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US Ships in Commission, Under Construction, and in Mothballs 1 September 1939

Ships in commission (Total 339 ships) USS Arizona (BB-39) USS Arkansas (BB-33) USS (BB-44) USS Colorado (BB-45) USS Idaho (BB-42) USS (BB-46) USS Mississippi (BB-41) USS Nevada (BB-36) USS New (BB-40, ex-California) USS (BB-34) USS Oklahoma (BB-37) USS (BB-38) USS Tennessee (BB-43) USS Texas (BB-35) USS West (BB-48) Aircraft Carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6) USS Lexington (CV-2, ex CC-1, ex Constitution) USS Ranger (CV-4) USS Saratoga (CV-3, ex CC-3) USS Yorktown (CV-5) Heavy USS Astoria (CA-34, ex CL-34) USS Augusta (CA-31, ex CL-31) USS Chester (CA-27, ex CL-27) USS Chicago (CA-29, ex CL-29) USS Houston (CA-30, ex CL-30) USS Indianapolis) (CA-35, ex CL-35) USS Lousiville (CA-28, ex CL-28) USS Minneapolis (CA-36, ex CL-36) USS (CA-32, ex CL-32) USS Northampton (CA-26, ex CL-26) USS Pensacola (CA-24, ex CL-24) USS Portland (CA-33, ex CL-33) USS Quincy (CA-39, ex CL-39) USS Salt Lake City (CA-25, ex CL-25) USS (CA-38, ex CL-38) USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37, ex CL-37) USS Vincennes (CA-44, CL-44) USS Wichita (CA-45) Light Cruisers USS Boise (CL-47) USS (CL-40) USS Cincinnati (CL-6, ex CS-6) USS Concord (CL-10, ex CS-10) USS Detroit (CL-8, ex CS-8) USS (CL-48) USS Marblehead (CL-12, ex CS-12)

1 USS Memphis (CL-13, ex CS-13) USS Milwaukee (CL-5, ex CS-5) USS Nashville (CL-43) USS Omaha (CL-4, ex CS-4) USS (CL-41) USS Phoenix (CL-46) USS Raleigh (CL-7, ex CS-7) USS Richmond (CL-9, ex CS-9) USS St. Louis (CL-49) USS Savannah (CL-42) USS Trenton (CL-11, ex CS-11) USS Alden (DD-211) USS Anderson (DD-411) USS Aylwin (DD-355) USS Babbitt (DD-128) USS Badger (DD-126) USS Bagley (DD-386) USS Balch (DD-363) USS Barker (DD-213) USS Barry (DD-248) USS Benham (DD-397) USS Blue (DD-387) USS Borie (DD-215) USS Broome (DD-210) USS Bulmer (DD-222) USS Case (DD-370) USS Cassin (DD-372) USS Chandler (DD-206) USS Clark (DD-361) USS Claxton (DD-140) USS Conyngham (DD-371) USS Craven (DD-382) USS Cummings (DD-365) USS Cushing (DD-376) USS Dahlgren (DD-187) USS Dale (DD-353) USS Davis (DD-395) USS Decatur (DD-341) USS Dent (DD-116) USS Dewey (DD-349, ex Phelps) USS Dickerson (DD-157) USS Dorsey (DD-117) USS Downes (DD-375) USS Dunlap (DD-384) USS Edsall (DD-219) USS Ellet (DD-398) USS Elliot (DD-146) USS Fanning (DD-385) USS Farragut (DD-348, ex Smith) USS Flusser (DD-368) USS Goff (DD-247) USS Gridley (DD-380) USS Hamilton (DD-141) USS Hammann (DD-412)

2 USS Helm (DD-388) USS Henley (DD-391) USS Herbert (DD-160) USS Hopkins (DD-249) USS Hovey (DD-208) USS (DD-350) USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) USS Jarvis (DD-393) USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156) USS John D. Edwards (DD-216, ex Stewart) USS John D. Ford (DD-228, ex Ford) USS Jouett (DD-396) USS Lamson (DD-367) USS Lang (DD-399) USS Litchfield (DD-336) USS Long (DD-209) USS MacDonough (DD-351) USS Mahan (DD-364) USS Maury (DD-401) USS McCall (DD-400) USS McDougal (DD-358) USS Moffett (DD-362) USS Monaghan (DD-354) USS Mugford (DD-389) USS Parrott (DD-218) USS Patterson (DD-392) USS Paul Jones (DD-230) USS Peary (DD-226) USS Perkins (DD-377) USS Perry (DD-340) USS Phelps (DD-360) USS Pillsbury (DD-227) USS Pope (DD-225) USS Porter (DD-356) USS Preston (DD-379) USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) USS Rathburne (DD-113) USS Reid (DD-369) USS Reuben James (DD-245) USS Roper (DD-147) USS Sampson (DD-394) USS Selfridge (DD-357) USS Shaw (DD-373) USS Simpson (DD-221) USS Sims (DD-409) USS Smith (DD-378) USS Somers (DD-381) USS Southard (DD-207) USS Sterett (DD-407) USS Stewart (DD-224) USS Talbot (DD-114) USS Tattnall (DD-125) USS Trever (DD-339) USS Truxton (DD-229) USS Tucker (DD-374)

3 USS Warrington (DD-383) USS Wasmuth (DD-338) USS Waters (DD-115) USS Whipple (DD-217) USS Wilson (DD-408) USS Winslow (DD-359) USS Worden (DD-352) USS Zane (DD-337)

E. Minelaying (SM) USS Argonaut (SM-1) Submarine (SS) USS Cachalot (SS-170, ex V-8, ex SF-11, ex SC-4) USS Cuttlefish (SS-171, ex V-9, ex SF-12, ex SC-5) USS Dolphin (SS-169, ex V-7, ex SF-10, ex SC-3) USS Narwhal (SS-167, ex SC-1) USS Nautilus (SS-168, ex SC-2) USS Perch (SS-176) USS Permit (SS-178, ex Pinna) USS Pickeerel (SS-177) USS Pike (SS-173) USS Plunger (SS-179) USS Pollack (SS-180) USS Pompano (SS-181) USS Porpoise (SS-172) USS R-2 (SS-79) USS R-4 (SS-81) USS R-10 (SS-87) USS R-11 (SS-88) USS R-13 (SS-90) USS R-14 (SS-91) USS S-18 (SS-123) USS S-20 (SS-125) USS S-21 (SS-126) USS S-22 (SS-127) USS S-23 (SS-128) USS S-24 (SS-129) USS S-25 (SS-130) USS S-26 (SS-131) USS S-27 (SS-132) USS S-28 (SS-133) USS S-29 (SS-134) USS S-30 (SS-135) USS S-34 (SS-139) USS S-35 (SS-140) USS S-36 (SS-141) USS S-37 (SS-142) USS S-38 (SS-143) USS S-39 (SS-144) USS S-40 (SS-145) USS S-41 (SS-146) USS S-42 (SS-153) USS S-43 (SS-154) USS S-44 (SS-155)

4 USS S-45 (SS-156) USS S-46 (SS-157) USS S-47 (SS-158) USS Salmon (SS-182) USS Sargo (SS-188) USS Saury (SS-189) USS Sculpin (SS-191) USS Seal (SS-183) USS Shark (SS-174) USS Skipjack (SS-184) USS Snapper (SS-185) USS Spearfish (SS-190) USS Squalus (SS-192) USS Stingray (SS-186) USS Sturgeon (SS-187) USS Swordfish (SS-193) USS Tarpon (SS-175) USS Oglala (CM-4, ex Shawmut, ex SP-1255, ex SS ) Mine Sweeper USS Bittern (AM-36) USS Bobolink (AM-20) USS Brant (AM-24) USS Cormorant (AM-40) USS Finch (AM-9) USS Grebe (AM-43) USS Kingfisher (AM-25) USS Lark (AM-21) USS Oriole (AM-7) USS Owl (AM-2) USS Partridge (AM-16) USS Penguin (AM-33) USS Quail (AM-15) USS Rail (AM-26) USS Robin (AM-3) USS Seagull (AM-30) USS Tanager (AM-5) USS Tern (AM-31) USS (AM-13) USS Vireo (AM-52) USS Whippoorwill (AM-35) USS Woodcock (AM-14) Light Minelayer USS Preble (DM-20, ex DD-345) USS Pruitt (DM-22, ex DD-347) USS Sicard (DM-21, ex DD-346) USS Tracy (DM-19, ex DD-214) Eagle Patrol Ships USS Eagle Number 19 (PE-19) USS Eagle Number 27 (PE-27) USS Eagle Number 32 (PE-32) USS Eagle Number 38 (PE-38) USS Eagle Number 48 (PE-48) USS Eagle Number 55 (PE-55) USS Eagle Number 56 (PE-56)

5 USS Eagle Number 57 (PE-57) USS Asheville (PG-21) USS Charleston (PG-51) USS Erie (PG-50) USS Sacramento (PG-19) USS Tulsa (PG-22) River Gunboats USS (PR-3, ex PG-43) USS (PR-7, ex PG-47) USS (PR-8, ex PG-48) USS (PR-6, ex PG-46) USS (PR-4, ex PG-44) Yachts USS Isabel (PY-10) USS Nitro (AE-2) USS Capella (AK-13, ex SS Comerant) USS Sirius (AK-15, ex SS Saluda) USS Vega (AK-17, ex SS ) Tender USS Altair (AD-11, ex SS Edisto) USS Black Hawk (AD-9, ex Tender to Mine Force, ex SS Santa Catalina) USS Dobbin (AD-3) USS Melville (AD-2) USS Rigel (AD-13, ex ARB-1, ex Edgecombe) USS Whitney (AD-4) Floating ARD-1 USS Relief (AH-1) Miscellaneous USS Antares (AG-10, ex SS Nedmac) USS Boggs (AG-19, ex DD-136) USS Cuyahoga (AG-26, ex USCG vessel) USS Gold Star (AG-12, ex AK-12, ex Arcturus) USS Hannibal (AG-1, ex , ex Joseph Holland) USS Lamberton (AG-21, ex DD-119) USS Manley (AG-28, ex DD-74) USS Potomac (AG-25, ex Electra, USCG vessel) USS Robert L. Barnes (AG-27, ex AO-14, AK-11, SP-3088) USS Semmes (AG-24, ex DD-189) USS Sequoia (AG-23, ex Deptarment of Commerce vessel) USS Utah (AG-16, ex BB-31) USS Wyoming (AG-17, ex BB-32) Ocean-Going Tugs USS Acushnet (AT-63, ex USCG vessel) USS Algorma (AT-34) USS Allegheny (AT-19, ex Huron) USS Bagaduce (AT-21, ex Ammonoosuc) USS Genesee (AT-55, ex SP-1116, ex Monacacy) USS Kalmia (AT-23) USS Keosanqua (AT-38) USS Kewaydin (AT-24)

6 USS Mahopac (AT-29, ex Kickapoo) USS Montcalm (AT-39, ex Kineo) USS Ontario (AT-13) USS Pinola (AT-33, ex Nipsic) USS Sagamore (AT-20, ex Comanche) USS Sonoma (AT-12) USS Tatnuck (AT-27, ex Iosco) USS Umpqua (AT-25) USS Wandank (AT-26) Oiler USS Brazos (AO-4) USS Cimarron (AO-22) USS Cuyama (AO-3) USS Kanawha (AO-1, ex Fuel Ship No. 13) USS Neches (AO-5, ex Fuel Ship No. 17) USS Neosho (AO-23) USS Pecos (AO-6, ex Fuel Ship No. 18) USS Ramapo (AO-12) USS Salinas (AO-19, ex Hudsonian) USS Trinity (AO-13) USS Medusa (AR-1) USS Vestal (AR-4, ex AC-1, ex Erie) Tender USS Langley (AV-3, ex CV-1, ex AC-3, ex Jupiter) USS Wright (AV-1, ex AZ-1) Small USS Avocet (AVP-4, ex AM-19) USS Childs (AVP-14, ex DD-241) USS Gannet (AVP-8, ex AM-41) USS Heron (AVP-2, ex AM-10) USS Lapwing (AVP-1, ex AM-1) USS Pelican (AVP-6, ex AM-27) USS Sandpiper (AVP-9, ex AM-51) USS Swan (AVP-7, ex AM-34) USS Teal (AVP-5, ex AM-23) USS Thrush (AVP-3, ex AM-18) USS Williamson (AVP-15, ex DD-244) Store Ship USS Arctic (AF-7, ex SS Yamhill) USS (AF-1) Submarine Rescue Vessel USS Falcon (ASR-2, ex AM-28) USS Mallard (ASR-4, ex AM-44) USS Ortolan (ASR-5, ex AM-45) USS Pigeon (ASR-6, ex AM-47) USS Widgeon (ASR-1, ex AM-22) USS Argonne (AS-10, ex AP-4, ex US Army Ship) USS Beaver (AS-3) USS Bushnell (AS-2) USS Canopus (AS-9, ex SS Santa Leonora) USS Holland (AS-3) Transport USS Chaumont (AP-5, ex US Army ship)

7 USS Henderson (AP-1, ex SP-1) Unclassifiedz USS Dubuque (ex AG-6, ex PG-17)

DECOMMISSIONED SHIPS Light Cruisers Olympia (CL-15, ex CA-15, ex No. 6) Destroyer Aaron Ward (DD-132) Abbot (DD-184) Abel P. Upshur (DD-193) Allen (DD-66) Aulick (DD-258) Bailey (DD-269) Bainbridge (DD-246) Ballard (DD-267) Bancroft (DD-256) Barney (DD-149) Belknap (DD-251) Bernadou (DD-153) Biddle (DD-151) Blakeley (DD-150) Branch (DD-197) Breckinridge (DD-148) Brooks (DD-232) Buchanan (DD-131) Chew (DD-106) Clemson (DD-186) Cole (DD-155) Colhoun (DD-85) Conner (DD-72) Cowell (DD-167) Crane (DD-109) Crosby (DD-164) Crowninshield (DD-134) Dallas (DD-199) DD-70 (ex Craven) DD-185 (ex Bagley) DuPont (DD-152) Edwards (DD-265) Ellis (DD-154) Evans (DD-78) Fairfax (DD-93) Foote (DD-169) Fox (DD-234) George E. Badger (DD-196) Gillis (DD-260) Gilmer (DD-233) Goldsborough (DD-188) Greene (DD-266, ex Anthony) Greer (DD-145) Gregory (DD-82) Hale (DD-133) Haraden (DD-183)

8 Hatfield (DD-231) Herndon (DD-198) Hogan (DD-178) Hopewell (DD-181) Howard (DD-179) Hulbert (DD-342) Humphreys (DD-236) Hunt (DD-194) Kalk (DD-170, ex Rodgers) Kane (DD-235) Kennison (DD-138) Kilty (DD-137) King (DD-242) Laub (DD-263) Lawrence (DD-250) Lea (DD-118) Leary (DD-158) Little (DD-79) MacKenzie (DD-175) MacLeish (DD-220) Maddox (DD-168) Mason (DD-191) McCalla (DD-253) McCook (DD-252) McCormick (DD-223) McFarland (DD-237) McKean (DD-90) McLanahan (DD-264) Meade (DD-274) Noa (DD-343) Osmond Ingram (DD-255, ex Ingram) Overton (DD-239) Palmer (DD-161) Philip (DD-76) Ringgold (DD-89) Robinson (DD-88) Rodgers (DD-254, ex Kalk) Sands (DD-243) Satterlee (DD-190) Schenck (DD-159) Schley (DD-103) Shubrick (DD-268) Sigourney (DD-81) Stansburgy (DD-180) Stockton (DD-73) Stringham (DD-83) Sturtevant (DD-240) Swasey (DD-273) Tarbell (DD-142) Thatcher (DD-162) Thomas (DD-182) Thornton (DD-270) Tillman (DD-135) Twiggs (DD-127) Ward (DD-139, ex Cowell)

9 Welborn C. Wood (DD-195) Welles (DD-257) Wickes (DD-75) William B. Preston (DD-344) Williams (DD-108) Upshur (DD-144) Yarnall (DD-143) Submarines Barracuda (SS-163, ex V-1, ex SF-4) Bass (SS-164, ex V-2, ex SF-5) Bonita (SS-165, ex V-3, ex SF-6) O-2 (SS-63) O-3 (SS-64) O-4 (SS-65) O-5 (SS-67) O-7 (SS-68) O-8 (SS-69) O-9 (SS-70) O-10 (SS-71) R-1 (SS-78) R-3 (SS-80) R-5 (SS-82) R-6 (SS-83) R-7 (SS-84) R-9 (SS-86) R-12 (SS-89) R-15 (SS-92) R-16 (SS-93) R-17 (SS-94) R-18 (SS-95) R-19 (SS-96) R-20 (SS-97) S-1 (SS-105) S-11 (SS-116) S-12 (SS-117) S-13 (SS-118) S-14 (SS-119) S-15 (SS-120) S-16 (SS-121) S-17 (SS-122) S-31 (SS-136) S-32 (SS-137) S-33 (SS-138) S-48 (SS-159) Mine Sweeper Eider (AM-17) Light Minelayer Breese (DM-18, ex DD-122) Gamble (DM-15, ex DD-123) Montgomery (DM-17, ex DD-121) Ramsay (DM-16, ex DD-124)/ Minelayer Aroostook (CM-3, ex Bunker Hill) Eagle Patrol Ship Eagle Number 58 (PE-58)

10 River Gunboats (PR-5, ex PG-45) SC-64 SC-102 SC-103 SC-185 SC-192 SC-229 SC-231 SC-330 SC-412 SC-428 SC-431 SC-432 SC-437 SC-440 Ammunition Ships Pyro (AE-1) Cargo Ships Regulus (AK-14, ex SS Glenora) Spica (AK-16, ex SS Shannock) Collier Nereus (AC-10) Proteus (AC-9) Destroyer Tenders Bridgeport (AD-10, ex SS Breslau) Denebola (AD-12, ex SS Edgewood) Ocean-Going Tugs Bay Spring (AT-60) Iuka (AT-37) Napa (AT-32, ex Yucca) Sciota (AT-30, ex Watauga) Oilers Kaweah (AO-15) Laramie (AO-16) Mattole (AO-17) Maumee (AO-2, ex Fuel Ship No. 14) Patoka (AO-9, ex AV-6; AO-9) Rapidan (AO-18) Sapelo (AO-11) Sepulga (AO-20, ex Fleetco) Tippecanoe (AO-21) Repair Ship Prometheus (AR-3, ex AC-2, ex Ontario) Store Ship Boreas (AF-8, ex SS Yaquina) Yukon (AF-9, ex Mehanno) Submarine Rescue Vessel Chewink (ASR-3, ex AM-39) Submarine Tender Camden (AS-6, ex SS Kiel) Unclassified America (ex racing yacht)

11 Annapolis (ex PG-10) (ex Protected Cruiser) California State (ex SS Henry County) Constellation (ex Sailing , ex Old Constitution) Constitution (ex Sailing Frigate) Empire State (ex AG-11, ex Procyon, ex SS Shaume) Hartford (ex sailing ) Hawk (ex PY-2, ex Hermione) Illinois (BB-7) Kearsarge (ex AB-3, ex BB-5) Nantucket (ex PG-23, ex Rockport, ex Ranger) Newton (ex merchant vessel) (ex BB-3) Paducah (ex PG-18, ex AG-7) Reina Mercedes (ex Spanish cruiser) (ex CA-11, ACR-11) Wheeling (ex PG-14) Wilmette (ex PG, ex SS Eastland) Wilmington (ex PG-8, ex Penguin)

SHIPS BUILDING Battleships Massachusetts (BB-59) (BB-55) South Dakota (BB-57) (BB-56) Aircraft Carriers Wasp (CV-7) Light Cruisers Helena (CL-50) Destroyers Benson (DD-421) Buck (DD-420) Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) Eberle (DD-430) Gleaves (DD-423) Grayson (DD-435, ex Livermore) Gwin (DD-433) Hilary P. Jones (DD-427) Hughes (DD-410) Kearny (DD-432) Landsdale (DD-426) Livermore (DD-429, ex Grayson) Madison (DD-425) Mayo (DD-422) Mayrant (DD-402) Meredith (DD-434) Monssen (DD-436) Morris (DD-417) Mustin (DD-413) Niblack (DD-424) O'Brien (DD-415) Plunkett (DD-431) Rhind (DD-404) Roe (DD-418)

12 Rowan (DD-405) Russell (DD-414) Stack (DD-406) Trippe (DD-403) Wainwright (DD-419) Walke (DD-416) Submarines Seadragon (SS-194) Sealion (SS-195) Searaven (SS-196) Seawolf (SS-197) Tambor (SS-198) Tautog (SS-199) Thresher (SS-200) Triton (SS-201) Trout (SS-202) Tuna (SS-203) Mine Sweeper Osprey (AM-56) Raven (AM-55) Destroyer Tender Prairie (AD-15) Ocean-Going Tug Cherokee (AT-66) Navajo (AT-64) Seminole (AT-65) Oiler Platte (AO-24) Seaplane Tender Albemarle (AV-5) Curtiss (AV-4) Submarine Chaser SC-449 SC-450 Submarine Tender Fulton (AS-11)

(C) G.F.Nafziger 1996

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