USS Engage

USS Equinox

USS Elrod (FFG-55), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named after Captain Henry T. Elrod (1905–1941), a Marine aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island in World War II.

USS Esteem (AM-438/MSO-438) 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 first ship to be named Esteem by the Navy, AM-438 was launched 20 December 1952 by Martinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California; sponsored by Mrs. C. H. Davis; reclassified MSO-438, 7 February 1955; and commissioned 10 September 1955, Lieutenant G. W. Bird in command.

USS Elsie III

USS Entemedor

USS Eniwetok (CVE-125)

USS Ella

USS Enterprise (CVAN-65)

The second USS Elizabeth (SP-1092) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Elizabeth was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the at Galveston, Texas, for use as a pleasure craft. In October 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, W. L. Moody Jr. of Galveston, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Moody delivered her to the Navy on or about 2 November 1917, and she was commissioned as USS Elizabeth (SP-1092). Assigned to the 8th Naval District, Elizabeth carried out patrol duties along the United States Gulf Coast for the rest of World War I. She eventually (presumably sometime in 1918) was renamed USS SP-1092, apparently to avoid confusion with another patrol boat, Elizabeth (SP-972), which was in service from 1917 to 1919. On 15 November 1918, four days after the end of the war, SP-1092 was wrecked at the mouth of the Brazos River, near Freeport, Texas. She was stricken from the Navy List the same day.

Training vessel in 1983, possibly scrapped

USS Elliot

The first USS Emma was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a picket and patrol vessel on Confederate waterways.

Returned to U.S., 1970; sold to Republic of China, August 1970 and cannibalized for spare parts

USS Escolar (SS-294), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the escolar. Escolar was laid down by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia. She was launched on 18 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Emma Stevens Martin Hudgins, wife of J. Bilisoly Hudgins. She was transferred to Boston Navy Yard after launch and thence to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard prior to her commissioning on 2 June 1944, Commander William J. "Moke" Millican in command.

USS Edith II (SP-296)

Transferred toUnited States Lighthouse ServiceJune 1919

USS Eucalyptus

USS Edith II

USS Escolar

USS Emma (1863)

USS Erben (DD-631)

USS Emory S. Land

USS Elithro II

USS Edamena II (SP-14) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. Edamena II was built in 1916 by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, as a private motorboat of the same name. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, E.P. Charlton of Fall River, Massachusetts, on 22 May 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Edamena II (SP-14) on 24 May 1917 with Ensign G. W. Willis, USNRF, in command. Edamena II was assigned to the 2nd Naval District and based at New Bedford, Massachusetts. She performed patrol and dispatch boat duties off southern New England until December 1918. Edamena II was sold back to her former owner on 14 February 1919.

The first USS Ella was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a picket and patrol vessel, as well as a dispatch boat, on Confederate waterways.

USS Ellis

USS Escolar (SS-294)

USS Energy (MSO-436)

The first USS Essex of the United States Navy was a 36-gun or 32-gun sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and in the War of 1812. The British captured her in 1814 and she then served as HMS Essex until sold at public auction on 6 June 1837.

USS Elmasada (SP-109) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. Elmasada was built as a civilian motorboat in 1909 by Robert Jacobs at City Island, New York. In mid-May 1917 her owner, C.B. Fox of New Orleans, Louisiana, was ordered to turn her over to the U.S. Navy for use as a patrol boat during World War I. The Navy purchased her from Fox later in May and commissioned her on 4 June 1917 as USS Elmasada (SP-109). Elmasada was attached to the 8th Naval District and employed in patrol and transport duties in the New Orleans area. Elmasada was stricken from the Navy List on 20 May 1919 and transferred to the United States Lighthouse Service at New Orleans in June 1919.

USS Embattle

USS Emery (DE-28) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. By the end of the war, she had accumulated three battle stars. She was launched on 17 April 1943 by Mare Island Navy Yard as BDE-28; reallocated to the United States; assigned the name Eisner on 14 June 1943; renamed Emery on 14 July 1943; and commissioned on 14 August 1943, Lieutenant Commander R. G. Coburn in command.

USS Edsall (DD-219), named for Seaman Norman Eckley Edsall (1873–1899), was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Edsall was laid down by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company on 15 September 1919, launched on 29 July 1920 by Mrs. Bessie Edsall Bracey, sister of Seaman Edsall and commissioned on 26 November 1920, Commander A. H. Rice in command. She was sunk 1 March 1942.

USS Emerald (1917)

Elrod

USS Energy (AM-436)

USS Essex vs HMS Alert

USS Edith (ID-3469)

USS Elmore (AP-87)

USS Edithia

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F)

USS El Cano

USS Estes (LCC-12)

USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52/APA-24) was an troop transport (AP), later re-designated as an attack transport (APA). She was acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II, and was assigned the task of transporting troops to and from battle areas. Operating in dangerous Mediterranean waters on 12 November 1942, she was sunk after being struck by a German submarine’s torpedo at Fedala Bay, Morocco.

USS Ellyson (DD-454/DMS-19), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Theodore Gordon Ellyson, a submariner who became the first officer of the U.S. Navy to be designated a naval aviator.

USS Empire State (IX-38)

USS Edith, a screw steamer, was transferred from the War Department to the U.S. Navy under congressional legislation of 3 March 1849, and turned over to Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron, at San Francisco, California. On 16 June Lieutenant James McCormick was ordered to report on the condition of the steamer; subsequently, he was placed in temporary command with orders to transport representatives to the California State Constitutional Convention.

USS Ellyson

USS Effingham (APA-165) was a Haskell-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas.

USS Emporia (PF-28)

USS Elk (IX-115)

USS Eliza Hayward (SP-1414)

USS Engage (AM-93) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 26 February 1942 by the Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, launched on 11 July 1942, and commissioned on 22 October 1942. The ship was reclassified as a submarine chaser, PC-1597 on 1 June 1944.

USS Elrod (FFG-55), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named after Captain Henry T. Elrod (1905–1941), a Marine aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island in World War II. The ship was originally home ported in Charleston, SC and shifted to Norfolk, VA in March 1995. Elrod has completed five deployments to the Persian Gulf, three to the Mediterranean Sea, and one to the Adriatic Sea, and has participated in numerous operations in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Caribbean Sea.

USS Elmore (APA-42) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Elmore (AP-87) was launched 29 January 1943 as Sea Panther by Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi, under a Maritime Commission contract, reclassified (APA-42) on 1 February; transferred to the Navy 30 March and placed in partial commission the same day for ferry to Maryland Drydock Company, Baltimore for conversion, and commissioned in full 25 August 1943 Commander D. Harrison in command.

USS Erie (PG-50)

USS Egret (MSCO-46)

USS Elf

USS Ella (SP-1676)

Emporia

USS Edorea (SP-549)

USS Enterprise (CVAN 65)

USS English (DD-696)

USS Essex (1799)

USS John A. Bole

USS Essex (CVS-9)

USS Endurance (AMc-77)

Chung Mu

USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) was a Mettawee-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations. Escatawpa was launched by the , Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey, on 3 June 1944 and commissioned on 18 August 1944, Lieutenant H. T. Nottage, USCGR, in command.

USS Edward Rutledge (APA-24)

USS Electron (AKS-27)

USS Elmer Montgomery (DE-1082)

Transferred toTaiwan (Republic of China), 15 April 1973

USS Enterprise-D

USS Eleanor

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E

USS Epervier

USS Emma

USS Electra (AKA-4) was an Arcturus-class attack cargo ship named after Electra, a star in the Pleiades star cluster in the constellation Taurus. She served as a commissioned ship for seven years. Electra (AK-21) was launched 18 November 1941 as Meteor by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Fla., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. C. O. Andrews, wife of the Senator from Florida; transferred to the Navy 16 April 1941; and commissioned 17 March 1942, Commander J. J. Hughes in command. She was reclassified AKA-4, 1 February 1943.

The first USS Elizabeth (SP-972) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1919. Elizabeth was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1916 at West Norfolk, Virginia, and apparently was employed commercially as a ship chandler's workboat. In August 1917 she was ordered turned over to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was delivered to the Navy on 4 October 1917, and placed in non-commissioned service as Elizabeth (SP-972) soon thereafter. Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Elizabeth took up patrol duties in the Norfolk, Virginia, area. On 12 December 1917, she collided with the American steamship SS Northland and sank with the loss of two lives, but she was raised, repaired, and resumed her patrol duties for the rest of World War I and into 1919. Taken out of service in 1919, Elizabeth was commissioned in ordinary as USS Elizabeth (SP-972) late in May 1919 and ordered sold. Withdrawn from sale in October 1919, she instead was transferred to the United States Department of War on 10 November 1919 for use by the United States Army. Elizabeth should not be confused with another patrol boat, USS Elizabeth (SP-1092), which was in commission in 1917-1918.

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)

USS Eisele (DE-75)

USS Erebus (1865)

USS Electron (AG-146/AKS-27) -- also known as USS LST-1070 – was an LST-542-class tank landing ship launched by the U.S. Navy during the final months of World War II. Electron served as both a cargo ship and as an electronic parts supply ship for the U.S. Pacific Fleet and was decommissioned following the Korean War.

Independence

USS Cutlass (SS-478), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cutlassfish, a long, thin fish found widely along the coasts of the United States and in the West Indies. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 10 July 1944. She was launched on 5 November 1944 sponsored by Mrs. R. E. Kintner, and commissioned on 17 March 1945 with Commander Herbert L. Jukes in command.

USS Edorea (SP-549) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Edorea was built as the private motor yacht Monaloa by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts in 1909. She later was renamed Edorea. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Edorea under a free lease from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Edorea (SP-549) on 27 July 1917 with Lieutenant J. G. N. Whitaker, USNRF, in command. Edorea was decommissioned on 10 December 1918 and returned to her owner.

USS Elmasada (SP-109)

Transferred to the Dominican Republic, 1946

USS Enterprise E

USS Edsall (DE-129) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman Norman Edsall (1873–1899). Edsall was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 2 July 1942; launched 1 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Bessie Edsall Bracey, sister of Seaman Edsall; and commissioned 10 April 1943, with Lieutenant Commander E. C. Woodward in command.

USS Emporia (PF-28), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Emporia, Kansas.

USS England

USS Essex was a 1000-ton ironclad river gunboat of the United States Army and later United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was named for Essex County, Massachusetts. USS Essex was originally constructed in 1856 at New Albany, Indiana as a steam-powered ferry named New Era.

USS Egret

USS Ely

USS Elder

USS Edsall (DE-129)

USS El Occidente (SP-3307)

USS Eisner

Yung Hsing (A 7)

USS Eltanin

Eliza Hayward

USS Ellen

Escolar

USS Erie (PG-50) was the lead ship of the Erie-class gunboats of the United States Navy. Erie was the second US Navy ship to bear the name. The first, Erie, was named after Lake Erie, while this Erie followed the US Navy naming practices of gunboats, like cruisers, being named after US cities.

USS Egeria (ARL-8)

USS Enright (APD-66)

USS Empress (SP-569) was a United States Navy passenger barge in commission during 1917. Empress was built as a commercial barge in 1912. On 17 October 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use as a passenger barge during World War I. Assigned the section patrol number 569, she entered service as USS Empress (SP-569). Empress was under tow from New York City to Newport, Rhode Island, when her seams opened and she sank on 4 November 1917.

USS Epperson (DDE 719)

USS England (CG-22)

USS Edsall (DD-219)

USS Endurance (AM-435)

USS Edward Luckenbach

USS Empress (SP-569)

USS Electra

USS Edwin A. Howard

USS Endurance (AMc-77) was an Accentor-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.

USS Engage (AM-93)

USS Escatawpa (AOG-27)

To Taiwan 6 May 1974 and cannibalized for spare parts

USS Eider

The second USS Ella (SP-1676) was a patrol vessel briefly under United States Navy control during 1917. Ella was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1902. On 8 October 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was given the section patrol number SP-1676. Apparently very quickly deemed unsuitable for naval service, Ella was returned to her owner on 29 October 1917.

USS Emerald

USS Enhance (AM-228)

USS Enright

USS Embattle (AM-434/MSO-434) 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 Embattle by the Navy, AM-434 was launched 27 August 1953 by Colberg Boat Works, Stockton, California; sponsored by Mrs. S. R. Towne; and commissioned 16 November 1954, Lieutenant E. C. Hill in command. She was reclassified MSO-434, 7 February 1955.

USS Enterprise (CVA(N)-65)

Eliza Hayward (SP-1414) was a sloop that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918. The U.S. Navy acquired Eliza Hayward on 24 August 1917 for World War I service. She served in the 5th Naval District in a non-commissioned status for the next thirteen months. The Navy returned Eliza Hayward to her owner on 24 September 1918.

USS Ellyson (DMS-19)

*Savitar (1927—1940)

USS Elizabeth C. Stanton

USS Enterprise CVN-65

USS Epperson (DD 719)

USS England (APD-41)

USS El Sol

The first USS Elizabeth (SP-972) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1919. Elizabeth was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1916 at West Norfolk, Virginia, and apparently was employed commercially as a ship chandler's workboat. In August 1917 she was ordered turned over to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was delivered to the Navy on 4 October 1917, and placed in non-commissioned service as Elizabeth (SP-972) soon thereafter.

USS Electron

USS Emily B.

USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (refit)

Edsall

USS Endicott (DMS-35)

USS Edgecombe (APA-164)

USS Embattle (AM-226)

USS Elkhart (APA-80) 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. Elkhart was named after a county in Indiana. She was launched 5 December 1944 by Consolidated Steel at Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; transferred to the Navy 7 February 1945; and commissioned the following day, Lieutenant Commander C. R. Frazier, USNR, in command.

Transferred to theRepublic of China, 29 May 1946

USS Eldorado (AGC-11) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, named after a mountain range in Nevada. The ship was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scale operations.

USS Emery (DE-28)

USS Electron (AG-146)

USS Empress

USS Edamena II (SP-14) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. Edamena II was built in 1916 by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, as a private motorboat of the same name. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, E.P. Charlton of Fall River, Massachusetts, on 22 May 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Edamena II (SP-14) on 24 May 1917 with Ensign G. W. Willis, USNRF, in command. Edamena II was sold back to her former owner on 14 February 1919.

USS Enterprise D

USS Ellyson (DMS 19)

USS Enterprise (NX-01)

USS Enterprise (CVA(N) 65)

USS Elizabeth (SP-972)

USS Epsilon (1864)

USS Earhart (DE-603)

*Later USS SP-1092

USS Etlah, a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, was still under construction at St. Louis, Missouri, at the close of the American Civil War. A Casco-class, light-draft monitor, she was intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets of the Confederacy. These warships sacrificed armor plate for a shallow draft and were fitted with a ballast compartment designed to lower them in the water during battle. Though the original designs for the Casco-class monitors were drawn by John Ericsson, the final revision was created by Chief Engineer Alban B. Simers following Rear Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont's failed bombardment of Fort Sumter in 1863. By the time the plans were put before the Monitor Board in New York, NY, Ericsson and Simers had a poor relationship and Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair John Lenthall had little connection to the board. This resulted in the plans being approved and 20 vessels ordered without serious scrutiny of the new design. $14 million US was allocated for the construction of these vessels. It was discovered that Simers had failed to compensate for the armor his revisions added to the original plan and this resulted in excessive stress on the wooden hull frames and a freeboard of only 3 inches. Simers was removed from the control of the project and Ericsson was called in to undo the damage. He was forced to raise the hulls of the monitors under construction by 22 inches to make them seaworthy. The entire class was considered a disappointment, and Etlah was laid up at one or another location until sold 12 September 1874. Between 15 June and 10 August 1869, she bore the name Hecate while being laid up at Mound City, IL.

USS Cutlass (SS-478)
ROCS Hai Shih (SS-791)

The first USS Ellen was a side-wheel steam gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Ellen was built at New York City in 1853 as a civilian ferryboat, and purchased by the Navy on 10 October 1861 at New York; outfitted by New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 16 October 1861, Acting Master William Budd in command.

USS Eldorado

USS John A. Bole (DD-755), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander John Archibald Bole, Jr., who was the commanding officer of Amberjack which is thought to be lost on 16 February 1943. A Gearing-class destroyer John A. Bole was renamed Gurke on 15 June 1944 prior to being launched 15 February 1945.

USS Elk (IX-115), an Armadillo-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the elk, a large deer of the northern forests of Europe, Asia, and North America. Her keel was laid down by California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Wilmington, California, as William Winter for the Maritime Commission. She was launched on 6 November 1943 sponsored by Mrs. H. H. Hall, delivered direct to the Navy 26 November 1943, and commissioned the same day with Lieutenant W. T. Stannard, USNR, in command.

USS Enterprise (fictional spacecraft)

The second USS Elfin (SP-965) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Elfin was built in 1911 as a private motorboat of the same name by at Lynn, Massachusetts. In July 1917, the U.S. Navy leased her from her owner, Alfred W. Gibbs of Wayne, Pennsylvania, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Elfin (SP-965) on 26 July 1917. Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Elfin served on patrol duties through the end of World War I. Elfin was returned to Gibbs on 22 November 1918.

The third US ship to be named Enterprise was a schooner, built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799. Her first commander thought that she was too lightly built and that her quarters, in particular, should be bulletproofed. Enterprise was overhauled and rebuilt several times, effectively changing from a twelve-gun schooner to a fourteen-gun topsail schooner and eventually to a brig. Enterprise saw action in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean again, capturing numerous prizes. She wrecked in July 1823.

USS Edwin A. Howard (DE-346) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home proudly with one battle star to her credit. Edwin A. Howard (DE-346) was launched 25 January 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. Julia W. Howard, mother of Corporal Howard; and commissioned 25 May 1944, Lieutenant Commander F. Denfield, USNR, in command.

USS Independence (LCS-2)

USS Elk

USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (reboot series)

USS Electra (AKA-4)

USS Elithro

USS Elk (IX-115), an Armadillo-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the elk, a large deer of the northern forests of Europe, Asia, and North America. Her keel was laid down by California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Wilmington, California, as William Winter for the Maritime Commission. She was launched on 6 November 1943 sponsored by Mrs. H. H. Hall, delivered direct to the Navy 26 November 1943, and commissioned the same day with Lieutenant W. T. Stannard, USNR, in command. Elk sailed from San Pedro, California, on 12 January 1944 for Kwajalein where she served from 19 February to 19 April as station tanker to fuel ships in the assault and occupation of the Marshall Islands. Mooring to Majuro, she fueled combatant ships at this base until June, then carried petroleum products between Majuro, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok to support the Marianas operation. From 26 June she was based again on Majuro, providing fuel for destroyers of the Security Patrol who guarded the waters around the bypassed, enemy-held islands of Wotje, Mili, and Jaluit. After a fueling assignment at Tarawa in September 1944, Elk reported to the advance fleet base at Ulithi on 15 October and there began the vital task of fueling the ships of the fast-moving Third Fleet and Fifth Fleet for their far-ranging air and surface strikes against Japanese bases. In April 1945 she arrived at Okinawa to fuel the destroyers of the radar picket line. When hostilities ceased, Elk was at Leyte preparing to sail with a convoy to Okinawa. In September she arrived at Sasebo, Japan, to serve in the occupation. Elk returned to the United States in early 1946, was decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 May 1946, and reverted to the Maritime Commission 20 May 1946. Elk received one battle star for World War II service.

USS Energy (AM-436/MSO-436) 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 Energy by the Navy, AM-436 was launched 13 February 1953 by J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Co., Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. A M. Baughman; and commissioned 16 July 1954, Lieutenant Commander F. H. Sonntag in command. She was reclassified MSO-436, 7 February 1955.

USS Embattle (AM-226) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She earned two battle stars in service in the Pacific during World War II. In May 1946, she was turned over to the Republic of China for service with the Chinese Maritime Customs Service as Yung Hsing. Her fate is unreported in secondary sources.

USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class of littoral combat ships. She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence. The design was produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the Navy's LCS program, and competes with the Lockheed Martin designed Freedom variant.

Le Verrier

The second USS Emerald (SP-177) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918. Emerald was built as the civilian yacht Emrose in either 1906 or 1916 by Pusey and Jones at Wilmington, Delaware for A. W. Rose of New York City. She later became the property of Maxwell Wyeth of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was renamed Emerald. For the rest of World War I, Emerald served in the 4th Naval District on harbor entrance patrol duty in Delaware Bay. Emerald was taken out of service on 12 December 1918 and returned to Wyeth.

JDS Asakaze

USS Ellet

USS Era No. 5 (1860)

USS Elusive (AM-225)

A naval engagement between USS Essex and HMS Alert took place on 13 August 1812, in which the light frigate, USS Essex, 32 (commanded by Capt. David Porter, USN) encountered and captured the British sloop Alert, 20 (Captain T.L.P. Laugharne). With "so trifling a skirmish" Porter later said, Alert became the first American capture of the war. The duel itself lasted a mere eight minutes, during which Essex fired only one broadside. Porter kept his gunports closed making Laugharne believe that Essex was a merchantman. This gave confidence to Laugharne in maneuvering his ship within pistol shot range of Essex, which in turn ran out her carronades and devastated Alert. In keeping with the chivalrous practice of the times, Porter then allowed Laugharne to sail his ship to Newfoundland so he could disembark his crew, after which he was honor-bound to surrender the Alert to American authorities in New York. Alert remained in United States service until 1829. A shipment of 3rd pattern Brown Bess sea service muskets was found aboard Alert, which went towards arming the American Marines at the Washington and Boston Navy Yards. They were preferred for their larger caliber, longer bayonets, and shorter barrels.

USS Eldridge (DE-173)

USS Etamin (AK-93) was the Liberty ship (EC2) Isaac Babbitt constructed for the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in 1943, for World War II service at a cost of $959,509. After acquisition by the US Navy, the ship was named Etamin, after the brightest star in the constellation Draco and manned by a US Coast Guard crew. As a Crater-class cargo ship, she served the military in the Pacific Ocean by providing food and material until she was torpedoed and put out of service. After repairs, she served as a non-self-propelled floating warehouse for the rest of the war. The ship ended the war in the Philippines and was among fifteen hulls sold for scrap for a lump sum of $271,000.

USS Edith (AK)

USS Embattle (AM-434)

The third USS Emerald (PYC-1), was a yacht built in 1922 as Tamarack IV by the in Morris Heights, New York. She was acquired by the US Navy on 25 October 1940 and commissioned 27 December 1940, with Lieutenant (junior grade) Robert W. Graham in command.

USS Ellen (1853)

USS Endurance (AM-435/MSO-435) (a.k.a. "Citrus Juliette") was an Aggressive-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines from waters that had been placed there to prevent the safe passage of ships. The second ship to be named Endurance by the Navy, AM-435 was launched 8 August 1952 by J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Miss Gerry A. Borovich; and commissioned 19 May 1954, Lieutenant L. E. Martin in command. She was reclassified MSO-435 on 7 February 1955.

USS Engineer

USS Elliot (DD-146) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, first reclassified as DMS-4, and later reclassified as AG-104. She was named for Lieutenant Commander Richard M. Elliot. Elliot was launched on 4 July 1918 by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia, sponsored by Mrs. R. M. Elliot, widow of Lieutenant Commander Elliot. The destroyer was commissioned on 25 January 1919, with Lieutenant Commander E. L. Gunther in command.

USS Enterprise (CVA-6)

USS Elithro II (SP-15)

USS Enhance (MSO-437)

USS Egeria

USS Essex Junior

USS Endion (SP-707) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Endion was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1898. On 1 May 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Endion (SP-707) with Chief Boatswain's Mate F. R. Neal, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Endion carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I. Endion was stricken from the Navy List on 6 October 1919 and subsequently sold.

*Hammerin' Hank

ROCS Hsing Lung (AOG-517)

USS Elden (DE-264) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after , executive officer of USS Hammann (DD-412), who was killed during the battle of Midway, 6 June 1942. Elden (DE-264) operated mainly in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. Most notably, she participated in "Operation Forager" and "Operation Detachment". Elden earned six battle stars and was scrapped in 1947.

USS Emma (SP-1223)

USS Edith, a screw steamer, was transferred from the War Department to the U.S. Navy under congressional legislation of 3 March 1849, and turned over to Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron, at San Francisco, California. On 16 June Lieutenant James McCormick was ordered to report on the condition of the steamer; subsequently, he was placed in temporary command with orders to transport representatives to the California State Constitutional Convention. USS Edith departed Sausalito, California on 23 August 1849 en route to Santa Barbara, California, but encountered dense fog which made accurate observations impossible. On the morning of 24 August she grounded on an uninhabited part of the coast and was lost. A court of inquiry held in January 1850 exonerated her commander and his crew from any guilt. The warship may appear on the Seal of California, although there is no scholarly consensus on the matter.

USS Edamena II (SP-14)

USS Edithia (SP-214/YP-214) was a motor yacht in the United States Navy. Edithia was built by C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York, in 1909; purchased by the Navy in May 1917; and commissioned 23 August 1917, Ensign M. S. Pearson, USNRF, in command. She was classified YP-214 on 17 July 1920.

USS Edorea

USS Elmasada (SP-109) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. Elmasada was built as a civilian motorboat in 1909 by Robert Jacobs at City Island, New York. In mid-May 1917 her owner, C.B. Fox of New Orleans, Louisiana, was ordered to turn her over to the U.S. Navy for use as a patrol boat during World War I. The Navy purchased her from Fox later in May and commissioned her on 4 June 1917 as USS Elmasada (SP-109). Elmasada was attached to the 8th Naval District and employed in patrol and transport duties in the New Orleans area.

USS Edward Rutledge

USS Elkhorn (AOG-7) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations. Elkhorn had the distinction of serving in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and returned home proudly with battle and campaign stars to her credit. Elkhorn was launched 15 May 1943 by Cargill Inc., Savage, Minnesota; sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Flynn; and commissioned 12 February 1944, Lieutenant (junior grade) T. A. Norris, USNR, in command.

USS Epperson (DD719)

USS Essex (1856)

USS Endurance (MSO-435)

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D Refit)

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A

USS Esteem

The second USS Elizabeth (SP-1092) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Elizabeth was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the at Galveston, Texas, for use as a pleasure craft. In October 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, W. L. Moody Jr. of Galveston, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Moody delivered her to the Navy on or about 2 November 1917, and she was commissioned as USS Elizabeth (SP-1092).

USS Edward McDonnell (DE-1043)

USS Edward H. Allen (DE-531) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Edward H. Allen (DE-531) was named in honor of Lieutenant Edward Henry Allen who was awarded a Navy Cross for his brave actions during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

USS Elfin (SP-965)

USS Eisele

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-M)

USS Eldorado (AGC-11)

USS Enaj

USS Edamena II

USS Edith II (SP-296), later USS SP-296, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Edith II was built by the at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1917. The United States Navy acquired her from her owner, Carnot M. Ward of Whippany, New Jersey, in May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and commissioned her as USS Edith II (SP-296). In 1918, her name was changed to USS SP-296. Edith II was returned to Ward in early 1919.

Edwin A. Howard

The second USS Emma (SP-1223) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1918. Emmal was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1891. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was placed in non-commissioned service as USS Emma (SP-1223). Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Emma served on patrol duties until sometime in 1918.

USS Edward H. Allen

USS Errol (AKL-4)

USS Egeria (ARL-8) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Egeria (a fountain nymph in Roman mythology, and the wife of Numa Pompilius), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Originally laid down as LST-136; launched by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works of Seneca, Illinois 23 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Delphine Z. Draut; and placed in reduced commission on 18 December 1943. She proceeded to Baltimore, Maryland, was decommissioned, converted to ARL-8, named Egeria on 3 November 1943 and recommissioned on 30 March 1944 with Lieutenant A. H. Wilson, USNR, in command.

USS Esteem (AM-438)

USS Elba (AKL-3)

USS Edorea (SP-549) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Edorea was built as the private motor yacht Monaloa by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts in 1909. She later was renamed Edorea. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Edorea under a free lease from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Edorea (SP-549) on 27 July 1917 with Lieutenant J. G. N. Whitaker, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Edorea operated on convoy escort and patrol duties in the Cape May, New Jersey, area for the rest of World War I. She also escorted U.S. Navy submarines to sea for target practice. Edorea was decommissioned on 10 December 1918 and returned to her owner.

Cibao (P103)

transferred to theMaritime Administrationon 7 July 1947 for disposal

USS Enterprise (CV(N)-6)

USS Enterprise was a Continental Navy sloop-of-war that served in Lake Champlain during the American Revolutionary War. She was the first of a long and prestigious line of United States Navy ships to bear the name Enterprise.

A naval engagement between USS Essex and HMS Alert took place on 13 August 1812, in which the light frigate, USS Essex, 32 (commanded by Capt. David Porter, USN) encountered and captured the British sloop Alert, 20 (Captain T.L.P. Laugharne). With "so trifling a skirmish" Porter later said, Alert became the first American capture of the war. In keeping with the chivalrous practice of the times, Porter then allowed Laugharne to sail his ship to Newfoundland so he could disembark his crew, after which he was honor-bound to surrender the Alert to American authorities in New York.

USS Elithro II (SP-15) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918. Elithro II was built in 1916 by at Stamford, Connecticut, as a private motorboat of the same name. She had two small funnels abreast amidships. The U.S. Navy leased Elithro II from her owner, John Kelly Robinson of Rye (town), New York, on 10 November 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Elithro II (SP-15) on 26 December 1917. Elithro II performed intermittent plane guard duty at the , Rockaway Beach, Long Island, New York, until returned to her owner on 18 December 1918.

Yung Kang (AM 54).

USS Enoree (AO-69)

USS Elden

USS Edith (1849)

USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) is a United States Navy submarine tender and the lead ship of her class. She was named for Admiral Emory S. Land. The ship provides food, electricity, water, consumables, spare parts, medical, dental, disbursing, mail, legal services, ordnance, and any parts or equipment repair that a submarine may require. To accomplish this, the ship has a physical plant similar to that of a small town, including 53 different specialized shops.

USS Egeria (ARL-8) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Egeria (a fountain nymph in Roman mythology, and the wife of Numa Pompilius), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

USS Elkhart (APA-80)

USS El Capitan (ID-1407)

USS Enhance

USS El Occidente

USS Etlah, a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, was still under construction at St. Louis, Missouri, at the close of the American Civil War. A Casco-class, light-draft monitor, she was intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets of the Confederacy. These warships sacrificed armor plate for a shallow draft and were fitted with a ballast compartment designed to lower them in the water during battle.

Land of Opportunity

USS Escatawpa

USS Edward H. Allen (DE-531) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Edward H. Allen (DE-531) was named in honor of Lieutenant Edward Henry Allen who was awarded a Navy Cross for his brave actions during the Battle of the Coral Sea. She was launched 7 October 1943 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. David H. Clark; and commissioned 16 December 1943, Lieutenant Commander M. M. Sanford in command.

USS Enoree (AO-69) was a Chiwawa-class oiler constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only U.S. Navy ship named for the Enoree River in South Carolina.

USS Effingham (APA-165)

USS Enterprise (1775)

USS El Dorado

USS Epperson (DDE719)

USS Estero (ACV-42),

USS Ericsson

USS Erie

USS Ellyson (DD-454)

USS Etlah

USS Ellington

USS Enterprise vs Tripoli

USS El Capitan

Probably mined in theYellow Seaon 17 October 1944

USS Edgecombe (APA-164) was a Haskell-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas.

USS Elmasada

USS Emerald (SP-177)

USS John A. Bole (DD-755), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander John Archibald Bole, Jr., who was the commanding officer of Amberjack which is thought to be lost on 16 February 1943. A Gearing-class destroyer John A. Bole was renamed Gurke on 15 June 1944 prior to being launched 15 February 1945. John A. Bole, was laid down on 20 May 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, New York and launched on 1 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. John A. Bole, Jr., widow of Lieutenant Commander Bole. The ship was commissioned on 3 March 1945, Commander E. B. Billingsley in command.

Sold byDefense Reutilization and Marketing Service(DRMS) for scrapping, 1 December 1976

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C

USS Eisenhower (CVN-69)

USS El Paso (AKA-117)

USS Elcano

USS Effingham

USS Eisenhower (CVAN-69)

USS Etamin (AK-93)

USS Ella (1862)

USS Esmeraldo County (LST-761)

USS Edward Luckenbach (SP-1662)

USS El Oriente (ID-4504)

USS Erebus (1869)

USS Emerald (PYc-1)

Elliot

USS Elliot (DSM-4)

USS Enterprise (CV 65)

USS Esteem (MSO-438)

USS Epsilon (1864) was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat and dispatch boat to support Union Navy patrol vessels on Confederate waterways.

USS Ellison

USS Erben (DD-631), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Henry Erben (1832–1909). Erben (DD-631) was launched 21 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. C. B. G. Gaillard, daughter of Rear Admiral Erben; and commissioned 28 May 1943, Commander J. H. Nevins, Jr., in command.

USS Elusive (AM-225) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She earned two battle stars in service in the Pacific during World War II. In May 1946, she was turned over to the Republic of China for service with the Chinese Maritime Customs Service as Yung Kang. She was removed from service in January 1962.

USS Enterprise (1799)

USS Elkhorn (AOG-7)

*Tamarack IV (1922—1927)

USS Empire State

USS El Paso

USS Elkhorn

USS Epsilon

USS Elrod (FFG-55)

USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52)

*USS Elizabeth

New Era

The second USS Emerald (SP-177) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918. Emerald was built as the civilian yacht Emrose in either 1906 or 1916 by Pusey and Jones at Wilmington, Delaware for A. W. Rose of New York City. She later became the property of Maxwell Wyeth of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was renamed Emerald. The U.S. Navy acquired Emerald from Wyeth on 23 July 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and placed her in service that day as USS Emerald (SP-177). Sources differ on whether she was commissioned or served in non-commissioned status. For the rest of World War I, Emerald served in the 4th Naval District on harbor entrance patrol duty in Delaware Bay. Emerald was taken out of service on 12 December 1918 and returned to Wyeth.

USS Epping Forest (LSD-4/MCS-7)

USS Escalante

USS Edithia (YP-214)

USS Estero (ACV-42)

Emerald

BRP Davao del Norte (PM-91)

USS Enoree

USS Eichenberger

USS Elfrida (1889)

USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838)

USS Elmore (APA-42)

USS Elithro II (SP-15) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918. Elithro II was built in 1916 by at Stamford, Connecticut, as a private motorboat of the same name. She had two small funnels abreast amidships. The U.S. Navy leased Elithro II from her owner, John Kelly Robinson of Rye (town), New York, on 10 November 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Elithro II (SP-15) on 26 December 1917.

USS Elliot (DD-146)

USS Enterprise (CVA-65)

USS Etlah (1864)

USS Endicott

USS Elkhart

USS Eridanus

USS Enterprise (BLDG 7115)

USS Erie (PG-50) was the lead ship of the Erie-class gunboats of the United States Navy. Erie was the second US Navy ship to bear the name. The first, Erie, was named after Lake Erie, while this Erie followed the US Navy naming practices of gunboats, like cruisers, being named after US cities. Erie protected US interests during the Spanish Civil War, operated as a training ship for the United States Naval Academy, and was a convoy escort ship during World War II. She operated in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Caribbean Sea until torpedoed and fatally damaged by U-163, off Curaçao, in 1942.

*USS Hellrod

USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class of littoral combat ships. She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence. The design was produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the Navy's LCS program, and competes with the Lockheed Martin designed Freedom variant. Independence, delivered to the Navy at the end of 2009, is a high speed, small crew corvette (although the U.S. Navy does not use the term) intended for operation in the littoral zone. She can swap out various systems to take on various missions, including finding and destroying mines, hunting submarines in and near shallow water, and fighting small boats (she is not intended to fight warships). The ship is a trimaran design with a wide beam above the waterline that supports a larger flight deck than those of the Navy's much larger destroyers and cruisers, as well as a large hangar and a similarly large mission bay below. The trimaran hull also exhibits low hydrodynamic drag, allowing efficient operation on two diesel powered water jets at speeds up to 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph), and high speed operation on two gas turbine powered water jets at a sustainable 44 knots (81 km/h; 51 mph) and even faster for short periods.

USS Endeavor

USS Elmore

USS Endion (SP-707)

USS Elizabeth (SP-1092)

USS Elliot (DMS-4)