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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
Names beginning with the letter D
This page lists all D-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
concerning other research options.
D-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.
- D-1 (Submarine # 17, later SS-17), 1909-1922. Named changed from Narwhal in 1911
- D-2 (Submarine # 18, later SS-18), 1909-1922. Named changed from Grayling in 1911
- D-3 (Submarine # 19, later SS-19), 1910-1922. Named changed from Salmon in 1911
- Dace (SS-247), 1943-1955
- Dade (APA-99), 1944-1946
- Dahlgren (Destroyer # 187, later DD-187 & AG-91), 1920-1946
- Dahlgren (DLG-12, later DDG-43), 1961-2005
- Dahlia (1862-1865). Originally named Firefly
- Daiquiri (SP-1285), 1917-1920
- Daisy (1862-1865). Originally named Mulford
- Daisy (SP-1186), circa 1917-1918
- Daisy Archer (ID # 1283), motor boat, 1917-1918. No image is available, or known to exist
- Dakotan (ID # 3882), 1919-1919
- Dale (1840-1921),
1935-1946
- Dale (Destroyer # 4), 1902-1920
- Dale (Destroyer # 290, later DD-290), 1920-1931
- Dale (DD-353),
1935-1946
- Dale (DLG-19, later CG-19), 1963-2000
- Dallas (DD-199), 1920-1945. Renamed Alexander Dallas, 1945
- Daly (DD-519), 1943-1976
- Daly, Edward C. (DE-17), 1943-1947. Properly called Edward C. Daly
- Damage Control Hulk No. 40, 1918-1945. Name changed from Taylor (Destroyer # 94, later DD-94), 1940
- Damato (DD-871, later DDE-871 & DD-871), 1946-1980
- Dana (Steam Lighter, 1917-1919)
- Dandelion (1862-1865)
- Dane (APA-238), 1945-1975
- Daniels, Josephus (DLG-27, later CG-27), 1965-1999. Properly called Josephus Daniels
- Dantzler, Bessie H. (ID # 3158), harbor tug, 1918-1922. No image is available, or known to exist
- Daraga (SP-43), 1917-1921
- Darby, General William O.
(T-AP-127), 1945-2005. Properly called General William O. Darby
- Darlington
(1862-1862)
- Dauntless (SP-1002), 1917-1919
- David C. Shanks (T-AP-180), 1943-1973
- David R. Ray (DD-971), 1977-2008
- Davis (Destroyer # 65, later DD-65), 1916-1934
- Davis (DD-395), 1938-1947
- Davis (DD-937), 1957-1994
- Davis, M.M. (SP-314), 1917-1919. Properly called M.M. Davis
- Davis K. Philips (SP-978), 1917-1919. Possibly called David K. Philips
- Davis, Rodney M. (FFG-60),
1987-____. Properly called Rodney M. Davis
- Davison (DD-618, later DMS-37 & DD-618), 1942-1973
- Dawn (1861-1865)
- Dawn (SP-26), 1917-1918
- Dawson (APA-79), 1945-1948
- Daylight (1861-1865)
- Dayton (CL-105), 1945-1962
- DCH-1 (IX-44). Formerly USS Walker (DD-163), 1919-1941, and YW-57
- DD-23 (Destroyer # 23, later DD-23), 1910-1935. Originally named Drayton
- DD-26 (Destroyer # 26, later DD-26), 1910-1935. Originally named Perkins
- DD-32 (Destroyer # 32, later DD-32), 1911-1934. Originally named Monaghan
- DD-34 (Destroyer # 34, later DD-34), 1911-1935. Originally named Walke
- DD-35 (Destroyer # 35, later DD-35), 1911-1934. Originally named Ammen
- DD-36 (Destroyer # 36, later DD-36), 1911-1934. Originally named Patterson
- DD-43 (Destroyer # 43, later DD-43), 1913-1934. Originally named Cassin
- DD-44 (Destroyer # 44, later DD-44), 1913-1934. Originally named Cummings
- DD-45 (Destroyer # 45, later DD-45), 1915-1934. Originally named Downes
- DD-47 (Destroyer # 47, later DD-47), 1914-1935. Originally named Alywin
- DD-50 (Destroyer # 50, later DD-50), 1914-1935. Originally named Balch
- DD-53 (Destroyer # 53, later DD-53), 1915-1936. Originally named Winslow
- DD-54 (Destroyer # 54, later DD-54), 1914-1934. Originally named McDougal
- DD-55 (Destroyer # 55, later DD-55), 1915-1936. Originally named Cushing
- DD-57 (Destroyer # 57, later DD-57), 1916-1936. Originally named Tucker
- DD-58 (Destroyer # 58, later DD-58), 1916-1934. Originally named Conyngham
- DD-59 (Destroyer # 59, later DD-59), 1916-1934. Originally named Porter
- DD-68 (Destroyer # 68, later DD-68), 1917-1934. Originally named Shaw
- DD-70 (Destroyer # 70, later DD-70), 1918-1940. Originally named Craven. Later renamed Conway
- DD-92 (Destroyer # 92, later DD-92), 1919-1939. Originally named Gridley
- DD-105 (Destroyer # 105, later DD-105), 1918-1936. Originally named Mugford
- DD-185 (Destroyer # 185, later DD-185), 1919-1940. Originally named Bagley. Later renamed Doran
- DD-224 (DD-224), 1945-1946. Originally USS Stewart (DD-224), 1920-1942
- DD-441 (DD-441), 1941-1972. Originally named Wilkes
- Dean II (SP-98), 1917-1918
- Dearborn (PF-33), 1944-1947. Originally named Toledo
- Decatur (1840-1865)
- Decatur (Destroyer # 5), 1902-1920
- Decatur (DD-341), 1922-1945
- Decatur (DD-936, later DDG-31), 1956-2004. Later Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS, EDDG-31)
- Decatur (DDG-73), 1998-____
- Defense (AM-317, later
MSF-317), 1944-1973
- Defiance (SP-1015), 1918-1946. Renamed Challenge in August 1918
- Defiance (ID # 3327), 1918-1919
- De Grasse (ID # 1217), 1918-1918
- de Grasse, Comte (DD-974), 1978-2006. Properly called Comte de Grasse
- De Haven (DD-469), 1942-1943
- De Haven (DD-727), 1944-1973
- DeKalb (ID # 3010), 1917-1919
- Dekaury (YT-178, later
YTB-178 and YTM-178), 1943-1985
- Delaware (1861-1865)
- Delaware (Battleship # 28, later BB-28), 1910-1924
- Delaware (SP-467, later AT-53 and YT-111), 1917-1935. Renamed SP-467 in 1918
- De Lesseps (harbor tug, 1918-1918). No image is available, or known to exist
- Delmonico (1898), later
renamed Glacier (1898-1922, AF-4)
- DeLong (Torpedo Boat # 28), 1902-1920. Later renamed Coast Torpedo Boat # 14
- DeLong (Destroyer # 129, later DD-129), 1919-1922
- DeLong (DE-684, briefly APD-137 in 1945), 1943-1970
- Delphy (Destroyer # 261, later DD-261), 1918-1923
- Democracy (ID # 2215), 1918-1919
- "Demologos" (1814-1829). Also called Fulton and "Fulton the First"
- Dempsey (DE-26), 1943-1947
- Denebola (AF-56), 1954-1976
- Denning, Maria (1861-1862). Properly called Maria Denning
- Dennis, E. Benson (SP-791), 1917-1919. Properly called E. Benson Dennis
- Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808, later DDR-808 & DD-808), 1945-1974
- Dent (Destroyer # 116, later DD-116 and APD-9), 1918-1946
- Denver (Cruiser # 14, later PG-28 and CL-16), 1904-1933
- Denver (CL-58), 1942-1960
- Derrick Barge # 13, active in 1917
- Derrick Barge # 70 (ID # 2635), 1918-1931. Renamed Floating Derrick # 37 and later YD-37 and YF-196
- Derrick Lighter (ID # 3249), 1918-1926. Renamed Floating Derrick # 38 and YD-38. No image is available, or known to exist
- Derry (ID # 1391), 1917-1919
- Desire (SP-786), 1917-1919
- Des Moines (Cruiser # 15, later PG-29 & CL-17), 1904-1930
- Des Moines (CA-134), 1948-2006
- De Soto (1861-1868)
- De Soto (1862-1865),
renamed General Lyon in October 1862
- Despatch (SP-68, later PY-8), 1917-1928. Briefly named Vixen in August 1917
- Despatch (IX-2),
1887-1946, formerly named Boston
- Detroit (Cruiser # 10,
C-10), 1893-1911
- Detroit (CL-8), 1923-1946
- Devastator (AM-318,
later MSF-318), 1944-1973
- Dewey (DD-349), 1934-1946
- Dewey (DLG-14, later DDG-45), 1959-1994
- Deyo (DD-989), 1980-2005
- Diana (1862-1863)
- Dianthus (SP-639), 1917-1918
- Diascond (ID # 2385), 1918-1919. Renamed Coal Barge # 425
- Dick Sullivan (ID # 1927), 1917 -- Probably no U.S. Navy service. No image is available, or known to exist
- Dickerson (Destroyer # 157, later DD-157 & APD-21),1919-1945
- Dickman, Joseph T. (AP-26, later APA-13), 1941-1946. Properly called Joseph T. Dickman
- Dickson, Harlan R.
(DD-708), 1945-1973. Properly called Harlan R. Dickson.
- Dicky (SP-231), 1917-1919
- Dictator
(1864-1883)
- Direct (AM-90), 1942-1946. Renamed PC-1594 in June 1944
- Dix, Dorothea L. (AP-67), 1942-1946. Properly called Dorothea L. Dix
- Dixie (1898-1922, later
AD-1)
- Dixie (SP-789), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-789. No image is available, or known to exist
- Dixie III (SP-701), 1917-1919. Renamed SP-701, 1918
- Dlonra (SP-66), 1917-1919(?). No image is available, or known to exist
- Dochra (ID # 1758), 1917-1919
- Dodger II (SP-46), 1917-1919
- Dogfish (SS-350), 1946-1972
- Dohema Jr. (SP-612), 1917-1918
- Doheny, Edward L., III (ID # 3835), 1918-1919. Properly called Edward L. Doheny III
- Doherty (DE-14), 1943-1946
- Dohrn, Anton (SP-1086), 1917-1919. Properly called Anton Dohrn
- Doloma (SP-1062), 1917-1918
- Dolphin (1885-1922,
later PG-24)
- Dolphin (SP-318), 1919. Probably no actual USN service
- Dolphin (SP-874), 1918-1918
- Dolphin (ID # 1314), 1917-1919. Became Coal Barge # 518
- Dolphin (SS-169), 1932-1946
- Donald B. Beary (DE-1085, later FF-1085 & FFT-1085), 1972-1994
- Donald Cook (DDG-75), 1998-____
- Donaldson (DE-44), 1943-1946
- Doneff (DE-49), 1943-1947
- Donnell (DE-56, later IX-182), 1943-1946
- Dorado (SS-248), 1943-1943
- Doran (Destroyer # 185, later DD-185), 1919-1940. Previously named Bagley and DD-185
- Doran (DD-634), 1942-1973
- Dorchester (ID # 1509), 1917-1918
- Doris (ID # 1646), 1917-1917. Probably no actual USN service
- Doris B. III (SP-733), 1917-1918
- Doris B. IV (SP-625), 1917-1919
- Dorothea (1898-1919)
- Dorothea II (SP-912), 1917-1919. Properly called SP-912
- Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67), 1942-1946
- Dorothy (SP-1289), 1917-1918
- Dorothy Cullen (ID # 2183), 1918-1920
- Dorothy E. Price (ID # 1799), 1917-1919(?). No image is available, or known to exist
- Dorsey (Destroyer # 117, later DD-117 & DMS-1), 1918-1945
- Dortch (DD-670), 1943-1961
- Douglas (SP-313), 1917-1919. Also called Otis W. Douglas
- Douglas H. Fox (DD-779), 1944-1974
- Dover (IX-30), formerly
named Wilmington (PG-8), 1897-1946
- Downes (Destroyer # 45, later DD-45), 1915-1934. Renamed DD-45, 1933
- Downes (DD-375), 1937-1947
- Downes (DE-1070, later FF-1070), 1971-2003
- Doyen (Destroyer # 280, later DD-280), 1919-1930
- Doyle (DD-494, later DMS-34 & DD-494), 1943-1972
- Drayton (Destroyer # 23, later DD-23), 1910-1935. Renamed DD-23, 1933
- Drayton (DD-366), 1936-1946
- Dreadnaught (ID # 1951, later YT-34 and YNG-21), 1918-1944
- Dreadnought (SP-584), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-584
- Drechterland (ID # 2793), 1918-1919
- Drexler (DD-741), 1944-1945
- Druid (SP-321), 1917-1919
- Drusilla (SP-372), 1917-1918
- Dubhe (ID # 2562), 1918-1918
- Duffy (DE-27), 1943-1947
- Duggan (ID # 3286), 1918-1920. Became Car Float # 10
- Dukes County (LST-735),
1944-1957, originally named LST-735
- Duluth (CL-87),
1944-1960
- Dumbarton (1864-1867)
- Duncan (Destroyer # 46, later DD-46), 1913-1935
- Duncan (DD-485),
1942-1942
- Duncan (DD-874, later DDR-874 & DD-874), 1945-1980
- Dunderberg (launched 1865)
- Dunlap (DD-384), 1937-1947
- Dunn County (LST-742), 1944-1961, originally named LST-742
- Du Pont (Torpedo Boat
# 7, TB-7), 1897-1920, later renamed Coast Torpedo Boat #
3
- Du Pont (Destroyer # 152, later DD-152 & AG-80), 1919-1947
- Du Pont (DD-941), 1957-1992
- Durham (ID # 3345), 1918-1919. Name changed from Sherman, November 1918
- Duxbury Bay (AVP-38),
1944-1967
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), 1977-____
- Dyer (Destroyer # 84, later DD-84), 1918-1936
- Dyess (DD-880, later DDR-880 & DD-880), 1945-1981
- Dyson (DD-572), 1942-1960
NOTES:
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citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
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