USS Fashion (ID-755)

USS Flaherty (DE-135) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.The ship was named in honor of Francis Charles Flaherty, who was awarded the Medal of Honor when he sacrificed his life in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941.

ROCS Yung An

not known

USS Firm

Five battle stars for World War II service

USS Feldspar (IX-159), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for feldspar.She was acquired by the Navy and placed in service on 11 August 1944. She was towed to the Philippine Islands where she provided United States Army and United States Marine Corps supplies. Feldspar was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 August 1946 and sold.

Sold 1922

*1 × 5-inch/38 cal DP gun
*16 × 40 mm AA cannon in 8 twin mounts
*20 × 20 mm AA machine guns in single mounts

overall

title

USS Finback (SSN-670), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback, the common whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

USS Fearless

USS Fearless (AMc-80)

BRP Davao del Sur

Previous name retained

Mrs. L. J. Morand

Sold for scrap, 28 August 1972. Bow resides atBattleship Cove

Cargo ship and troop transport

USS Finch (AM-9) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Finch was named for the finch, and is strictly speaking the only U.S. vessel named for such.Finch was launched 30 March 1918 by Standard Shipbuilding Co., New York; sponsored by Mrs. F. G. Peabody; and commissioned 10 September 1918, with Lieutenant J. C. Lindberg in command.

USS Firecrest (MSC(O)-10)

USS Fir (YN-12)

One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw

USS Fawn

USS Fidelity (AM-443/MSO-443) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper. Laid down on 15 December 1952 at Higgins Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana; launched on 21 August 1953; commissioned on 19 January 1955; redesignated as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-443, 7 February 1955.

USS Fidelity (AM-96)

USS Flagstaff

USS Fashion (ID-755), later USS Freight Lighter No. 116, later USS YF-116, was a United States Navy freight lighter in commission from 1918 to 1922.Fashion was built as a commercial barge of the same name in 1915 by Richard Rodermond in New York. In 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Eugene Coop of New York, for use during World War I. Assigned the naval registry identification number 755, he was placed in service in 1918 as USS Fashion (ID-755).

*2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines,
*Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear
*2 shafts

USS Fixity (AM-235) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered and laid down as PCE-905-class patrol craft USS PCE-908 but was renamed and reclassified before her December 1944 commissioning as Fixity (AM-235). She earned two battle stars in service in the Pacific during the war. She was decommissioned in November 1946 and placed in reserve.

United States of America

USS Farragut (TB-11)

*USS Fashion and USS Freight Lighter No. 116 (1918-1920)

*
*4 boilers
*2 propellers

USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), named for U.S. Navy officer William Charles Fitzgerald, is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was laid down by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine 9 February 1993; launched 29 January 1994; and commissioned 14 October 1995 in Newport, Rhode Island. She was then homeported in Naval Station San Diego, California. Now based at Yokosuka, she is part of Destroyer Squadron 15.

Served as commercial cargo ship SS F. J. Luckenbach 1919-1951

Non-self-propelled

Operated as private motorboat or motor yachtFli-Hawk 1912-1917 and from 1919

USS F-2

USS Falgout

*1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
*1 × 40 mm gun

USS Fixity

USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) 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. She was reclassified CVHE-70 on 12 June 1955.

USS Fallon (APA-81) was a Gilliam-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Commissioned late in the war, she was initially assigned to transport duties and consequently did not participate in combat operations.Fallon was named after a county in Montana. She was launched 14 December 1944 by Consolidated Steel at Wilmington, California, and commissioned 14 February 1945, Commander W. L. Phinney, USNR, in command.

*one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles
*one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun
*Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers)
*one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles, later replaced by Phalanx CIWS

USS Fanshaw Bay

USS Fahkee

*1 × 21 cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile

United States

USS Facility (MSF-233)

* o/a
* w/l

The second USS Fleming (DE-32), and first ship of the name to enter service, was an Evarts-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. While performing convoy and escort duty in the Pacific Ocean she was also able to sink one Japanese submarine and to shoot down several kamikaze planes that intended to crash onto her. For her military prowess under battle conditions, she was awarded four battle stars.She was launched on 16 June 1943 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. W. E. Rutherford; and commissioned on 18 September 1943, Lieutenant Commander R. J. Toner in command.

two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts

yes

USS Fife (DD-991), a Spruance-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Admiral James Fife, Jr. (1897–1975), a distinguished Submarine Force commander during World War II.Fife was laid down on 6 March 1978 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi; launched on 1 May 1979; and commissioned on 31 May 1980, Commander John Y. Schrader, Jr. in command.USS Fife was the 29th of the 30 Spruance-class destroyers. Between 27 June and 11 July 2002, Fife was the U.S. Task Group flagship for the Pacific Phase of the annual UNITAS exercise conducted with naval forces from five nations off the coast of Chile. The ship's five-month deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean for Counter-Drug Operations and the UNITAS exercise was the final deployment for the destroyer.Last homeported in Everett, Wash., under the command of CDR Frank Ponds, Fife was decommissioned 28 February 2003, and stricken from the Navy List 6 April 2004. Fife was sunk as a target during a live-fire exercise on 23 August 2005 by USS Russell (DDG-59).

keel
USS Firefly

the second USS Fearless (AMc-80) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy.

Betty Ann Fitzgerald

USS Falgout (DER-324)

Fanning in Coast Guard service

USS Flambeau

USS Flicker (AM-70)

Farragut

USS Fayette (AP-88)

USS F-2 (SS-21) was an F-class submarine built for the United States Navy during the 1910s.

USS Falcon (AM-190)

USS Fleming (DE-32)

USS Flambeau (IX-192), a tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for a flaming torch. Her keel was laid down in 1919 by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, in Chester, Pennsylvania, as S. B. Hunt. She was acquired by the Navy 8 January 1945 at Pearl Harbor, and commissioned the same day with Lieutenant R. S.

* light
* full

USS Fleming

USS Faribault (AK-179) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. Faribault served US military forces in the Pacific Ocean until shortly after the war when she was deactivated. During the Korean War, she was reactivated and served with distinction, having been awarded two battle stars before final decommissioning.

USS Farquhar (DD-304) was a Clemson-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War I.

*4 General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive
*6,000 shp
*2 screws

"Protect Your People"

USS Fidelity (MSF-233)

*4 × single 4-inch (102 mm) guns
*2 × single 1-pdr AA guns or
*2 × single 3-inch (76 mm) guns
*4 × triple torpedo tubes
*2 × depth charge rails

sunk as a target in 1973

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 June 1948

USS Finback (SSN-670)

Fall River

USS F. J. Luckenbach (ID-2160) was a cargo ship and troop transport that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.SS F. J. Luckenbach was built as a commercial cargo ship at Quincy, Massachusetts, by Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation for Luckenbach Steamship Company of New York City. Launched on 15 September 1917, she was delivered to Luckenbach on 28 November 1917. She then came under the control of the United States Shipping Board. The Shipping Board transferred her to the U.S. Navy for World War I service on 9 January 1918. Assigned Identification Number (Id. No.) 2160, she was commissioned the same day as USS F. J. Luckenbach with Lieutenant Commander W. McLean, USNRF, in command.Outfitted as an animal transport, F. J. Luckenbach carried horses, mules, and general United States Army cargo on five voyages to France from New York City between 12 February 1918 and 21 February 1919. She was then converted for postwar troop transport duty, and made two voyages to return troops of the American Expeditionary Force from Europe to the United States between April 1919 and July 1919.Decommissioned on 18 August 1919, F. J. Luckenbach was transferred to the Shipping Board the same day for return to her owner.Once again SS F. J. Luckenbach, she resumed commercial service as a cargo ship. She was scrapped in 1951.There were 3 ships named F. J. Luckenbach. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/luckenbach.shtml

*
* length overall

DDG62

date unknown

USS Fiske (DD/DDR-842) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske (1854–1942), inventor of the Stadimeter and the aerial torpedo.Fiske was launched on 8 September 1945 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. F. E. Ribbentrop; and commissioned on 28 November 1945, Commander C. H. Smith in command.

* at on the surface
* at submerged

*
*4 water-tube boilers

USS Fidelity

Disposed of as a target in August 1969

as the yacht Felicia

six 32-pounder guns

USS Flambeau (IX-192), a tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for a flaming torch. Her keel was laid down in 1919 by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, in Chester, Pennsylvania, as S. B. Hunt. She was acquired by the Navy 8 January 1945 at Pearl Harbor, and commissioned the same day with Lieutenant R. S. Green, USNR, in command.Flambeau was converted for use as an oil storage ship in which capacity she served at Saipan until July, and then at Iwo Jima. She sailed from Pearl Harbor 30 December for Norfolk, Virginia, where she was decommissioned on 6 April 1946, and returned to the War Shipping Administration.

*1 × 6-inch gun
*1 × 3-inch gun

USS Falcon
Officers: 5 Enlisted: 46

Scrapping viaShip and Submarine Recycling Programcompleted 30 October 1997

USS Fearnot (1861) was purchased by the Union Navy for service during the American Civil War. She was assigned to blockade duty for which she was prepared with her powerful rifled guns capable of accurately firing 32 pound rounds.Fearnot was built by G. W, Jackman, Jr., Newburyport, Massachusetts; purchased by the Union Navy 20 July 1861; and commissioned 28 August 1861, Acting Master E. H. Faucon in command.

transferred toMaritime Commission, 23 January 1948; sold into merchant service, 1949

USS Flicker

USS Fletcher (DD/DDE-445), named for Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, was the lead Fletcher-class destroyer, and served in the Pacific during World War II. She received fifteen battle stars for World War II service, and five for Korean War service.Fletcher was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, on 2 October 1941. She was launched on 3 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. F. F. Fletcher, widow of Admiral Fletcher; and commissioned on 30 June 1942, with Lieutenant Commander William M. Cole in command.

*Successum Merere Conemur
*

*18px 20px
*15 × battle stars WWII
*5 × battle stars Korean War

USS Extractor ARS-15 was an Anchor-class rescue and salvage ship of the United States Navy in World War II.Extractor was launched by Colberg Boat Works, Stockton, California, on 15 June 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. Lowden Jessup), and commissioned on 3 March 1944, Lieutenant (junior grade) L. C. Oaks in command.

Moran Brothers Company, Seattle, Washington

USS Fletcher

Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1986

*4 × boilers
*3 × Parsons Direct Drive Turbines
*3 × shafts

USS Fanegal (SS-356)

*Sold at New York,
*3 Apr. 1816

Nashville Bridge Company, Nashville, Tennessee

Ecuador

USS Firedrake (AE-14), a Mount Hood-class ammunition ship was launched 12 May 1944 by North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C., as Winged Racer; sponsored by Mrs. R. M. Kitchins; acquired by the Navy 29 June 1944; and commissioned 27 December 1944 in Jacksonville, FL, Commander A. Elb, USNR, in command.Firedrake loaded ammunition and general cargo at Earle, N.J., from which she sailed 16 February 1945 for Ulithi. Arriving 21 March, she put to sea 7 April to join the replenishment group servicing carriers off Okinawa and ships lying in the anchorages of the Kerama Retto. After reloading ammunition at Ulithi from 16 May to 4 June, she arrived in Leyte Gulf to issue explosives until 1 November, when she sailed for the east coast. She was decommissioned at Orange, Tex., 21 February 1946 and placed in reserve.Recommissioned 11 October 1951, Firedrake based at San Francisco for annual tours of duty in the western Pacific from 1952 through 1962. During the first two of these, she rearmed United Nations ships at sea off Korea during war operations. Highlights of the following years included participation in the evacuation of the Tachen Islands in 1955, and calls at a wide variety of oriental ports. When not deployed overseas, she has sailed out of her home port to replenish ships at sea in west coast operations.Firedrake received two battle stars for World War II service and four for Korean War service.This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

USS Firecrest (YMS-231)

USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550)

USS Fall River (CA-131) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. Launched on 13 August 1944 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Alexander C. Murray, wife of the mayor of Fall River; and commissioned on 1 July 1945, Captain David Stolz Crawford in command.

USS Finch

USS Extractor (ARS-15)

USS Firedrake (AE-14), a Mount Hood-class ammunition ship was launched 12 May 1944 by North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C., as Winged Racer; sponsored by Mrs. R. M. Kitchins; acquired by the Navy 29 June 1944; and commissioned 27 December 1944 in Jacksonville, FL, Commander A. Elb, USNR, in command.Firedrake loaded ammunition and general cargo at Earle, N.J., from which she sailed 16 February 1945 for Ulithi.

The first USS Fearless (SP-724) was a United States Navy tug in commission from 1917 to 1921.Fearless was built as a commercial steam fishing trawler of the same name in 1877. On 20 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use during World War I. Assigned the section patrol number 724, she was commissioned as USS Fearless (SP-724) in 1917.Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Fearless served for the rest of World War I as a tug in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area.

USS Execute

The second USS Fleming (DE-32), and first ship of the name to enter service, was an Evarts-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. While performing convoy and escort duty in the Pacific Ocean she was also able to sink one Japanese submarine and to shoot down several kamikaze planes that intended to crash onto her.

Fahrion

The USS Firefly, was a brig with two masts, square-rigged, formerly named Volant and originally built as a schooner for use as a privateer. The vessel was purchased at New York by the U.S. Navy on 8 December 1814 and was fitted out as US war ship with 14 guns and used in service during the War of 1812 and Second Barbary War of 1815. Firefly was purchased because of the several US blockade efforts where smaller ships with better maneuverability were needed for the task.

TB-11

Faribault

Four Packard ID1700 diesel engines, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers

USS Flagship Hotel

USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62)

USS Fanning (FF-1076)

USS Finland (ID-4543)

* standard
* full load

USS Ferret (1806)

USS Feronia

Mrs L. Feland, widow of General Feland

*2 × Busch-Sulzer BS 539 diesel engines
*Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear
*2 shafts

USS Firm (AM-444/MSO-444) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.Firm was launched 15 April 1953 by J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph S. Martinac; and commissioned 12 October 1954, Lieutenant J. E. Renn in command. She was reclassified MSO-444 on 7 February 1955.

USS Fife (DD-991), a Spruance-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Admiral James Fife, Jr. (1897–1975), a distinguished Submarine Force commander during World War II.Fife was laid down on 6 March 1978 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi; launched on 1 May 1979; and commissioned on 31 May 1980, Commander John Y. Schrader, Jr. in command.USS Fife was the 29th of the 30 Spruance-class destroyers. Between 27 June and 11 July 2002, Fife was the U.S.

USS Finnegan (DE-307)

Freight lighter

as Maria

*2 × diesel engines
*2 × electric motors

USS Flambeau (1861) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat, operating in Confederate waterways.Flambeau was built in 1861 by Lawrence and Foulks, Brooklyn, New York; purchased by the Navy 14 November 1861; and commissioned 27 November 1861, Lieutenant Commander W. G. Temple in command.

*4 General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive
*6000 shp
*2 screws

"Fighting Fitz", "Fightin' Fitz"

*Steam engine
*screw-propelled

Max: at least

The first USS Flicker (AM-70) was a minesweeper in the United States Navy during World War II, named after the flicker, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family common to North America.Laid down on 27 October 1936 as the steel-hulled fishing trawler, M/V Delaware by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine for the Booth Fisheries Co.

Troops 1,100

USS Firebolt (PC-10)

Transferred to theMaritime Commission, 23 October 1945

* normal
* full load

Scrapped 1964

USS Fahkee (1862) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was built in 1862 at Williamsburg, New York, purchased by the Navy on 15 July 1863; and commissioned on 24 September 1863 with Acting Master F. R. Webb in command.The Union Navy used her as a collier and freight supply ship assigned to assist Union Navy ships patrolling Confederate waterways.

USS Fairy

USS Farragut

USS Extricate

Coast Torpedo Boat No. 5,

eight 24-pounder howitzers

USS Fixity (AM-235)

Turkey

USS Enright (DE-216/APD-66), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Robert Paul Francis Enright (1916-1942), who was killed in action while serving aboard the destroyer Hammann (DD-412) during the Battle of Midway on 6 June 1942.

Sharm El-Sheik

The first USS Fearless (SP-724) was a United States Navy tug in commission from 1917 to 1921.Fearless was built as a commercial steam fishing trawler of the same name in 1877. On 20 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use during World War I. Assigned the section patrol number 724, she was commissioned as USS Fearless (SP-724) in 1917.Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Fearless served for the rest of World War I as a tug in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area. She apparently remained in naval service after the end of the war.Fearless was sold on 30 September 1921.

USS F-4 (SS-23) was a United States Navy F-class submarine. Her keel was laid down by the Moran Brothers of Seattle, Washington. She was originally named Skate, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the skate. She was renamed F-4 on 17 November 1911. She was launched on 6 January 1912 sponsored by Mrs. M.F. Backus; and commissioned on 3 May 1913 with Lieutenant (junior grade) K.H. Donavin in command.

USS Execute (MSF-232)

DD991

USS Felicia (SP-642) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted and armed by the Navy as a patrol craft, and was assigned to patrol the New England waters. Her task of protecting ships from German submarines was interrupted by her collision with a submarine. Post-war she was reconfigured to her civilian condition, and was sold in 1919.

USS Feldspar (IX-159)

Jesse H. Metcalf of Providence, Rhode Island

*1 × single 40 mm gun mount
*2 × .50 cal twin machine guns

*2 × boilers
*General Electric turbo-electric drive
*
*2 × solid manganese-bronze 3-bladed propellers, diameter, pitch
*2 × rudders
*359 tons fuel oil

*steam engine
*screw-propelled

USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)

USS Fargo

Built in Baltimore Maryland

six 24-pounder howitzers

One vertical compound steam engine, one single-ended boiler, one shaft; 200 indicated horsepower

Sank, Gulf of St. Lawrence

*Fashion was her previous name retained
*YF-116 was her hull number

USS Fern was originally a lighthouse tender built in 1871 by Delameter and Stack of New York City. She was transferred to the United States Navy from the United States Treasury Department on 30 January 1891. Fitted out as a gunboat, Fern was commissioned on 22 April 1891, with Lieutenant Commander A. J. Iverson in command.

USS Exultant (AM-441)

USS Flamingo (AM-32)

BAE Morán Valverde , 1975

"Tenacity"

*USS Fashion and USS Freight Lighter No. 116
*USS YF-116

USS Flagstaff (PGH-1)

City of Sharm El-Sheik

*4 × 6-pounder () guns
*2 × torpedo tubes

USS Farragut (NCC-1647)

returned to U.S., early 1967

Fitch

*3 × 3"/50 caliber guns
*1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun
*8 × single 20 mm guns
*1 × triple torpedo tubes
*1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
*8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
*2 × depth charge tracks

Transferred to the Army on 20 May 1947 for loan to Canada, returned to USN in 1948 and scrapped in 1949

USS Flambeau (1861)

Returned to the WSA

*5 × /38 cal dual purpose guns,
*6 × machine guns,
*6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons,
*10 × torpedo tubes,
*2 × depth charge tracks

Richard Rodermond, New York

USS Fearless (SP-724)

full

*
* maximum width

Delameter and Stack

USS PCE-908

USS Fahrion (FFG-22)

USS Fitzgerald

USS Fanning (DE-1076)

Scrapped

USS Felicia

none

USS Feland (APA-11) was a Doyen-class attack transport which served with the US Navy during World War II. She saw service in the Pacific War, and safely returned home post-war with five battle stars to her credit.Feland was launched 10 November 1942 as a troop transport, designation AP-18, by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Los Angeles, California; sponsored by Mrs. L. Feland, widow of General Feland; and commissioned 21 June 1943, Captain C. A. Mission in command. She was redesignated an attack transport on 1 February 1943.

DD-462

USS Extricate (ARS-16)

USS Firedrake (AE-14)

Navigation-type radar

Indomitable

TCG Piyalepasa (D350)

Fern

Colberg Boat Works, Stockton, California

fully loaded

*2 × Busch-Sulzer BS 539 diesel engines
*2 shafts

*1 × 3"/50 caliber (76 mm) DP gun
*2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns
*1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
*2 × Depth charge tracks

USS Fitzgerald underway in 2012

Coversion to DDE

*Transferred toUnited States Shipping Board18 August 1919

USS Exchange

*Hull symbol: AK-179
*Code letters: NEKK
*

Returned to USN

USS Faribault (AK-179)

USS Flagstaff (PGH-1) was the only Flagstaff-class patrol gunboat (hydrofoil) and was acquired by the United States Navy because of her relatively low cost and very high speed. She was later loaned by the Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard, as USCGC Flagstaff (WPBH-1). The Coast Guard’s interest in the craft was the craft’s speed and its ability to interdict smugglers and other suspicious craft approaching the U.S. coast.

USS Finch (AM-9) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Finch was named for the finch, and is strictly speaking the only U.S. vessel named for such.Finch was launched 30 March 1918 by Standard Shipbuilding Co., New York; sponsored by Mrs. F. G. Peabody; and commissioned 10 September 1918, with Lieutenant J. C. Lindberg in command. The ship's fame was secured as the first and only ship-command of then Lieutenant (promoted to lieutenant commander on 26 September 1937, retroactive to 1 July) Hyman G. Rickover, future commander of Naval Reactors and the longest-serving active duty U.S. Naval officer. Rickover commanded Finch from 17 July to 5 October 1937, when the ship was primarily operating at Shanghai, China, to protect American interests during the Battle of Shanghai, the first of 22 major engagements fought between the Chinese and Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

one five-inch gun, one three-inch gun

USS Fessenden (DER-142)

USS Fierce

USS Fidelity (AM-96) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 15 October 1941 by the Nashville Bridge Company of Nashville, Tennessee, launched on 28 February 1942, and commissioned on 9 September 1942. The ship was reclassified as a submarine chaser USS PC-1600 on 1 June 1944.PC-1600 was decommissioned, (date unknown), and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 15 June 1948, and sold to Charles Weaver. Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown. PC-1600 earned two battle stars for World War II service.

USS Fall River (CA-131)

as type hull, MC hull 2375

USS Firecrest (AMS-10/YMS-231) was an YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields during World War II.Firecrest was laid down 5 October 1942 by Frank L.

USS Enright

USS Extractor

USS Flaherty (DE-135)

District of Columbia Naval Militia

*5 × single /38 caliber Dual-purpose guns
*2 × Bofors anti-aircraft guns
*6 × Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
*10 × torpedo tubes,
*6 x K-guns,
*2 x depth charge racks

*6 × 5"/38 caliber guns
*12 × 40 mm AA guns
*11 × 20 mm AA guns
*10 × torpedo tubes
*6 × depth charge projectors
*2 × depth charge tracks

over

Geared turbine engines, twin screws, horsepower 8,800

USS Fanning (FF-1076), a Knox-class frigate, is the 3rd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Nathaniel Fanning.

Standard Shipbuilding Co., New York

* surfaced
* submerged

*2 x 5 in/38 caliber
*2 x twin 3 in/50 caliber
*1 x Weapon Alpha
*2 x depth charge racks

one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dcp

nvr.navy.mil: USS Fife

USS Finnegan (DE-307) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. She performed escort and antisubmarine operations in dangerous battle areas and returned home with three well-earned battle stars.She was named after Chief Radio Electrician William Michael Finnegan who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; was launched on 22 February 1944 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. Charles Schroeder, sister of Ensign Finnegan; and commissioned on 19 August 1944, Lieutenant Commander Hoffman, USNR, in command.

Prepared for Battle

USS Fair (DE-35)

Mrs. W. H. Guild

USS Flagler

Mrs. P. J. Toien

Trefoil-class cargo barge

USS F-3 (SS-22), was a F-class submarine. She was named Pickerel when her keel was laid down by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pickerel, a type of pike. She was renamed F-3 on 17 November 1911, launched on 6 January 1912 sponsored by Mrs. M. F. Backus, and commissioned on 5 August 1912 with Ensign K. Heron in command.

USS Fenimore Cooper

USS Fairy (1861) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways. Post-war she was temporarily employed as an ammunition ship before finally being decommissioned.

USS Fife in June 2002

USS Fernandina

USS Ferret

USS Farragut (DDG-99) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the fifth Navy ship named for Admiral David Farragut (1801–1870), and the 49th ship of the Arleigh Burke class.Farragut's keel was laid down on 9 January 2004 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was christened on 23 July 2005, with Senator Susan Collins of Maine as her sponsor. Farragut was commissioned on 10 June 2006.Farragut is equipped with the "Smart Ship" data distribution and control system.

Elizabeth Ashe, Admiral Farragut's niece

*1 × Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine
*1 × shaft

USS Fentress

USS Farragut (NCC-60597)

*Newport, Rhode Island
*Boston, Massachusetts

USS Fitch (DD-462/DMS-25), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander LeRoy Fitch, an officer during the American Civil War.Fitch was launched on 14 June 1941 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. H. W. Thomas, grandniece of Commander Fitch. The ship was commissioned on 3 February 1942, Lieutenant Commander Henry Crommelin in command. She was reclassified DMS-25 on 15 November 1944, and again classified DD-462 on 15 July 1955.

USS F-4

Fletcher

, September 1943

USS Flatley

Fanning

USS Feldspar

USS Firm (AM-98)

Taiwan

J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington

USS Feland (APA-1)

USS Fairy (1861)

Galveston, Texas, USA

Diesel Engines

USS Firm (AM-98) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 21 October 1941 by the Penn-Jersey Corp., Camden, New Jersey, launched on 29 May 1942, and commissioned on 10 April 1943. The vessel was reclassified as a submarine chaser PC-1602 on 1 June 1944; it was later reclassified as a control submarine chaser PCC-1602 on 1 August 1945. Very little information is available about the activities of this vessel while operating as a submarine chaser.

USS Fair

Gopher

USS Explorer

USS Fearnot

FF1076

USS Fiske

USS Finback

Lawrence & Foulks

USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.Fli-Hawk was built as a private motorboat or motor yacht of the same name in 1912. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550) on 12 May 1917 with Boatswain's Mate P.

The first USS Fanning (DD-37) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated as CG-11. She was named for Nathaniel Fanning.Fanning was launched on 11 January 1912 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. Kenneth McAlpine; and commissioned on 21 June 1912, Lieutenant W. N. Jeffers in command. She was classified DD-37 on 17 July 1920.

USS Federal

USS Fanning (DD-37)

*steam engine
*stern wheel-propelled

USS Fallon

USS Felicia (SP-642)

scrapped, 2000

USS Feland (APA-11)

September 1919

USS Fallon (APA-81)

Sold

USS Exultant (AM-441/MSO-441) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships.The second ship to be named Exultant by the Navy, AM-441 was launched 6 June 1953 by Higgins, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana; sponsored by Miss A. Brooks, and commissioned 22 June 1954, Lieutenant R. T. Gregory in command. She was reclassified MSO-441 on 7 February 1955.

Japan

USS Feland (APA-11) was a Doyen-class attack transport which served with the US Navy during World War II. She saw service in the Pacific War, and safely returned home post-war with five battle stars to her credit.Feland was launched 10 November 1942 as a troop transport, designation AP-18, by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Los Angeles, California; sponsored by Mrs. L. Feland, widow of General Feland; and commissioned 21 June 1943, Captain C. A. Mission in command.

*one 30-pounder rifle
*one 20-pounder rifle

TCG Piyalepasa

USS F. Mansfield & Sons Co. (SP-691)

*steam engine
*sternwheel-propelled

* at
* at

USS Fife

USS Feland

service-star

USS Felicia (PYc-35) was a yacht acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. Felicia was outfitted as a patrol craft by the Navy, and was assigned to patrol the New England waters. She was based out of Newport, Rhode Island until 16 December 1943 when she was based out of Boston, Massachusetts, as a training ship for naval cadets at Harvard University. Post-war she was decommissioned and transferred to the Maritime Commission.

USS Fechteler

diesel-electric, twin screws,

Geared turbines, 2 shafts,

USS Enright (DE-216)

USS Exultant

Sunk as target offFlorida, 15 November 1973

Three 3-pounder guns

as Fanny Barker

USS Firecrest (AMS-10)

USS F-2 (SS-21)

*Rolls Royce Tyne gas turbine with supercavitating propeller
*2 × General Motors diesel engines with water-jet pumps

USS Finch (AM-9)

USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.Fli-Hawk was built as a private motorboat or motor yacht of the same name in 1912. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550) on 12 May 1917 with Boatswain's Mate P. Savage, USNRF, in command.Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Fli-Hawk operated on patrol duties in the Norfolk, Virginia, area for the rest of World War I.On 31 December 1917, Fli-Hawk was getting underway when she collided with the steamer SS Gratitude in Norfolk Harbor. Fli-Hawk sank three hours later, but was raised, repaired, and returned to service.Fli-Hawk was decommissioned on 8 February 1919 and returned to her owner.

USS Flamingo

USS Fergus

Gilliam-class attack transport

USS Finnegan

USS Falcon (MHC-59) is the ninth ship of Osprey-class coastal minehunters. She is named after the falcon.

Moran Brothers, Seattle, Washington

USS Extricate (ARS-16) was an Anchor-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels.Extricate (ARS-16) was launched 12 September 1942 by Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, Maine, sponsored by Mrs. Lewis Corman; and commissioned 27 July 1943, Lieutenant A. J. Roy in command.

USS Fieberling

USS Firm (MS0-444)

USS Ferret (1822

USS Finch (DER-328)

Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, Maine

A county in Montana

USS Fancy (MSF-234)

*1 × single 3"/50 caliber gun
*2 × single 20 mm guns

*4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines,
*2 shafts,
*100,000 shp

*Raised, 29 August 1915; later a harbor marker and buried as trench fill off Pearl Harbor, 1940

Mrs. Kenneth McAlpine

USS Falcon (AMS-190)

USS Falcon (MHC-59)

Two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters, or one Sea Hawk and one gunship helicopter

Naval Vessel Register FF1076

*1 × /50 caliber dual purpose gun
*6 × Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons

USS Fawn (1863)

The USS Flagship Hotel was a hotel, located in Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas. The 7 story 225 room hotel was built on the historic Pleasure Pier structure entirely over the Gulf of Mexico, albeit very close to shore. It was a popular destination in Galveston that withstood many storms.

Watchdog of the Fleet

USS F. J. Luckenbach

USS Firecrest (AMS-10/YMS-231) was an YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields during World War II.Firecrest was laid down 5 October 1942 by Frank L. Sample, Jr., Boothbay Harbor, Maine; launched, 3 April 1943; completed and commissioned USS YMS-231, 6 August 1943.She was decommissioned in February 1947; named Firecrest and reclassified as a Motor minesweeper, AMS-10, 18 February 1947.Firecrest returned to service in the later 1940s. She was sent to Korea in 1950 and operated in the combat zone until the shooting ended in July 1953. Firecrest continued to serve in the Far East after the war. She was reclassified as a Coastal minesweeper, Old, MSC(O)-10, 7 February 1955.Firecrest was transferred to Japan, 15 March 1955 as Etajima (MSC-656). She was returned to U. S. custody in 1967 and struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1967. Firecrest was disposed of as a target in August 1969.
JDS Etajima

*Hull symbol:FFG-22
*Code letters:NFGF
*

*1,253 tons standard
*1,590 tons full load

General Logan Feland, USMC

USS Fitch (DD-462)

USS Federal (SP-3657)

Transferred to thePhilippines, 17 July 1972
Philippines

*geared turbines
*2 × screws

The finback, a whale

transferred back to the United States Navy, 24 November 1930
USCG Fanning

USS Farragut (DL-6)

in 1812 4 x 18-pounders guns 10 x 18-pounders carronades

in 1816 4 x 12-pounders guns 12 x 18-pounders carronades

The first USS Flicker (AM-70) was a minesweeper in the United States Navy during World War II, named after the flicker, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family common to North America.Laid down on 27 October 1936 as the steel-hulled fishing trawler, M/V Delaware by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine for the Booth Fisheries Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, the ship was launched on 25 February 1937.Acquired by the US Navy on 9 August 1940 and converted to a minesweeper at the Bethlehem Steel Co., East Boston, she was renamed Flicker on 14 August 1940, and commissioned as USS Flicker (AM-70) on 26 October 1940, Lieutenant H. K. Hall in command. Conversion was completed on 26 March 1941. She was reclassified IX-165 on 11 April 1944.

USS Fife (DD-991)

USS F-4 (SS-23)

USS Federal (ID 3657)

BAE 25 de Julio (E-12)

transferred to theUnited States Coast Guard, 7 June 1924

Westinghouse turboelectric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000

USS F. J. Luckenbach (ID-2160)

USS F-3

scrapped

The USS Fawn was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a patrol and escort vessel, operating in Confederate waterways.Fawn, a stern wheel steamer, was launched in 1863 at Cincinnati, Ohio, as Fanny Barker. She was commissioned 11 May 1863 and purchased by the Navy 13 May 1863, Acting Master J. R. Grace in command. She was renamed Fawn 19 June 1863.

USS Firecrest (MSCO-10)

USS Firefly (1814)

two .30 cal. machine guns

General Electric geared turbines, , 4 screws

USS Fairview (PCER-850)

Senator Jesse H. Metcalf of Rhode Island

USS F. Mansfield & Sons Co.

USS Fixity (MSF-235)

* standard
* full

USS Farragut (DLG-6)

scrapped, 1989

one SH-2 Seasprite helicopter

*2 × 24-pounder howitzers
*1 × 10-pounder rifle

USS Fahrion (FFG-22), fourteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral Frank George Fahrion (1894–1970).Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Fahrion was laid down on 1 December 1978, launched on 24 August 1979, and commissioned on 16 January 1982. Transferred to Egypt on 15 March 1998 as Sharm El-Sheik (F901), she was formally decommissioned and stricken on 31 March 1998.

USS Fearnot (1861)

BAE 25 de Julio

*AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
*AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
*AN/SQS-26 Sonar
*AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system
*Mk68 Gun Fire Control System

Penn-Jersey Corporation, Camden, New Jersey

Naval Vessel Register entry for USS Fitzgerald

sold for scrapping, 2 May 1934, scrapped in 1934 in accordance with the terms of the London Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments

The first USS Farragut (Torpedo Boat No. 11/TB-11/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 5) was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy. She was named for David Farragut, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War.

USS Fli-Hawk

USS F-2 (SS-22)

*9,100 nmi. at 12 knots
*

USS Fern (1871)

USS Favorite

USS F. J. Luckenbach (ID-2160) was a cargo ship and troop transport that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.SS F. J. Luckenbach was built as a commercial cargo ship at Quincy, Massachusetts, by Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation for Luckenbach Steamship Company of New York City. Launched on 15 September 1917, she was delivered to Luckenbach on 28 November 1917. She then came under the control of the United States Shipping Board. The Shipping Board transferred her to the U.S.

*9 × 8"/55 caliber guns
*12 × 5"/38 caliber guns
*48 × Bofors 40 mm guns
*24 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

None

Higgins, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana

Mrs. Kathleen Dwyer Fahrion, Admiral Fahrion's widow

USS F-1

USS Fashion (ID-755), later USS Freight Lighter No. 116, later USS YF-116, was a United States Navy freight lighter in commission from 1918 to 1922.Fashion was built as a commercial barge of the same name in 1915 by Richard Rodermond in New York. In 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Eugene Coop of New York, for use during World War I. Assigned the naval registry identification number 755, he was placed in service in 1918 as USS Fashion (ID-755). She later was renamed USS Freight Lighter No. 116.When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Freight Lighter No. 116 was classified as a YF (freight lighter) under the new system and renamed USS YF-116.YF-116 was taken out of service on 8 May 1922. She was sold in 1922.

Mayport, Florida

Guided Missile Destroyer

one 40mm mount

Not self-propelled

USS Felicia (PYc-35)

USCG Fanning (CG-11)

* light
* full
* dead

Former name retained

USS Fair (DE-35) an Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was a ship named by the United States Navy for Lieutenant, junior grade Victor Norman Fair, Jr., who was born on 15 August 1921 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 15 August 1940, and was commissioned ensign on 14 March 1941. Serving in USS Gregory (APD-3), Fair was wounded when his ship was sunk by Japanese gunfire in the Solomon Islands on 5 September 1942, and he died four days later.Fair was launched on 27 July 1943 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. V. N. Fair, Jr., widow of Lieutenant Fair; and commissioned on 23 October 1943, Lieutenant D. S. Crocker in command.

Transferred to theMaritime Commission, 31 March 1945

Admiral David Farragut

*4 FM diesel engines,
*4 diesel-generators,
*6,000 shp ,
*2 screws

USS Exploit

USS Firm (AM-444)

USS Fair (DE-35) an Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was a ship named by the United States Navy for Lieutenant, junior grade Victor Norman Fair, Jr., who was born on 15 August 1921 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 15 August 1940, and was commissioned ensign on 14 March 1941.

USS Farquhar (DD-304)

*2 × 5-cylinder reciprocating Skinner Unaflow engines
*4 × 285 psi boilers
*2 shafts, 9,000 shp

*Belt:
*Turrets:
*Deck:
*Conning Tower:

USS Farallones

Sunk during a live fire exercise 23 August 2005.

*1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
*2 × 20 mm guns

USS Favorite (ID-1385)

USS Fahkee (1862)

All Good Men

Operated as commercial fishing trawler Fearless 1877-1917

USS Fancy

USS Fixity (AM-235) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered and laid down as PCE-905-class patrol craft USS PCE-908 but was renamed and reclassified before her December 1944 commissioning as Fixity (AM-235). She earned two battle stars in service in the Pacific during the war. She was decommissioned in November 1946 and placed in reserve. In January 1948, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission which sold her into merchant service in 1949. Operating as the Commercial Dixie, she sank in the Ohio River in the late 1990s.

USS Firm (AM-98) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 21 October 1941 by the Penn-Jersey Corp., Camden, New Jersey, launched on 29 May 1942, and commissioned on 10 April 1943. The vessel was reclassified as a submarine chaser PC-1602 on 1 June 1944; it was later reclassified as a control submarine chaser PCC-1602 on 1 August 1945. Very little information is available about the activities of this vessel while operating as a submarine chaser. PC-1602 was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 15 June 1948, and sold to Walter H. Wilms. Fate unknown.

*2 × CE 1200psi boilers
*1 Westinghouse geared turbine
*1 shaft, 35,000 shp

Sold for scrapping, June 1946

MC hull type P1-S2-L2, MC hull no. 182

Scrapped, 1999

*Presidential Unit Citation
*5 Battle stars

BRP Davao del Sur (PM-92)

USS F-3 (SS-22)

Broken up for scrap

*3 × Thornycroft boilers
*

*5 × 3-pounder guns
*4 × 1-pounder guns

USS Fidelity (AM-96) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 15 October 1941 by the Nashville Bridge Company of Nashville, Tennessee, launched on 28 February 1942, and commissioned on 9 September 1942. The ship was reclassified as a submarine chaser USS PC-1600 on 1 June 1944.PC-1600 was decommissioned, (date unknown), and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 15 June 1948, and sold to Charles Weaver. Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).

USS Fidelity (AM-443)

Hydrofoil gunboat

J. N. Robbins Company, of Brooklyn, New York

*3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns
*1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun
*9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
*1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10
*8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
*2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

*16 × General Motors FM-2 Wildcat fighters
*12 × Grumman TMB-1C Avenger torpedo bombers

*4 × Packard ID1700 diesel engines
*2 × shafts
*2 × controllable pitch propellers

USS Finnegan (DE-307) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft.

*Hull symbol:DD-445
*Hull symbol:DDE-445
*Code letters:NEBG
*

USS Fahrion (FFG-22), fourteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral Frank George Fahrion (1894–1970).Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Fahrion was laid down on 1 December 1978, launched on 24 August 1979, and commissioned on 16 January 1982. Transferred to Egypt on 15 March 1998 as Sharm El-Sheik (F901), she was formally decommissioned and stricken on 31 March 1998. As of 2012, Sharm El-Sheik remained in active service with the Egyptian Navy.Fahrion (FFG-22) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

Admiral Frank F. Fletcher

February 1947

Flagship Hotel

*5 × /50 caliber guns
*6 × torpedo tubes

*15 Officers
*70 Enlisted

USS Fiske (DD-842)

Mrs. Charles F. Bird

USS Flambeau (IX-912)

USS Fletcher (DD/DDE-445), named for Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, was the lead Fletcher-class destroyer, and served in the Pacific during World War II. She received fifteen battle stars for World War II service, and five for Korean War service.Fletcher was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, on 2 October 1941. She was launched on 3 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. F. F.
USS Fletcher (DD-445)

New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey

*4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive,
*2 screws

as Felicia

transferred toEgyptian Navy, 31 March 1998

Operated as commercial barge Fashion 1915-1917

USS Fanegal

MCV Hull No. ?, hull type S4-SE2-BD1

*Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
*Philippines campaign
*Battle off Samar
*Battle of Okinawa
*Operation Magic Carpet

USS Farragut (DDG-99)

Egypt

Senator Susan Collins

JDS Etajima (MSC-656)

USS FIRM

Hull symbol:CG-18

*One 64-cell and one 32-cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, with 96 RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles
*1 × 5 in /62 gun,
*2 × 25 mm guns,
*4 × 12.7 mm guns,
*2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
*1 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS

USS Flaherty (DE-135) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.The ship was named in honor of Francis Charles Flaherty, who was awarded the Medal of Honor when he sacrificed his life in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941. When his ship was being abandoned, he remained in a turret holding a flashlight so that all of his men could see their way in order to escape; however, Flaherty did not make it out.Flaherty was launched 17 January 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. J. J. Flaherty, sister-in-law of Ensign Flaherty; and commissioned 26 June 1943, Lieutenant Commander M. W. Firth in command.

*vertical triple expansion engines
*2 × screw propellers

*Hull symbol:DD-37
*Code letters:NFM
*

USS Fillmore