USS Monitor (AN-1, later LSV-5) during pivoting while launching on 29 January 1943.
Contract awarded 16 December 1940 under the FY1941 70% Expansion Building Program. (NARA RG-19-LCM, 19-N-111703)
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This page provides access to four unrelated specialized databases created by Shipscribe covering U.S. Navy ships. The first itemizes all port calls made by U. S. Navy cruising ships on overseas stations (except the European Station) between 1869 and 1897. The second covers ships acquired by the Navy during World War I that were assigned SP or ID numbers. The third covers U.S. warship building programs during and just before World War II. The fourth lists all the design project numbers used by the Ship Characteristics Board (SCB) and its successors from 1946 to 1979. Select by clicking on the links below.
The final item on this page is a copy of the index, with annotations by Shipscribe, of a set of data cards created during and after World War I for all ships given Section Patrol (SP) and Identification (ID) numbers. This index and its cards (less the annotations) are now at the Naval History and Heritage Command, while the inspection reports which they summarize are in the National Archives. This was a major source for the SP and ID database shown above. Select by clicking on the link below.
