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June 2011: Auxiliary Ocean Tugs (ATA), Rescue Ocean Tugs (ATR), British Ocean-Going Tugs (BAT), plus the APL-2 class barges, the harbor tugs initially classified YN 33-56 (link on the AN page), and the small acquired vessels that became YDG 1-5 (link on the ADG page). This completes the first draft of the 1922-1945 portion of the Auxiliary Vessels section of this site. May 2011: Ocean-Going Tugs (AT) and Fleet Ocean Tugs (ATF). March 2011: Salvage Vessels (ARS), Submarine Rescue Vessels (ASR), and British Salvage Vessels (BARS). January 2011: Posted in the References section of this site the Shipping Board publication Contract and Requisitioned Steamships Taken Over on August 3, 1917, a 40-page ship listing that contains some additional data not in the 1920 Register, below. January 2011: Posted in the References section of this site the Register of Ships Owned by United States Shipping Board, August 1, 1920, which includes a long ship listing and numerous foldout ship plans. December 2010: The special IX category (miscellaneous types, mostly small). August 2010: The final AO classes, AO-49, 51, 66, 68, 80, 89, 101, and 105; plus the AOG classes and the station tankers and station cargo ships (IX). July 2010: The first AO classes, AO-22, 34, 36, 41, 45, and 46. June 2010: The final AK classes, AK-156 (the C1-M-AV1 type) and AK-227 (10 "Victory Ships"). May 2010: The AK-70 class (60 EC2 "Liberty ships") and the AK-80 class (the N3 "Bowes Coasters"). January 2010: The miscellaneous AK types (all except the EC2, N3, C1-M-AV1, and VC2 types). September 2009: AG-23, 25, 26, 29, 36, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 68, 72, and 73 classes, completing the AG category. August 2009: AP 110-159, the three large war-built classes, completing the transports category. June 2009: The rest of the acquired transports: AP-53, 54 (with 61), 62, 63, 74, 75, 162, and 177. May 2009: More classes of acquired transports: AP-28, 29, 31, 33, 41, and 45. February 2009: Started the acquired transport classes: AP-6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 23, and 24. Also filled some gaps in earlier class notes, mostly for AP and APA classes. January 2009: Added the small net-laying classes: AN-6, 38, and 78. Completed (proofread and clarified) the reference tables on USN World War II shipbuilding programs and contracts. December 2008: A final batch of specialized classes: ACM-1 and 4, AGB-1, AGS-1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 11, AN-5, AVC-1, CM-5 and 11, and CMc-3 and 4. November 2008: Possibly the most obscure ships in this list: YAG 1-34. The small IX classes were their nearest counterpart. October 2008: Some more specialized classes: AH-5, 6, and 12, APc-1, APL-1, APR-1, AW-1 and 3, and BAK-1. September 2008: Appendix 3, U.S. Navy World War I Era Auxiliary Vessels, 1917-1919. This is a photographic ship recognition guide for the transports and supply ships operated by the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) and the Cruiser and Transport Force during World War I. August 2008: Some specialized classes: AKN-1 and 5, AKS-1 and 5, APH-1, APM-9, APV-1, and AVS-1 and AVS-5. August 2008: Appendix 2, The Auxiliary Vessels Board, 1941-1948. This Board is mentioned in many of the World War II class histories in this list. July 2008: The submarine tender classes: AS-11, 13, 20, 21, 22, and 23; the large seaplane tenders: AV-4, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 14; and the Vehicle Landing Ships: LSV-1 and 3. The introductory pages were also modified to focus on the 1922-45 period. November 2007: The McKellar section of the Shipscribe site was completed and posted. During the first half of 2008 major contributions were made to the World War I portion of the Naval Historical Center's Online Library (see Appendix 3 above for some of this work). July 2007: The larger repair ship classes: AR-5, AR-9, AR-10, AR-13, AR-17, ARG-2, and ARV-1. The smaller repair ship types are included in the LST conversions, below. June 2007: The remaining LST converson classes: APB-35 and 41, APB-45, ARB-1, ARL-1, 10, and 40, ARSD-1, ARST-1, ARVA-5, and ARVE-3. For the other LST conversions see the AGP-4 and AGP-20 classes. June 2007: The combat-loaded and "quasi-attack" transport classes: AP-13, 42, 46, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, 102, 103, 171, and 172. The term "quasi-attack" for the last four of these classes is from Norman Friedman. May 2007: The attack transport classes: APA-1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 18, 21, 25, 33 (parts 1 and 2), 49, 52, 55, 57, 89, and 117. January 2007: The last AKA class: AKA-21. March-April 2006: Most of the AKA classes: AKA-1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15, and 64. March 2006: The ADG/YDG classes: ADG-8, YDG-6. February 2006: AGC-369 plus the AGP classes: AGP-1, 2, 3, 4, 12, and 20. January 2006: The AVP-1 and AGC-7 classes. June 2004: AGC-6. September 2005: AP-47 (with AP-105). December 2001-January 2002: The AGC-1 and AGC-4 classes. December 2000-February 2001: The store ship classes: AF-10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 30, plus the unrelated AG-33. October 2000: The AVP-10 and AGP-6 classes. July 2000: The ammunition ships: AE-3, 8, 10, and 11. June 2000: The destroyer tender classes: AD-14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 26, and 32. |