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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
Names beginning with the letter A
This page lists all A-named U.S. Navy Ships whose
pictures are available through the Online Library.
If the ship you want is not listed on this page, contact the
Photographic Section
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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-1 (Submarine # 2), 1903-1922. Named Plunger until 1911
- A-2 (Submarine # 3, later SS-3), 1903-1922. Named Adder until 1911
- A-3 (Submarine # 4, later SS-4), 1903-1922. Named Grampus until 1911
- A-4 (Submarine # 5, later SS-5), 1903-1922. Named Moccasin until 1911
- A-5 (Submarine # 6, later SS-6), 1903-1922. Named Pike until 1911
- A-6 (Submarine # 7, later SS-7), 1903-1922. Named Porpoise until 1911
- A-7 (Submarine # 8, later SS-8), 1903-1922. Named Shark until 1911
- AA-1 (Submarine # 52, later SF-1), 1920-1931. Originally named Schley. Renamed T-1 in 1920.
- AA-2 (SF-2, originally Submarine # 60), 1922-1931. Renamed T-2 in 1920.
- AA-3 (Submarine # 61, later SF-3), 1920-1931. Renamed T-3 in 1920.
- A.G. Prentiss (ID # 2413), 1918-1918
- A.W. Greely, General
(AP-141, later T-AP-141), 1945-1968. Properly called General A.W. Greely
- Aaron Ward
(Destroyer # 132, later DD-132), 1919-1940
- Aaron Ward
(DD-483), 1942-1943
- Aaron Ward
(DM-34), 1944-1946
- Abalone (SP-208), 1917-1918
- Abarenda (1898-1926,
later AC-13 & AG-14)
- Abatan (AW-4),
1945-1980
- Abbot (Destroyer # 184, later DD-184), 1919-1940
- Abbot (DD-629), 1943-1975
- Abel P. Upshur (DD-193), 1920-1940
- Abele, Mannert L. (DD-733), 1944-1945. Properly called Mannert L. Abele
- Abner Read (DD-526), 1943-1944
- Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), 1989-____
- Absaroka (ID # 2581), 1918-1919
- Absegami (SP-371), 1917-1918
- Absecon (AVP-23), 1943-1949
- Accomac (1898-1946,
later YT-18 & YTL-18), briefly named Algonquin and later
renamed Nottoway, YT-18, and YTL-18
- Achilles (1865-1875). Name briefly given to USS Modoc in 1869
- Acoma (SP-1228), 1917-1918
- Active (1898-1930,
1942-45), later named Lively (YT-14) and YT/YTM-323
- Actus (SP-516), 1917-1920
- Adams (DM-27, later
MMD-27), 1944-1971
- Adams, Charles F. (DDG-2), 1960-____. Properly called Charles F. Adams
- Adams, Walter (ID # 400), 1918-1919. Properly called Walter Adams
- Adder (Submarine # 3, later SS-3), 1903-1922. Renamed A-2 in 1911
- Addie & Carrie (ID # 3226), 1918-1919
- Adela (1863-1865)
- Adelante (SP-765), 1918-1920
- Adger, James
(1861-1866). Properly called James Adger
- Adirondack (ID # 1270), 1917-1919
- Adirondack (YT-44), 1918-1922. Originally named Underwriter (ID # 1390)
- Adirondack (AGC-15), 1945-1972
- Admiral (SP-541), 1917-1919
- Admiral (SP-967), 1917-1920
- Admiral E.W. Eberle
(AP-123), 1945-1997. Later General Simon B. Buckner (T-AP-123)
- Admiral H.T. Mayo
(AP-125), 1945-2005. Later General Nelson M. Walker (T-AP-125)
- Admiral Hugh Rodman
(AP-126), 1945-1997. Later General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
- Admiral W.S. Sims
(AP-127), 1945-2005. Later General William O. Darby (T-AP-127), AP-127 and IX-510
- Adrian (ID # 2362), 1918-1919. Formerly named Westport
- Adroit (SP-248), 1917-1918
- Advance (1864-1883). Renamed Frolic in 1865
- Advance (ID # 3057, later YT-28), 1918-1934
- Aeolus (SP-186), motor boat, 1917. Apparently no actual U.S. Navy service. No image is available, or known to exist
- Aeolus (ID # 3005), 1917-1919. Originally named Grosser Kurfürst
- Aetna (1865-1875). Name briefly given to USS Nausett in 1869
- Agamemnon (ID # 3004), 1917-1919. Originally named Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Agamenticus (1865-1874). Renamed Terror in 1869
- Agawam (1864-1867)
- Agawam (SP-570), 1917-1919. Renamed Natick in 1918
- Agerholm (DD-826), 1946-1982
- Agwidale (ID # 4464), 1918-1919
- Ahdeek (SP-2589), 1918-1919
- Ahrens (DE-575), 1944-1967
- Aileen (1898-1920)
- Ainsworth (DE-1090, later FF-1090 & FFT-1090), 1973-1994
- Ainsworth, Fred C. (T-AP-181), 1950-1961. Properly called Fred C. Ainsworth
- Ajax (1865-1899). Name changed from Manayunk in 1869
- Ajax (1898-1925, later AC-14 and AG-15). Name changed from Scindia in 1901
- Ajax (SP-738), 1917-1919. Renamed Rockport in 1918. No image is available, or known to exist
- Akbar (SP-599), 1917-1919
- Akela (SP-1793), 1918-1919
- AKL-34, 1950-1960. Formerly U.S. Army ship FS-343
- Akron (ZRS-4), Airship 1931-1933
- Alabama (1861-1865)
- Alabama (Battleship # 8, later BB-8), 1900-1921
- Alabama (SP-1052), 1917. Probably had no actual Navy service
- Alabama (BB-60), 1942-1964
- Alacrity (SP-206), 1917-1919
- Alameda (SP-1040), 1917. Probably had no actual Navy service
- Alameda (AO-10), 1919-1922. Later: USS Silver Cloud (IX-143), 1944-1946
- Alamingo (YTB-227,
later YTM-227), 1945-1964
- Alarm (1874-1898)
- Alaska (ID # 3035), 1918-1919
- Alaska (CB-1), 1944-1960
- Alaskan (ID # 4542), 1918-1919
- Albacore (SP-751), 1917-1919
- Albacore (AGSS-569), 1953-1984
- Albany (1900-1930), later PG-36 & CL-23
- Albany (CA-123, later CG-10), 1946-1990
- Albatross (1861-1865)
- Albatross (SP-1003), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-1003
- Albert Brown (SP-1050), 1917-1923. Also known as Brown
- Albuquerque (PF-7), 1943-1953
- Alcalda (SP-630), 1917-1919
- Alcedo (SP-166), 1917-1917
- Alchiba (AK-23, later AKA-6), 1941-1946
- Alden (Destroyer # 211, later DD-211), 1919-1945
- Alert (SP-511), 1917-1918. Renamed SP-511 in 1918
- Alex Brown (ID # 2725), 1918-1927. Possibly also known as Alexander Brown. Renamed Saco (YT-31) in 1920.
- Alexander Dallas (DD-199), 1920-1945. Name changed from Dallas, 1945
- Alexander H. Erickson (ID # 2298), 1918-1919
- Alexandria (PF-18), 1945-1947
- Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752), 1944-1979
- Algol (T-AKR-297,
originally T-AK-287), 1981-____
- Algoma (1869-1884). Renamed Benicia in 1869, prior to commissioning
- Algoma (1865-1874). Name given to USS Erebus in 1869. Had previously been named Squando
- Algonquin (1866-1869)
- Algonquin (1898-1946),
later renamed Accomac, Nottoway (YT-18), YT-18
and YTL-18
- Alhena (AK-26, later AKA-9), 1941-1946
- Alice (SP-367), 1917-1919
- Alice (ID # 1773), barge, 1917-1919(?). No image is available, or known to exist
- Alice B. (ID # 1938), barge, 1917-1919(?). No image is available, or known to exist
- Allen (Destroyer # 66, later DD-66), 1917-1946
- Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), 1944-1974
- Alloway (ID # 3139), 1918-1919
- Almax II (SP-268), 1917-1920
- Aloha (SP-317), 1917-1919
- Alpaco (1918-1918)
- Alpha (SP-586), 1917-1919
- Alsen (ID # 2076), 1917-1919
- Altamaha (ACV-18, later CVE-18 and CVHE-18), 1942-1961
- Althea (SP-218), 1917-1920
- Alton (IX-5), formerly
named Chicago (1889-1936)
- Aludra (AK-72), 1942-1943
- Aludra (AF-55), 1952-1977
- Amabala (ID # 2185), 1918-1919
- Amackassin (probably not U.S. Navy), in service 1919
- Amagansett (SP-693), 1917-1919
- Amanda Moore (possibly in service 1918-1919)
- Amberjack (SS-219), 1942-1943
- Ambulance Boat # 1 (YH-1), 1919-1939. Begun as Motor Tug # 97
- Ameera (SP-453), 1917-1920
- America (ID # 3006), 1917-1919
- America (CVA-66, later CV-66), 1965-2005
- American (ID # 2292), 1918-1919
- American Legion (AP-35, later APA-17), 1941-1946
- Ammen (Destroyer # 35, later DD-35), 1911-1934. Renamed DD-35, 1933
- Ammen (DD-527), 1943-1961
- Ammonoosuc (1868-1883),
later renamed Iowa
- Amphion (ID # 1888), 1919-1919
- Amphitrite (1865-1874). Named Tonawanda until 1869
- Amphitrite (Monitor
# 2, BM-2), 1895-1920
- Amphitrite (ID # 3028), 1918-1920. Renamed Nerita in November 1918
- Amsterdam (CL-101), 1945-1972
- Anado (SP-455), 1917-1919
- Ancon (ID # 1467), 1919
- Ancon (AP-66, later AGC-4), 1942-1946
- Anderson (DD-411), 1939-1946
- Anderson, Jr., PFC James
(T-AK-3002), 1985-____. Properly called PFC James Anderson, Jr.
- Anderson, Richard B. (DD-786), 1945-1977. Properly called Richard B. Anderson
- Anderton (SP-530), 1917-1919. Also known as Raymond J. Anderton
- Andres (DE-45), 1943-1946
- Anemone IV (SP-1290), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-1290
- Aniwa (ID # 3146), 1918-1919.
- Anna B. Smith (ID # 1458), 1917-1918
- Anna Belle (SP-1206), 1917-1918
- Anna O'Boyle (ID # 1736), possibly in service 1918-1919
- Annapolis (Gunboat
# 10, PG-10, later IX-1), 1897-1940
- Annapolis (PF-15), 1944-1947
- Annapolis (AGMR-1), 1945-1979. Originally named Gilbert Islands (CVE-107)
- Annie B. Embry (ID # 2401), possibly in service 1918-1919 as (perhaps) Coal Barge # 421
- Annie E. Gallup (SP-694), 1917-1918. No image is available, or known to exist
- Anniston (C-9), 1894-1919,
formerly named Montgomery
- Antaeus (AS-21, later AG-67), 1941-1945. Later Rescue (AH-18), 1945-1946
- Antelope (IX-109),
1943-1946
- Anthony (Destroyer # 172, later DD-172 and DM-12), 1919-1937
- Anthony (DD-515), 1943-1958
- Anthony, Susan B. (AP-72), 1942-1944. Properly called Susan B. Anthony
- Antietam (CV-36, later CVA-36 and CVS-36), 1945-1974
- Antietam (CG-54), 1987-____
- Antigone (ID # 3007), 1917-1919
- Antilla (cargo ship, 1918-1919). No image is available, or known to exist
- Anton Dohrn (SP-1086), 1917-1919
- Anzio (CVE-57, later CVHE-57), 1943-1959. Named Coral Sea until Sept. 1944
- Anzio (CG-68), 1992-____
- AP-127, 1945-2005. Previously Admiral W.S. Sims (AP-127) and General William O. Darby (T-AP-127).
Later IX-510
- Apache (SP-729), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-729
- Aphrodite (SP-135), 1917-1919
- Apohola (YTB-502,
later YTM-768), 1946-1987
- Appalachian (AGC-1), 1943-1960
- Aquarius (AKA-16),
1943-1946
- Arabia (ID # 3434), 1918-1919
- Arabian (1918-1919)
- Aramis (SP-418, later PY-7), 1917-1933
- Arawan II (SP-1), 1917-1918
- Arcadia (SP-856), 1918-1919(?). Possibly had no actual Navy service
- Arcadia (ID # 1605), transport, 1919-1919
- Arcady (SP-577), 1917-1919
- Archerfish (SS-311,
later AGSS-311), 1943-1968
- Arctic (1898)
- Arctic (SP-1158), 1918-1919
- Arctic (AF-7), 1921-1947
- Arcturus (SP-182), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-182
- Arcturus (SP-593), 1917-1919. Name changed from Artemis, 1918
- Ardent (SP-680), 1917-1921
- Arenac (APA-128), 1945-1974
- Arethusa (1898-1927,
later AO-7)
- Argonaut (SM-1, later APS-1), 1928-1943. Originally named V-4
- Argonne (cargo ship, 1918-1919). No image is available, or known to exist
- Argonne (AP-4, later AS-10 and AG-31), 1921-1950
- Argosy (1863-1865,
"Tinclad" # 27)
- Aries (1863-1865)
- Aries (AK-51), 1918-1919 and 1941-1947. Previously named Lake Geneva (ID # 4215-B) and Manomet (AG-37)
- Arizona (1863-1865)
- Arizona (1865-1874),
formerly named Neshaminy, later renamed Nevada
- Arizona (BB-39), 1916-1941
- Arizonan (ID # 4542-A), 1918-1919
- Arkansas (Battleship # 33; BB-33 after 1920), 1912-1946
- Arkansas (CGN-41. Ordered as DLGN-41), 1980-1999
- Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), 1991-____
- Arlington (AGMR-2), 1966-1976. Previously Saipan (CVL-48)
- Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869), 1946-1974
- Aroostook (1862-1869)
- Aroostook (ID # 1256, later CM-3 and AK-44), 1917-1943
- Arroyo (SP-197), 1917-1918
- Artemis (SP-593), 1917-1919. Later renamed Arcturus
- Artemis (ID # 2187), 1919-1919
- Arthur (ID # 1730), 1917-1919
- Arthur and Eddie (ID # 2073), barge, 1917-1919?. No image is available, or known to exist
- Arthur L. Haber (ID # 1778), barge, 1917?-1919?. No image is available, or known to exist
- Arthur W. Radford (DD-968), 1977-____
- Artigas (cargo ship, 1918-1919). No image is available, or known to exist
- Artmar III (SP-408), 1917-1919
- Arval (SP-1045), 1917-1919
- Arvilla (SP-752), 1917-1919
- Arvonian. Name initially borne by USS Santee (1917-1918)
- Asher J. Hudson (SP-3104, later YT-37), 1918-1921. Renamed Yuma in 1920
- Asheville (PG-101, later PF-1), 1942-1946
- Asterion (AK-100, later AK-63), 1942-1943
- Astoria (ID # 2005, later AK-8), 1917-1921
- Astoria (CA-34), 1934-1942
- Astoria (CL-90), 1944-1971
- Astrea (SP-560), 1917-1920
- ATA-184, 1944-1971. Renamed Kalmia (ATA-184), 1948
- ATA-217, 1945-1947. Construction begun as Tesota (YN-95, later AN-71)
- Atglen (ID # 1315), 1917-1919?
- Athanasia (AF-41), 1945-1977
- Athens (ID # 1798), barge, 1917-1919?. No image is available, or known to exist
- Atik (AK-101), 1942-1942
- Atlanta (1864-1869), formerly CSS Atlanta (C.S. Navy Ironclad Ram, 1862-1863)
- Atlanta (1886-1912)
- Atlanta (CL-51), 1941-1942
- Atlanta (CL-104, later IX-304), 1944-1970
- Atlantic (SP-859). Tug considered for service in 1918, but not taken over
- Atlantic (SP-1182), 1917-1919
- Atlantic (ID # 3268, later YFB-3268), 1918-1921
- Atlantic II (SP-651), 1917-1919
- Atlantis (SP-40), 1917-1919
- Atlas. Name briefly given to USS Nahant (1862-1904) in 1869
- Atlas (SP-2171), 1917-1918. No image is available, or known to exist
- Atlida (ID # 1721), 1917-1919. Renamed Coal Barge 515
- Attu (CVE-102), 1944-1947
- Auburn (ID # 3842), 1919
- Audubon (APA-149), 1944-1973
- Audwin (SP-451), 1917-1919
- Augusta
(1861-1868)
- Augusta (SP-946), 1917-1918
- Augusta
(CA-31, originally CL-31), 1931-1959
- Auguste Victoria, Kaiserin (ID # 3963), 1919-1919. Properly called Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
- Aulick (Destroyer # 258, later DD-258), 1919-1940
- Aulick (DD-569), 1942-1959
- Ault (DD-698), 1944-1974
- Auriga (AK-98),
1943-1946
- Aurora (SP-345), 1917-1919
- Aurore II (SP-460), 1917-1919. Renamed SP-460 in 1918
- Ausable (ID # 1631), cargo ship, 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
- Ausburn, Charles (Destroyer # 294, later DD-294), 1920-1931. Properly called Charles Ausburn
- Ausburne, Charles (DD-570), 1942-1960. Properly called Charles Ausburne
- Avalon (section patrol boat, 1918?-1918). No image is available, or known to exist
- Avenger (SP-2646), 1918-1918
- Avis (SP-382), 1917-1918
- Awatobi (YTB-264),
1945-1960
- Aylwin (Destroyer # 47, later DD-47), 1914-1935. Renamed DD-47 in 1933
- Aylwin (DD-355), 1935-1946
- Aylwin (DE-1081, later FF-1081), 1971-1998
- Aztec (SP-590),
1917-1919
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