Class: Gato Submarine Launched: December 19, 1943 At: Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut Commissioned: April 21, 1944 Length: 311 feet, 7 inches Beam: 27 feet, 2 inches Draft: 17 feet (surface trim) Displacement: 1,525 tons (surfaced) Armament: Eight Mk-44 torpedo tubes Address:... read more
Class: Grayback/Regulus II Submarine Launched: April 5, 1958 At: Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Commissioned: August 30, 1958 Length: 317 feet, 7 inches Beam: 27 feet, 2 inches Draft: 19 feet (surface trim) Displacement: 2,768 tons (surfaced) Armament: Regulu... read more
Class: Essex (short hull group) Aircraft Carrier Launched: April 26, 1943 At: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia Commissioned: August 16, 1943 Modernized: in 1954 and 1959 Length: 898 feet, as converted Beam: 103 feet Draft: 32 feet Displace... read more
Class: Lighthouse Tender, Buoy Tender Launched: 1933 At: Pusey & Jones Shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware Length: 173 feet, 4 inches Beam: 32 feet Draft: 11 feet, 3 inches Displacement: 1,012 tons Propulsion:Two 500 HP triple expansion engines supplied by two oil-fired Babcock... read more
Class: Cleveland Class Cruiser, later converted to Little Rock Class Guided Missile Cruiser Launched: August 27, 1944 At: Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Commissioned: June 17, 1945 Converted: 1960 at New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey Length:... read more
Class: Large Tug Type: Ocean-going Tug, later used as a Harbor Tug Launched: November 22, 1943 At: Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay Long Island, New York Commissioned: Major Elisha K. Henson Length: 115 feet Beam: 28 feet Draft: 14 feet Displacement: 305 long tons Armament: Two 50-caliber ma... read more
Class: Trumpy Fast Patrol Boat Launched: 1968 At: Annapolis, Maryland Length: 80 feet, 4 inches Beam: 24 feet, 7 inches Draft: 6 feet, 10 inches Displacement: 69 tons Armament: one 40mm gun; two 20mm guns; one 50 caliber machine gun Address: Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Militar... read more
Class: Cannon Type: Destroyer Escort Launched: February 13, 1944 At: Tampa Shipbuilding, Tampa, Florida Commissioned: May 1, 1944 Length: 306 feet Beam: 36 feet, 10 inches Draft: 12 feet Displacement: 1,440 tons Armament: Three 3-inch/50 caliber guns, three twin 40 mm guns, nine twin 20 m... read more
Class: Fletcher Destroyer Launched: April 4, 1943 At: Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco, California Commissioned: September 30, 1943 Length: 376 feet, 5 inches Beam: 39 feet, 5 inches Draft: 19 feet Displacement: 2,100 tons Armament: four 5-inch/38 caliber guns; one 3-inch/50 cali... read more