List of ship launches in 1943 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The list of ship launches in 1943 includes a chronological list of some of the ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

s launched in 1943.

January

Knottingley

Knottingley is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the A1 road. It has a population of 13,503....

| Empire Rancher
| Collier

Collier (ship type)

Collier is a historical term used to describe a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal-fired warships. In the late 18th century a number of wooden-hulled sailing colliers gained fame after being adapted for use in voyages of exploration in the South Pacific, for...

Selby

Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district.Historically a part of the West Riding...

| Empire Darby
| Tug

Tugboat

A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...

Selby

| Empire Joan
| Tug

Tugboat

Northwich

Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane...

| Empire Coast
| Coaster

Coastal trading vessel

Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot....

USS Cowpens (CVL-25)

USS Cowpens , nicknamed The Mighty Moo, was an 11,000-ton that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947....

| light aircraft carrier

Light aircraft carrier

A light aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier that is smaller than the standard carriers of a navy. The precise definition of the type varies by country; light carriers typically have a complement of aircraft only ½ to ⅔ the size of a full-sized or "fleet" carrier.-History:In World War II, the...

South Shields

South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...

Newport News, Virginia

Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...

| Yorktown

USS Yorktown (CV-10)

USS Yorktown is one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is named after the Battle of Yorktown of the American Revolutionary War, and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships with 24 vessels built in both "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions. Thirty-two were originally ordered; however as World War II wound down, six were...

Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in...

as HMS Khedive

February

Bartram & Sons Ltd

This Sunderland shipbuilding firm was founded in 1838 by George Bartram and John Lister. Their partnership was dissolved in 1852 and Bartram's son Robert Appleby Bartram was taken into the business. On his father's retirement in 1871, Robert went into partnership with George Haswell to establish...

| Sunderland
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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Grangemouth Dockyard Company

The Grangemouth Dockyard Company was a British shipbuilding and ship repair firm located at Grangemouth, on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.-History:...

| Grangemouth

Grangemouth

Grangemouth is a town and former burgh in the council area of Falkirk, Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk, west of Bo'ness and south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the 2001...

| Empire Harbour
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease

as HMS Premier
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| Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company

Northrop Grumman Newport News

Newport News Shipbuilding , originally Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , was the largest privately-owned shipyard in the United States prior to being purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2001...

| Newport News, VA
| Biloxi

USS Biloxi (CL-80)

USS Biloxi was a United States Navy , the first ship named after the city of Biloxi, Mississippi.The ship was laid down on 9 July 1941 at Newport News, Virginia by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. and launched on 23 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Katharine G. Braun, wife of the Mayor...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

The United States Navy designed the Cleveland class of light cruisers for World War II with the goal of increased range and AA armament as compared with earlier classes.A total of 52 ships of this class were projected and 3 canceled...

Hingham, Massachusetts

Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...

| Daniel T. Griffin

USS Daniel T. Griffin (DE-54)

USS Daniel T. Griffin , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ordnanceman Daniel T. Griffin , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands....

| Buckley class

Buckley class destroyer escort

The Buckley class destroyer escorts were 102 destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943 - 1944. They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti-submarine warfare ships. The lead ship was USS Buckley which was launched on 9 January 1943. The ships had General Electric steam...

USS Monterey (CVL-26)

USS Monterey was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, in service during World War II and used in training for several years thereafter....

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

The Independence class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II.This class were a result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's interest in Navy shipbuilding plans...

Harland and Wolff

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries is a Northern Irish heavy industrial company, specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland....

| Belfast, Northern Ireland
| Powerful

HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22)

HMCS Bonaventure was a Majestic class aircraft carrier. She served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces Maritime Command from 1957 to 1970 and was the third and the last aircraft carrier to serve Canada. The ship was laid down for the British Royal Navy as in November 1943. At the end...

| Majestic class aircraft carrier
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March

William Cramp and Sons

thumb | upright | 1899 advertisement for William Cramp & Sons William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia was founded in 1825 by William Cramp, and was the preeminent U.S. iron shipbuilder in the 19th century. The American Ship & Commerce Corporation bought the yard in 1919 but closed...

| Philadelphia, PA
| Astoria

USS Astoria (CL-90)

The third USS Astoria was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy.The ship was laid down on 6 September 1941 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co. as the USS Wilkes-Barre...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

Hessle

Hessle is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. Geographically it is part of a larger urban area which consists of the city of Kingston upon Hull, the town of Hessle and a number of other villages but is not part of the...

| Empire Mascot
| Tug

Tugboat

William Doxford & Sons

William Doxford & Sons Ltd, often referred to simply as Doxford, was a British shipbuilding company.-History:The Company was established by William Doxford in 1840. From 1870 it was based in Pallion, Sunderland, on the River Wear in Northeast England. The Company was managed by William Doxford's...

| Sunderland
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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

SS Timothy Bloodworth

SS Timothy Bloodworth was a standard Liberty ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. The vessel was built by Delta Shipbuilding Company of New Orleans in 1943...

| Liberty ship

Liberty ship

Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. Though British in conception, they were adapted by the U.S. as they were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. Based on vessels ordered by Britain to replace ships torpedoed by...

HMS Nabob (D77)

HMS Nabob was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier which served in the Royal Navy during 1943 and 1944. The ship was built in the United States as USS Edisto but did not serve with the United States Navy.She was laid down on 20 October 1942, launched 22 March 1943, and transferred under...

| Bogue class

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

| Empire Coppice
| Coaster

Coastal trading vessel

| For Ministry of War Transport

April

Williamstown, Victoria

Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Williamstown had a population of 12,733....

| Stawell

HMAS Stawell

HMAS Stawell was a Bathurst class corvette named for the town of Stawell, Victoria. Sixty Bathurst class corvettes were constructed during World War II, and Stawell was one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy .The corvette later served in the Royal New...

| Bathurst class

Bathurst class corvette

The Bathurst class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels produced in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.Sixty Bathurst...

USS Cabot (CVL-28)

USS Cabot was an in the United States Navy, the second ship to carry the name. Cabot was commissioned in 1943 and served until 1947. She was recommissioned as a training carrier from 1948 to 1955. From 1967 to 1989, she served in Spain as '...

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

Kaiser Shipyards

The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located mostly on the U.S. west coast during World War II. They were owned by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, a creation of American industrialist Henry J...

| Vancouver, WA
| Casablanca

USS Casablanca (CVE-55)

The USS Casablanca was a United States Navy escort aircraft carrier, lead ship of her class, named after the city of Casablanca, Morocco.Casablanca has borne three names and three type designators...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

The Casablanca class escort aircraft carriers were the greatest number of not only escort carriers, but also any size aircraft carrier ever built to a like-design by any nation at any time. Fifty were laid down, launched and commissioned within the space of less than two years - 3 November 1942...

William Doxford & Sons

| Sunderland
| Empire Beauty

MV Polycrown

Polycrown was a 7,297 GRT cargo ship which was built by William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland in 1943 as Empire Beauty. Postwar she was sold into merchant service as Polycrown and saw further service as Ioannis Aspiotis and Laurel before she was scrapped in 1969.-Description:Empire Beauty was built by...

| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Coastal trading vessel

USS Huntington (CL-107)

USS Huntington , a light cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Huntington, West Virginia. She was built during World War II but not completed until after the end of the war and in use for only a few years....

| light cruiser

Light cruiser

A light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

| Empire Samson
| Tug

Tugboat

Fore River Shipyard

The Fore River Shipyard of Quincy, Massachusetts, more formally known as the Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company, was a shipyard in the United States from 1883 until 1986. Located on the Weymouth Fore River, the yard began operations in 1883 in Braintree, Massachusetts before being moved...

| Quincy, MA
| Canberra

USS Canberra (CA-70)

USS Canberra was a Baltimore class cruiser and later a Boston class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Originally to be named USS Pittsburgh, the ship was renamed Canberra before launch, for the Royal Australian Navy's County class cruiser, , which was sunk during the Battle of Savo...

| Baltimore class

Baltimore class cruiser

The Baltimore class cruiser was a type of heavy cruiser in the United States Navy from the last years of the Second World War. Fast and heavily armed, ships like the Baltimore cruisers were mainly used by the Navy in World War II to protect the fast aircraft carriers in carrier battle groups...

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Liscome Bay

USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)

USS Liscome Bay , a during World War II, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Liscome Bay in Dall Island in the Alexander Archipelago off Alaska's southeast coast...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Lend-Lease

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

| Empire John
| Tug

Tugboat

West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs, West Dunbartonshire also borders onto Argyll and Bute, Stirling, East...

| Empire Griffin
| Tug

Tugboat

USS Intrepid (CV-11)

USS Intrepid , also known as The Fighting "I", is one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943, Intrepid participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, most notably the Battle...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

aircraft carrier
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May

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Coral Sea
| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Lend-Lease

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

| Empire Jester
| Tug

Tugboat

Selby

| Empire Sara
| Tug

Tugboat

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...

| Empire Sportsman
| coaster

Coastal trading vessel

HMS Amethyst (U16)

HMS Amethyst was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Alexander Stephens and Sons of Linthouse, Govan Scotland on 25 March 1942, launched on 7 May 1943 and commissioned on 2 November 1943, with the pennant number U16...

Selby

| Empire Sybil
| Tug

Tugboat

Landskrona

Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...

| Eberhart Essberger

MV Dmitry Donskoy

Dmitry Donskoy was a 5,061-ton German cargo ship which was built in 1943 as Eberhart Essberger. Taken as a British war prize in 1945, she was renamed Empire Ayr. She was allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946 and served until scrapped in 1974.-History:Eberhart Essberger was built by Öresunds Varve...

| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For J T Essberger, Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

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| Kaiser Shipyards

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Corregidor

USS Corregidor (CVE-58)

USS Corregidor was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was laid down as Auguilla Bay , was reclassified ACV-58 on 20 August 1942 and launched as Corregidor on 12 May 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, of Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Lend-Lease

Cargo liner

A Cargo liner is a type of merchant ship which carried general cargo and often passengers. They became common just after the middle of the nineteenth century, and eventually gave way to container ships and other more specialized carriers in the latter half of the twentieth...

USS Langley (CVL-27)

USS Langley was an 11,000-ton that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947, and French Navy as the La Fayette from 1951 to 1963. Named for Samuel Pierpont Langley, American scientist and aviation pioneer, Langley received nine battle stars for World War II service...

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

Grangemouth Dockyard Company

The Grangemouth Dockyard Company was a British shipbuilding and ship repair firm located at Grangemouth, on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.-History:...

| Grangemouth

Grangemouth

| Empire Wrestler
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

| Empire Maisie
| Tug

Tugboat

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Mission Bay

USS Mission Bay (CVE-59)

USS Mission Bay was a of the United States Navy. Named for Mission Bay, California, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name....

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Coastal trading vessel

Poole & Steel

Poole & Steel was a major Australian engineering, railway rolling stock manufacturer and shipbuilding company. They had facilities located at Balmain, New South Wales and at Osborne, South Australia...

| Balmain, New South Wales

Balmain, New South Wales

Balmain is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balmain is located slightly west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt....

| Cowra

HMAS Cowra

HMAS Cowra , named for the town of Cowra, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy .-Construction:...

| Bathurst class corvette
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June

Lend-Lease

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...

| Empire Mustang
| Tug

Tugboat

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Guadalcanal

USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)

USS Guadalcanal was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was the first ship to carry her name.She was converted from a Maritime Commission hull by Kaiser Co., Inc., of Vancouver, Washington...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Lend-Lease

as HMS Trouncer
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| Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company

Northrop Grumman Newport News

| Newport News, VA
| Houston

USS Houston (CL-81)

USS Houston , a Cleveland-class light cruiser, was the third vessel in the United States Navy named after the city of Houston, Texas. She was active in the Pacific War for several months, then crippled in an attack in October 1944....

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

Tugboat

USS Quincy (CA-71)

USS Quincy , a Baltimore class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the third ship to carry the name.Quincy was authorized on 17 June 1940; laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts as St...

| Baltimore class

Baltimore class cruiser

Cargo ship

| For Ministry of War Transport

July

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Brisbane

| Kiama

HMAS Kiama

HMAS Kiama , named for the coastal town of Kiama, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy ....

John Crown & Sons Ltd

John Crown & Sons Ltd, was a British shipbuilding company founded in 1847 and based on the River Wear, Sunderland.-Ships built by John Crown & Sons Ltd:-See also:* List of shipbuilders and shipyards...

| Sunderland
| Empire Dolly
| Tug

Tugboat

Liberty ship

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Manila Bay

USS Manila Bay (CVE-61)

USS Manila Bay was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was laid down as Bucareli Bay under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Company, Inc., Vancouver, Washington on 15 January 1943; renamed Manila Bay on 3 April 1943; launched on 10 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs....

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

| Strahan

HMAS Strahan

HMAS Strahan , named for the town of Strahan, Tasmania, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy .-Construction:...

Consolidated Steel Corporation

Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Consolidated built ships during World War II in two locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas...

| Wilmington

Wilmington, Los Angeles, California

Wilmington is a district of Los Angeles, with industry as its primary economic activity. It lies adjacent to the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, and Harbor City. Wilmington is the site of Banning House and Drum Barracks, or Camp Drum, the only major American Civil War landmark in California. The...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

| Cape Berkeley
| Type C1-S-AY1

Type C1 ship

Type C1 was a designation for small cargo ships built for the U.S. Maritime Commission before and during World War II. The first C1 types were the smallest of the three original Maritime Commission designs, meant for shorter routes where high speed and capacity were less important. Only a handful...

Landing Ship, Infantry

Landing Ship, Infantry was a British term for a type of ship used to transport infantry in amphibious warfare during the Second World War...

| To Ministry of War Transport on completion under Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease

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| William Doxford & Sons

William Doxford & Sons

| Sunderland
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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Lend-Lease

Cargo ship

Fore River Shipyard

| Quincy, MA
| Vincennes

USS Vincennes (CL-64)

The third USS Vincennes was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw action in the Pacific during the later half of World War II.-Construction and commissioning:...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

Cargo ship

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Natoma Bay

USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62)

USS Natoma Bay was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was laid down as Begum , on 17 January 1943, by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington, under Maritime Commission contract, named Natoma Bay on 22 January 1943; launched on 20 July 1943; sponsored...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Heavy lift ship

A heavy lift ship is a vessel designed to move very large loads that cannot be handled by normally equipped ships. They are of two types: semi-submerging capable of lifting another ship out of the water and transporting it; and vessels that augment unloading facilities at inadequately equipped...

| For Ministry of War Transport

August

USS Bataan (CVL-29)

USS Bataan , originally planned as USS Buffalo and also classified as CV-29, was an 11,000 ton Independence class light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II....

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

Lend-Lease

West Hartlepool

This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...

| Empire Harlequin
| Tug

Tugboat

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

| Empire Pierrot
| Tug

Tugboat

Short Brothers of Sunderland

Short Brothers Limited was a British shipbuilding company formed in 1850 and based at Pallion, Sunderland since 1869. The company closed in 1964 when it failed to invest to build bigger ships.-19th century:...

| Sunderland
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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

USS Alaska (CB-1)

USS Alaska —the third ship to be named after the then-territory and present state—was the lead ship of a planned six "large cruiser"sMany contemporary historians believe that the Alaskas should be classified as battlecruisers instead. See Alaska class battlecruiser#"Large cruisers" or...

| Alaska class

Alaska class cruiser

The Alaska-class cruisers were a class of six very large cruisers ordered prior to World War II for the United States Navy. Although often called battlecruisers, officially the Navy classed them as Large Cruisers . Their intermediate status is reflected in their names relative to typical U.S....

Consolidated Steel Corporation

Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Consolidated built ships during World War II in two locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas...

| Wilmington, California
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| Type C1-S-AY-1

Type C1 ship

cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For War Shipping Administration

War Shipping Administration

The War Shipping Administration was a World War II emergency war agency of the US Government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the US needed for fighting the war....

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| Kaiser Shipyards

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Midway
| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Bethlehem Shipbuilding

Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard was founded in 1887 as Maryland Steel in Sparrows Point, Maryland. It was acquired by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in 1916 and renamed Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard. The shipyard was sold in 1997 to Baltimore Marine Industries Inc....

| Quincy, MA
| Wasp

USS Wasp (CV-18)

USS Wasp was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany, but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous , which was sunk 15 September 1942...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

Lend-Lease

Collier (ship type)

Coastal trading vessel

USS Hornet (CV-12)

USS Hornet is a United States Navy aircraft carrier of the Essex class. Construction started in August 1942; she was originally named , but was renamed in honor of the , which was lost in October 1942, becoming the eighth ship to bear the name.Hornet was commissioned in November 1943, and after...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

Ailsa Shipbuilding Company

-History:The company was founded in 1885 by the 3rd Marquess of Ailsa.In 1902 the Ailsa yard fitted out the polar exploration ship Scotia for the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-04...

| Troon

Troon

Troon is a town in South Ayrshire. It is situated on the west coast of Scotland, about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of Glasgow Prestwick International Airport. Lying across the Firth of Clyde, the Isle of Arran can be seen. Troon is also a port with freight and ferry services...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Ministry of War Transport

September

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Didrickson Bay
| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Clelands Shipbuilding Company

Clelands Shipbuilding Company was a leading British shipbuilding company. The Company was based in Wallsend was nationalised by the British Government.-History:...

| Willington Quay-on-Tyne

Willington Quay

Willington Quay is an area in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear in northern England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, facing Jarrow, and between Wallsend and North Shields. It is served by the Howdon Metro station in Howdon. The area from 2006 onwards has been an...

| Empire Winnie
| Tug

Tugboat

Lend-Lease

as HMS Arbiter
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| Kaiser Shipyards

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Wake Island

USS Wake Island (CVE-65)

USS Wake Island was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract on 6 February 1943 at Vancouver, Washington, by the Kaiser Shipyards; launched on 15 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Selby

| Empire Humphrey
| Tug

Tugboat

Coastal trading vessel

SS Stanbell

Stanbell was a 9,804 GRT tanker which was built by Sir J Laing & Sons, Sunderland in 1943 as Empire Beresford for the Ministry of War Transport. Postwar she was sold into merchant service and renamed Stanbell...

| Tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Northwich

| Empire Cricketer
| Coaster

Coastal trading vessel

USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)

The second USS San Jacinto of the United States Navy was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served during World War II. She was named for the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution. U.S. President George H.W...

| Independence class

Independence class aircraft carrier

Lend-Lease

as HMS Smiter
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| Kaiser Shipyards

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| White Plains

USS White Plains (CVE-66)

USS White Plains was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was laid down on 11 February 1943 at Vancouver, Washington, by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Inc., under a Maritime Commission contract as Elbour Bay ; renamed White Plains on 3 April 1943; redesignated...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

October

Bartram & Sons Ltd

| Sunderland
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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

West Hartlepool

| Empire Beaconsfield

SS Dia

|SS Dia was a 2,905 GRT cargo ship which was built as Empire Beaconsfield in 1943. She was owned by the Ministry of War Transport and managed by Bank Line Ltd and Constants LTd. Postwar she was sold to her managers and renamed Hawkinge. She later saw service with different owners as Angusbrae,...

| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Emperor

USS Solomons (CVE-67)

USS Solomons was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy, the second ship to carry the name.She was converted from a Maritime Commission hull built by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company of Vancouver, Washington. Her keel was laid on 19 March 1943. Soon thereafter, she was...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

HMS Spiteful (P227)

HMS Spiteful was a S-class submarine of the British Royal Navy.-Commander:Her pennant number was originally P77...

| S3 class submarine

British S class submarine (1931)

The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were originally designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea replacing the British H class submarines...

Grangemouth

| Empire Settler
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

USS Franklin (CV-13)

The USS Franklin , nicknamed "Big Ben," was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy, and the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in January 1944, she served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning four battle stars...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

Consolidated Steel Corporation

Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Consolidated built ships during World War II in two locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas...

| Wilmington

Wilmington, Los Angeles, California

, CA
| Cape Argos

HMS Rocksand (F184)

HMS Rocksand was an infantry landing ship in service with the Royal Navy during the late stages of the Second World War. She was launched in 1943 as Cape Argos and renamed Empire Anvil before being taken into Royal Navy service. Postwar she reverted to Empire Anvil and then Cape Argos and back to...

| Type C1 ship

Type C1 ship

| For United States Maritime Commission

United States Maritime Commission

The United States Maritime Commission was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and replaced the U.S. Shipping Board which had existed since World War I...

Rowhedge

Rowhedge is a village in Essex.Formerly in the parish of East Donyland, it is now a ward of Colchester Borough Council. It is on the south bank of the River Colne and is the first settlement downstream, about 4 km from Colchester. Wivenhoe is on the opposite bank and Fingringhoe is about...

| Empire Boxer
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Lowestoft

| Empire Chuzzlewit
| Coaster

Coastal trading vessel

| For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as RFA Chattenden for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...

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| Kaiser Shipyards

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Kalinin Bay

USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68)

USS Kalinin Bay was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She originally designated an AVG, was classified ACV-68 on 20 August 1942; laid down under a Maritime Commission contract 26 April 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington; reclassified CVE-68...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

John Readhead & Sons

John Readhead & Sons was a shipyard located in South Shields, Tyne and Wear in England, by the River Tyne.-History:The business was founded John Readhead in 1865 trading in South Shields under the name of Readhead & Softley. The Company's first ship was a small collier named Unus. In 1909 the...

| Sunderland
|
| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Kasaan Bay

USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69)

USS Kasaan Bay was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was classified ACV-69 on 20 August 1942, launched as CVE-69 on 24 October 1943 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Company in Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. R. W. Morse; and...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Brisbane

| Parkes

HMAS Parkes

HMAS Parkes , named for the town of Parkes, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed in Australia during World War II, and one of 36 initilally manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy .-Construction:...

Mitsubishi

The Mitsubishi Group , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company that consists of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy...

| Shimonoseki
| Hishi Maru No 3
| Tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

John Crown & Sons Ltd

| Sunderland
| Empire Belle
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport

November

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Fanshaw Bay

USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)

USS Fanshaw Bay was a Casablanca-class United States Navy escort aircraft carrier, launched 1 November 1943 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. J. L. Kenworthy, Jr.; and commissioned 9 December 1943, Captain Douglass P. Johnson in command...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Hessle

| Empire Charles
| Tug

Tugboat

Consolidated Steel Corporation

Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Consolidated built ships during World War II in two locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas...

| Wilmington, CA
|
| Type C1-S-Ay-1

Type C1 ship

cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For War Shipping Administration

War Shipping Administration

The War Shipping Administration was a World War II emergency war agency of the US Government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the US needed for fighting the war....

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| Kaiser Shipyards

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Kitkun Bay

USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71)

USS Kitkun Bay was a US Navy Casablanca class escort carrier launched on 8 November 1943.Originally designated as an AVG, was classified as ACV-71 on 20 August 1942 and reclassified as CVE-71 on 15 July 1943...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

HMS Puncher (D79)

USS Willapa was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, leased to the United Kingdom....

| Bogue class escort carrier
| Converted C3 merchant freighter for Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

| Empire Harvest
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company

The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company based in Dundee on the east coast of Scotland.-History:...

| Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

HMS Mermaid (U30)

HMS Mermaid was a Modified Black Swan class sloop of the Royal Navy.Mermaid, built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland, was laid down on 8 September 1942, launched on 11 November 1943, and completed 12 May 1944....

USS Guam (CB-2)

USS Guam was an Alaska class large cruiser which served with the United States Navy during the end of World War II. She was the second and last ship of her class to be completed....

| Alaska class

Alaska class cruiser

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Tulagi

USS Tulagi (CVE-72)

USS Tulagi was a of the United States Navy.She was laid down on 7 June 1943 at Vancouver, Washington, United States, by the Kaiser Company, Inc., as Fortazela Bay ; and redesignated CVE-72 on 15 July 1943...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Consolidated Steel Corporation

Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Consolidated built ships during World War II in two locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas...

| Wilmington, CA
| Cape St Vincent

HMS Cicero (F170)

HMS Cicero was an infantry landing ship in service with the Royal Navy during the late stages of the Second World War.-Wartime:She was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California as the Cape St Vincent, and transferred under the terms of lend lease shortly after being completed...

Poole & Steel

| Balmain, New South Wales

Balmain, New South Wales

| Junee

HMAS Junee

HMAS Junee , named for the town of Junee, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy .-Construction:...

Short Brothers of Sunderland

| Sunderland
| Empire Camp
| Refrigerated cargo ship

Cargo ship

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Gambier Bay

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)

USS Gambier Bay was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was sunk in the Battle off Samar after helping to turn back a much larger attacking Japanese surface force....

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Lend-Lease

Wallsend

Wallsend is an area in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. Wallsend derives its name as the location of the end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 42,842.-Romans:...

| Empire Aid
| Tug

Tugboat

Tugboat

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

| Empire Ann
| Tug

Tugboat

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Nehenta Bay

USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74)

USS Nehenta Bay was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was launched by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Washington, 28 November 1943, under Maritime Commission contract: sponsored by Mrs. Robert H. Smith; acquired 3 January 1944: and commissioned at Astoria,...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Consolidated Steel Corporation

Consolidated Steel Corporation was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Consolidated built ships during World War II in two locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas...

| Wilmington, CA
|
| Type C1-S-AY-1 cargo ship

Type C1 ship

| For United States Maritime Commission

United States Maritime Commission

December

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Hoggatt Bay

USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75)

USS Hoggatt Bay was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co. Inc., Vancouver, Washington, on 4 December 1943. Originally classified AVG-75, she had been reclassified ACV-75 on 20 August 1942. Sponsored by Mrs...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

The Philadelphia Naval Business Center, formerly known as the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Philadelphia Navy Yard, was the first naval shipyard of the United States. The U.S. Navy reduced its activities there in the 1990s, and ended most of them on September 30, 1995...

| Philadelphia, PA
| Wisconsin

USS Wisconsin (BB-64)

USS Wisconsin , "Wisky" or "WisKy", is an , the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin...

| Iowa class

Iowa class battleship

The Iowa-class battleships were a class of fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces which would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Six were ordered during the course of World War II, but only four were completed in...

William Doxford & Sons

| Sunderland
|
| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

| Empire Abbey

SS Empire Abbey

SS Empire Abbey was a refrigerated cargo ship built in 1943 and in service until 1966. She was also known as SS Teviot, SS Ardilles and SS Tung An.-War service:...

| Refrigerated cargo ship

Reefer (ship)

A refrigerator ship is a type of ship typically used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled transportation, mostly fruits, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products and other foodstuffs....

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Kadashan Bay

USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76)

USS Kadashan Bay was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She is named for Kadashan Bay Alaska.Kadashan Bay was launched 11 December 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company in Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Miss Audrey Ackerman...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Knottingley

Knottingley is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the A1 road. It has a population of 13,503....

| Empire Alderney

MV Empire Alderney

Empire Alderney was a 288 ton coastal tanker which was built in 1943. She was renamed Mil 50 in 1946 and Max S in 1955. Her fate is unknown, last being registered in the Cayman Islands in 1980.-History:...

| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Selby

| Empire Silas
| Tug

Tugboat

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

| Empire Sophy
| Tug

Tugboat

Selby

| Empire Betsy
| Tug

Tugboat

Northrop Grumman Newport News

| Newport News, VA
| Vicksburg

USS Vicksburg (CL-86)

USS Vicksburg , a light cruiser, was the third ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.Vicksburg was first laid down as Cheyenne on 26 October 1942 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, but, exactly one month later,...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Marcus Island

USS Marcus Island (CVE-77)

USS Marcus Island was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was laid down as Kanalku Bay under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington on 15 September 1943; renamed Marcus Island on 6 November 1943; launched on 16 December 1943; sponsored...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Short Brothers of Sunderland

| Sunderland, Co Durham
|
| Refrigerated cargo liner

Cargo liner

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Savo Island

USS Savo Island (CVE-78)

USS Savo Island , was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named in memory of a naval battle fought off Savo Island in the Solomons on 9 August 1942, she was the only U.S...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)

USS Wilkes-Barre was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that served during the last year of World War II...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

John Readhead & Sons

| Sunderland, Co Durham
|
| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

USS Pasadena (CL-65)

USS Pasadena , a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, the second vessel to carry the name.-Construction:...

| Cleveland class

Cleveland class cruiser

Grangemouth Dockyard Company

The Grangemouth Dockyard Company was a British shipbuilding and ship repair firm located at Grangemouth, on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.-History:...

| Grangemouth

Grangemouth

|
| Collier

Collier (ship type)

Kaiser Shipyards

| Vancouver, WA
| Ommaney Bay

USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79)

USS Ommaney Bay was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy, named for Ommaney Bay, Alaska.Ommaney Bay, formerly MC hull 1116, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract 6 October 1943 by Kaiser Company, Inc., Vancouver, Washington; launched 29 December 1943, sponsored...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

Cammell Laird

Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century.- Founding of the business :The Company...

| Birkenhead, England
| Venerable

HMS Venerable (R63)

HMS Venerable was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She served for only the last few months of World War II, and in 1948 she was sold to the Netherlands and renamed HNLMS Karel Doorman and taking part in the military clash in 1962 in Western New Guinea...

| Colossus class

Colossus class aircraft carrier

The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal Navy during World War II, and used by eight naval forces between 1944 and 2001...

Hessle

| Empire Walter
| Tug

Tugboat

| For Ministry of War Transport

Unknown date

Sweden
| Gävle Varvs & Verkstads Nya AB
| Gävle

Gävle

Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 71,033 inhabitants in 12/31 2010. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland , having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria.-History:It is believed that the name Gävle...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH
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Germany
| Gutehoffnungschutte AG
| Walsum
| Binz
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Nazi regime . It superseded the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I and the post-war Reichsmarine. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches of the Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.The Kriegsmarine grew rapidly...

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| W.J. Yarwood & Sons

W.J. Yarwood & Sons

W.J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd were a shipbuilding company based in Northwich, Cheshire from 1896 to 1966.-History:The company founder, William James Yarwood served an apprenticeship at an ironfoundry in Northwich. He was appointed as a blacksmith with the River Weaver Navigation...

| Northwich

Northwich

| Empire Billow
| Water carrier

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

Grangemouth Dockyard Company

The Grangemouth Dockyard Company was a British shipbuilding and ship repair firm located at Grangemouth, on the Firth of Forth, Scotland.-History:...

| Grangemouth

Grangemouth

|
| Collier

Collier (ship type)

| For Ministry of War Transport
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Germany
| Greifenwerft AG
| Stettin
| Georg
| Coastal

Coastal trading vessel

tanker

Tank ship

A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

| For Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

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Sweden
| Lidingö Nya Varv & Vaerkstaeder AB
| Lidingö

Lidingö

Lidingö is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, located north east of central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It is also the seat of Lidingö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 44,000 inhabitants in 2011....

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| Coaster

Coastal trading vessel

| For H C Horn, requisition by Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

on completion
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Sweden
| Helsingborgs Varfs AB
| Helsingborg

Helsingborg

Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden's closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city...

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For August Bolten Wm Müllers Nachtfolger
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Netherlands
| Duivendijks Scheepwerke
| Lekkerkerk

Lekkerkerk

Lekkerkerk is a town and former municipality on the Lek River, now part of the municipality Nederlek, South Holland province, the Netherlands. Since 1 January 1985 Lekkerkerk is no longer is an independent municipality....

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| Cargo ship

Cargo ship

| For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG

Hamburg America Line

The Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, Germany during...