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Naval Vessel Register -NAVY SHIP CLASSIFICATIONS; U.S. Navy Abbreviations of World War II; Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945; HISTORIC SHIPS TO VISIT - LISTED BY TYPE OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE; NavSource Naval History; Summary of Vessels Built in WWII, by Type; Comparison of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Vessels in World War II; Army Ships—The Ghost Fleet
By war's end in 1945, the United States Navy had added nearly 1,200 major combatant ships, including ninety-nine aircraft carriers, eight "fast" battleships, and ten prewar "old" battleships [6] totaling over 70% of the world's total numbers and total tonnage of naval vessels of 1,000 tons or greater.
World War II aircraft carriers of the United States (2 C, 56 P) World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States (2 C, 1,125 P) World War II auxiliary ships of the United States (15 C, 1,107 P)
She was the second US Navy ship to be named after the city of Chicago. After surviving a midget submarine attack at Sydney Harbour and serving in battle at the Coral Sea and Savo Island in 1942, she was sunk by Japanese aerial torpedoes in the Battle of Rennell Island , in the Solomon Islands , on 30 January 1943.
USS Savannah (CL-42) was a light cruiser of the Brooklyn-class that served in World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theatres of operation. Savannah conducted Neutrality Patrols (1941) and wartime patrols in the Atlantic and Caribbean (1942), and supported the invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch (November 1942).
1 June 1942, as AN-3 (Net laying ship) Launched: 1 December 1943: Commissioned: 30 December 1944: Decommissioned: 16 May 1947: Reclassified: AP-108 (Transport), 1 May 1943; LSV-3 (Landing Ship Vehicle), 21 April 1944; MCS-1 (Mine Warfare Command and Support Ship), 18 October 1956; Stricken: 1 September 1961: Honours and awards: 1 battle star ...
USS Eldridge (DE-173), a Cannon-class destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander John Eldridge Jr., who led an operation for the invasion of the Solomon Islands.
In December 1941, after the US entry into World War II, the USN had a large building programme for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ships, but none nearing completion. To overcome this shortfall, the Royal Navy agreed to transfer a number of ASW ships to the USN, including ten Flower-class corvettes.