U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships and U.S. Wartime Shipbuilding

With: French Warships, 1626-1914

1. U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships, 1835-1980.

U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships, 1835-1945 A large digital reference work covering over 2,000 ships. Alaskan Radio Expedition, 1912 (USS Nero) Alaskan Radio Expedition, 1914 (USS Buffalo) Click here for ship name index.
U. S. Navy Temporary Auxiliary Ships of World War I, 1917-1919 Ship pages from the U.S. Navy's discontinued Online Library of Selected Images. Click here for ship name index.
U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships Since 1945 This section extends full coverage of U.S. Navy auxiliary ships to 1980 and provides summary information on ships since 1980. SCB Design Numbers, 1946-1979 Click here for ship name index.

2. U. S. Merchant Ships and Shipbuilding during World War I.

Norman L. McKellar Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921 Shipslists from The Belgian Shiplover, 1959-1963, with additional data and illustrations by Shipscribe. Click here for ship name index.
More References on U. S. World War I Merchant Shipbuilding 1. Shipping Board ship registers, 1917-1920 & 1920, the former with ship construction dates and the latter with ship plans. 2. Shipbuilding Contracts of the U. S. Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1917-1920, a database compiled by Shipscribe.
U.S. Navy "SP" and "ID" Merchant Vessel Numbers, 1916-1941 1. All merchant ships given U. S. Navy Section Patrol (SP) and Identification (ID) Numbers, 1916-1941, with ship name index. 2. Merchant vessels with SP and ID numbers acquired by the U. S. Navy, 1917-1920, with ship name index. 3. Navy Section Patrol (SP) Photo Gallery.

3. U.S. Naval and Merchant Shipbuilding during and after World War II.

Shipbuilding Programs and Contracts of the U. S. Navy, 1938-1945. U.S. warship building programs and contracts leading up to and during World War II.
Shipbuilding Contracts of the U. S. Maritime Commission, 1937-1945. U.S. government merchant ship building contracts leading up to and during World War II.
U.S. Navy Ship Design Project Numbers, 1946-1979. All of the design project numbers used by the Ship Characteristics Board (SCB) and its successors from 1946 to 1979

4. Other References on U.S. Naval Ships and Shipbuilding.

Port calls by U. S. Navy Cruising Ships, 1869-1897 All port calls made by U. S. Navy cruising ships on overseas stations (except the European Station) between 1869 and 1897.
U.S. Navy "Spring Styles" 1911-1925 and 1939-1944 Preliminary design drawings by the Bureau of Construction and Repair and the Bureau of Ships.
The Cochrane Collection Photographs of American Shipyards, 1943-1945 Aerial photos of the shipyards that built and repaired the world's largest navy.

5. French Warships, 1626-1914.

by Rif Winfield (1-2) and Stephen S. Roberts (1-3) Click here for info on the three books and post-publication additions and modifications for them.

French Navy Ships, 1816-1859: From Sail to Steam Legacy data from the French naval archives. More complete data are now available in the books above, but the data here remain valid. Click here for ship name index.

6. Miscellany.

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