). Properly called Raymond J. Anderton
- Andree Rickmers (German Freighter, 1902). Later renamed Locksun, Commercial Scout and Lok Sun
- Andrew Johnson (Steamship, 1852-1866). Previously named State of Georgia
- Anemone IV (Motor Ketch, 1899)
- Anglia (Steamship, 1847-1865). Blockade Runner in 1862. Later renamed Admiral DuPont
- Anita Clay (Motor Launch, in service 1939)
- Aniwa (Freighter, 1918)
- Anna (Seagoing Barge, 1874). Later renamed Carrie M. Clark and Carrie Clark
- Anna II (Motor Boat), in service 1911
- Anna B. Smith (Schooner, 1892)
- Anna Belle (Motor Boat, 1898)
- Anna O'Boyle (Barge, 1903)
- Annie B. Embry (Barge, 1905)
- Annie L. Vansciver (Ferry Steamship, 1897). Later renamed Samoset
- Antilles (Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1907)
- Anton Dohrn (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Apache (Motor Boat, 1917)
- Aphrodite (Steam Yacht, 1899)
- Arabia (Fishing Schooner, 1903)
- Arabian (Harbor Tug, 1896)
- Aragon (Steamship, in service prior to World War I)
- Arauca (German Freighter, 1939)
- Aramis (Motor Yacht, 1916)
- Arawan II (Motor Boat, 1912)
- Arcadia (Motor Boat, 1915)
- Arcady (Steam Yacht, 1898)
- Archer (Freighter, 1919). Later renamed City of Newport News
- Arctic (Freighter, 1904). Previously named Saint Jan and Odenwald
- Arctic (Tug, 1913)
- Arcturus (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Argea Prima (Italian Tanker), in service 1955
- Argus (Small
Motor Boat), at Boston, Mass., circa 1917
- Aries
(Screw Steamship, 1862)
- Aritzia, Rafael (Freighter, 1917). Properly called Rafael Aritzia
- Arizona (British Passenger Steamer, 1879)
- Arizonan (Freighter, 1902)
- Armstrong (Blockade
Running Steamer, 1864)
- Arosa Kulm (Passenger Ship, 1920). Previously named American Banker, Ville d'Anvers, City of Athens and Protea
- Artemis
(Steam Yacht, 1912). Originally named Cristina
- Arthur (Barge, 1906)
- Arthur
(Barge, in service at New York City, 1918)
- Arthur, President (German and American Passenger Liner, 1900). Properly called President Arthur
- Arval (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Arvilla (Motor Boat, World War I era)
- Arvonian (British Freighter, 1905). Later renamed Brookvale, Spidola and Rudau
- Ata
(Italian Freighter, 1917). Originally named Felix Taussig
- Atglen (Barge, 1900)
- Athens, City of (Passenger Ship, 1920). Properly called City of Athens
- Athlit
(Freighter, 1918). Previously named War Rock, Invincible, Empire Porpoise, Chrysanthemum and Chryss
- Atlantic (Coastal Steamer, 1894)
- Atlantic (Tug, 1904)
- Atlantic II (Schooner Yacht, 1903)
- Atlantide (Dutch Freighter, 1898). Originally named Malang
- Atlantis (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Atlida (Barge, 1904)
- Atwood, Edward S. (American Harbor Tug, in service 1918). Properly called Edward S. Atwood
- Auburn (Freighter, 1918)
- Audwin (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Augusta (Steamship,
1852-1877). Later USS Augusta
and S.S. Magnolia
- Augusta (Motor Yacht,
1912)
- Aurora (Freighter,
1918). Previously named War Compass. Later renamed Carabinier, Yzerhandel, Belgica, Haarfagre, Helmi L., and Karl-Erik
- Aurore II
(Motor Boat, 1916)
- Avalon
(Coastal Passenger Steamship, 1891-1964). Originally named Virginia (1891-1918). Served as USS Blue Ridge (ID # 2342) in 1918-1919
- Avis (Motor Boat, 1908)
- Aztec
(Steam Yacht, 1902)
NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the Online Library's pictures
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
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