In this Third Edition cover, the destroyer USS Edison DD-439 is shown passing under the Brooklyn Bridge in 1942

Fourth Edition

Table of Contents for Web Draft Pages

World War II - The War At Sea 1939-1945

List of 300 Ships, War and Merchant, found in the book pictured at left.

The Fourth Edition (2009) of Joining the War at Sea 1939-1945, ISBN 0966625153, features a new 44-page Index by Dutch scholar, Pieter Graf .

The list of links down the left column of this page take you to draft pages for the published book, and finally to original reader experiences stimulated by the book. Purchasers of the published book are invited to download any of these pages that seem especially relevant. Here on this page, one such reader has listed all the ships that he found in the published book. It occurs to us that potential readers of the book might find inclusion of a ship's name an incentive to purchase the book or to further examine pages on this website.

Mark Henshaw's list of the ships he encountered in "Joining the War at Sea 1939-1945," begins here: It will be followed by Pieter Graf's update with some spelling corrections which were introduced by the author in his original edition of the book.

Alphabetically down, and in the following order, across: Ship's Name, then (ship's number & registry if not obvious) and page number. Page numbers are accurate only for the 3rd and 4th Editions. Pieter Graf's 44-page Index to the 4th Edition changed some ship spellings and in a very few instances the identity of a ship. So, for best accuracy, the 4th Edition and its Index should be used.

HMS Abercrombie (F 109, monitor) 162, 220, 233

HMS Ajax (22, light cruiser) 311

Albatros (French destroyer leader) 123, 125, 128-130

Alcyon (French destroyer) 25, 129

HMCS Algoma (K 127; corvette) 27

USCGC Algonquin (WPG-75) 59

Amazone (French submarine) 127, 131

S.S. Amelia Earhart (American Liberty ship) 287

USS Ancon (AP-66/AGC-4) 132, 205, 209-211

USS Anne Arundel (AP-76) 148

Antiope (French submarine) 131

S.S. Aquitania (British troopship) 57

Argento (Italian submarine) 66, 67, 182, 183

HMS Argonaut (61, light cruiser) 304

USS Arkansas (BB-33) 8, 43, 301, 304

S.S. Arlyn (American freighter) 59

HMS Atherstone (L 05, destroyer escort) 349, 350

USS Augusta (CA-31) 21, 73, 88, 98, 99, 103, 104, 109, 118, 119, 124, 126, 127, 129, 130, 133, 139, 162, 301, 303, 310, 393

USS Auk (AM-57) 74, 118, 364

S.S. Awatea (New Zealand troopship) 43, 48, 49, 51, 52, 283

USS Barnett (AP-11/APA-5; ex-S.S. Santa Maria) 148, 178

USS Bayfield (APA-33) 304

USS Beatty (DD-640) 112, 343, 344

MV Benedick (British tanker) 332

USS Benson (DD-421) 177, 183, 245, 260, 283, 335, 398

USS Bernadou (DD-153) 27-29, 87, 92, 111-113

USS Birmingham (CL-62) 161, 167

USS Biscayne (AVP-11) 162, 254, 274

Bismarck (German battleship) 12

HMS Blankney (L 30, destroyer escort) 240

HMS Blencathra (L 24, destroyer escort) 61

USS Boise (CL-47) 111, 161, 176, 177, 183, 187, 201-203, 213, 230, 237

S.S. Booker T. Washington (American troopship) 331

Le Boulonnais (French destroyer) 123, 125, 128

USS Boyle (DD-600) 89, 117, 119, 133, 304

Le Brestois (French destroyer) 123, 125, 129

USS Bristol (DD-453) 20, 44, 51, 53, 55, 56, 89, 95, 117, 119, 127, 132, 135, 143, 162, 167, 168, 209, 225, 228, 230, 239, 240, 242, 335, 344

HMS Broadwater (H 81; ex-USS Mason DD-191) 23

USS Brooklyn (CL-40) 79, 88, 92, 98, 118, 119, 126-130, 135, 161, 167, 168, 219, 228, 229, 243, 250, 251, 253, 258, 262, 267, 301, 304-306, 311

USS Buck (DD-420) 37, 44, 45, 48-53, 55, 56, 66, 67, 162, 166-168, 182, 183, 238-240, 283, 357, 393, 398

USS Champlin (DD-601) 304

USS Charles Carroll (AP-58; ex-S.S. Del Uruguay) 104, 105

USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) 20, 255, 393

USAT Chatham 59

USS Chauncey (I), (DD-3) 57

USS Chemung (AO-30; ex-Esso Annapolis) 43, 45, 46, 49, 51, 53-56, 88

USS Chenango (CVE-28, ex-Esso New Orleans) 88, 135

USS Cherokee (AT-66) 137

USS Chicopee (AO-34, ex-Esso Trenton II) 242, 263

USS Choctaw (ATF-70) 352

S.S. Clan Campbell (British cargo vessel) 349, 350

HMS Cleveland (L 46, destroyer escort) 330

USS Cleveland (CL-55) 88, 118, 121, 133

USS Cole (DD-155) 87, 92, 111, 112, 113

HMS Colombo (D 89, light AA cruiser) 252, 342, 346

HMCS Columbia, (I 49; ex-USS Haraden DD-183) 23

USCGC Comanche (WPG-76) 60, 61

USS Concord (CL-10) 305

Le Conquérant, (French submarine) 131

S.S. Contessa (chartered Honduran banana boat) 102

USS Corry (DD-463) 13, 117, 121, 298

HMS Coventry (D 43, light AA cruiser) 346 (scuttled September 14, 1942)

USS Cowie (DD-632) 113, 176

USS Dallas (DD-199) 87, 92, 113-115

USS Dawson (APA-79) 16, 375

USS Decatur (DD-341) 10, 23, 24

USS DeHaven (DD-469) 175, 176

HMS Delhi (D 47, light AA cruiser) 252, 351

USS Denebola (AD-12, destroyer tender) 20, 292-294, 296, 323

HMS Dido (37, light cruiser) 310

USS Doran (DD-634) 112

USAT Dorchester (passenger/cargo vessel) 60-62

USS Doyen (AP-2/APA-1) 157, 410

USCGC Duane (WPG-33) 352

S.S. Duchess of Bedford (Canadian troopship) 43

Duguay-Trouin (French light cruiser) 304

HMS Duke of York (17, battleship) 25, 26

HMS Eagle (94, aircraft carrier) 244

USS Eberle (DD-430) 22, 23, 114, 375

USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52) 134, 136, 137

USS Electra (AKA-21, re-designated AKA-4 in 1943) 16, 101, 137

USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) 132, 148

USS Ellyson (DD-454) 117, 121, 134, 239

Emile Bertin (French light minelaying cruiser) 304, 305

USS Emmons (DD-457) 112, 139

S.S. Empress of Scotland (Canadian troopship) 58

USS Enterprise (CV-6) 88

USS Ericsson (DD-440) 22, 114, 377, 397, 398, 400

USCGC Escanaba (WPG-77) 60, 61

VLCC Exxon Valdez, 16, 53

USS Fairfax (DD-93) 10

USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) 372

USS Fitch (DD-462) 117

USS Forrest (DD-461) 117

USS Forster (DE-334) 351, 352

Le Fougueux (French destroyer) 123, 125, 127

USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) 237, 254, 272, 298, 342, 346

Le Frondeur (French destroyer) 123, 125, 129

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) 372, 373

Geniere (Italian destroyer) 171

USS Gleaves (DD-423) 23, 237-239, 245, 254, 258, 262

USS Glennon (DD-620) 298

Gneisenau (German battleship) 12

Graf Spee (German pocket battleship) 12

La Grandière (aviso colonial = sloop) 130

USS Greer (DD-145) 23, 24

HMS Hambledon (L 37, destroyer escort) 61

USS Hambleton (DD-455) 99, 135-137, 139, 239, 358

USS Harjurand (ARS-31) 59

USS Harold J. Ellison, (DD-864) 286

USS Harry Lee (AP-17/APA-10, ex-S.S. Exochorda) 148

HNMS Heemskerck (Dutch light AA cruiser) 352, 353

USS Heermann (DD-532) 373, 374

USS Helena (CL-50) 111

S.S. Henry R. Mallory (American troop/cargo ship) 61, 62

USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137) 237, 254, 272, 273, 298, 342, 346

USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427) 255

USS Hobson (DD-464) 117, 121

USS Hoel (DD-553) 373

USS Hogan (DMS-6) 118

HMS Holcombe (L 65, destroyer escort) 350

USS Holder (DE-401) 351, 352

HMS Hood (51, battlecruiser) 12

USS Hornet (CV-8) 88

USS Housatonic (AO-35) 88

HMS Howe (32, battleship) 202

USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43) 134, 136, 137

USS Hughes (DD-410) 23

USS Ingraham (DD-444) 44, 48-51, 54, 56, 224, 283, 284

USS Iowa (BB-61) 244, 289, 401

USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) 57, 175

USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) 175

Jean Bart (French battleship) 100, 101, 117, 122-125, 133

USS Jeffers (DD-621) 176, 177

USS Jenkins (DD-447) 118, 122

S.S. John S. Copley (American freighter) 244-246

USS Johnston (DD-557) 373

USS Joseph E. Campbell (DE-70) 240

USS Joseph Hewes (AP-50) 99, 134, 135, 137

USS Joseph T. Dickman (AP-26) 104, 105, 119

USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) 372

USS Kearny (DD-432) 23-25 114, 358

USS Kendrick (DD-612) 228, 304

USS Kennebec (AO-36) 88

USS Kidd (DD-661) 286

HMS King George V (41, battleship) 202

USS Knight (DD-633) 112, 113

ORP Krakowiak (L 115, Polish destroyer escort) 330

HMS Laforey (G 99, destroyer) 61

USS Lakehurst (APV-3, ex-Seatrain New Jersey) 112, 113

USS Lansdale (DD-426) 23, 255, 296, 335, 351-354

USS Laramie (AO-16) 59, 60

USS Laub (DD-613) 176, 343

USS LCI-32 169

USS LCI-33 169

HMS LCT-170 238

USS Lea (DD-118) 27, 29

USS Leonard Wood (AP-25) 104, 105-109

S.S. Letitia, (British troopship) 43-45, 48

USS Lexington (CV-2) ` 75, 88

USS Livermore (DD-429) 23, 24, 32, 398

Lobélia (J 1068; Free French corvette) 23

Lorraine (French battleship) 301

USS Lowe (DE-325; Coast Guard-manned) 353

USS Ludlow (DD-438) 20, 44, 104, 117-119, 126, 162, 187, 229, 230, 242, 254, 258, 262-265, 276, 277, 304, 325, 326, 335, 363, 378

USS Mackenzie (DD-614) 304

USS Macomb (DD-458) 239

USS Maddox (DD-622) 173, 174, 228, 333

USS Madison (DD-425) 23, 255

USS Manley (DD-74) 57, 58

USS Marblehead (CL-12) 54, 304

S.S. Mariposa (American troopship) 58

MV Marnix van Sint Aldegonde (Dutch troopship) 343, 344

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) 38, 88, 92, 122-125, 127-130

USS Mayo (DD-422) 183, 245, 246, 254, 258, 260-262, 266, 335, 358, 367, 398

USS Mayrant (DD-402) 118, 122, 171, 181, 228, 357

USS McLanahan (DD-615) 177, 304

Méduse (French submarine) 131

USS Menemsha (AG-39; Coast Guard-manned) 45, 48

USS Menges (DE-320, Coast Guard-manned) 354

USS Meredith (DD-726) 298

USS Meredith (DD-890) 286

USS Merrimack (AO-37) 88

USS Mervine (DD-489) 112

USS Miantonomah (CM-10, ex-S.S. Quaker) 120, 135

Milan, (French destroyer leader) 123, 125, 126, 128-130

HMS Mindful (W 135; rescue tug, ex-USS ATR-48) 349, 350, 352

USS Missouri (BB-63) 375-377, 386

USCGC Mohawk (WPG-78) 59-60

USCGC Mojave (WPG-47) 59

USS Monitor 397

S.S. Monterey (American troopship) 343

USS Mount Baker (AE-4, ex-USS Kilauea) 185

USS Murphy (DD-603) 104, 117-119, 135, 177

Musashi (Japanese super battleship) 370

Nagato (Japanese battleship) 370

USS Nevada (BB-36) 301

USS New York (BB-34) 7, 8, 42-45, 72, 88, 111-113, 132, 133, 162

USS Newell (DE-322, Coast Guard-manned) 354

USS Niblack (DD-424) 177, 245, 246, 251, 253, 254, 258

USS Nicholson (DD-442) 27, 29, 44, 162, 163, 182, 184, 209

USS Nields (DD-616) 239, 304

S.S. Nigaristan (British freighter) 22, 23

USS North Carolina (BB-55) 20

USS Ordronaux (DD-617) 304, 312, 318

HMS Orion (85, light cruiser) 267

S.S. Ormonde (British troopship) 44

Orphée (French submarine) 131

USS Osprey (AM-56) 74, 364

HMS Palomares (aircraft detection/direction ship) 209

USS Parker (DD-604) 304

S.S. Pasteur (French troopship) 58

S.S. Paul Hamilton (American troopship) 354

USS PC-550 169

HMS Penelope (97, light cruiser) 237, 258, 267, 274-276

USS Philadelphia (CL-41) 42, 43, 45, 48, 88, 111-113, 131, 161, 183, 187, 192, 201, 209, 213-215, 219, 220, 230, 231, 233, 236, 237, 242, 274, 301, 303-305, 311, 327, 328

USS Pioneer (AM-105) 254, 273, 298, 344, 346, 347, 349, 350, 364

USS Plunkett (DD-431) 23, 24, 177, 187, 229, 238, 245, 254, 258, 264, 266

USS Polaris (AF-11, reefer) 44

USS Portent (AM-106) 346

USS Pride (DE-323) 240

Primauguet (French light cruiser) 126-130

HMS Prince of Wales (53, battleship) 21, 393

HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte (LSI(S) 232

Prinz Eugen (German heavy cruiser) 12

HMS Prosperous (W 96, rescue tug) 261

USS PT-109 71

S.S. Queen Elizabeth (British troop transport) 17, 58

S.S. Queen Mary (British troop transport) 17, 58

USS Quick (DD-490) 112, 137

USS Quincy (CA-71) 301, 311

HMS Ramillies (07, battleship) 301, 310

USS Ranger (CV-4) 88, 117, 121, 129, 132-135

S.S Rathlin (British convoy rescue ship) 28

USS Raven (AM-55) 74, 137, 364

S.S. Reina del Pacifico (British troopship) 44

USS Rhind (DD-404) 118, 122, 129, 357

S.S. Robert Rowan (ammunition ship) 177, 191

HMS Roberts (F 40, monitor) 233

USS Rodman (DD-456) 112, 239

USS Roe (DD-418) 113-115, 162, 163, 167, 168, 228, 357

S.S. Rohna (British troopship) 345-350, 365

USS Rowan (DD-405) 89, 117, 133, 191, 224-225, 228, 357

S.S. Royal Star (British reefer) 354

MV Ruys (Dutch troopship) 343

HMS Safari (P 211, submarine) 167

HMHS Saint Andrew (hospital ship) 263

HMHS Saint David (hospital ship) 263

USS Salt Lake City, (CA-25) 110

S.S. Samite (British Liberty ship) 354

USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) 373

USS Samuel Chase (AP-56/APA-26) 148, 204

S.S. Samuel Huntington (American Liberty ship) 270

USS San Francisco (CA-35) 110

USS Sangamon (ACV-26/CVE-26) 88, 115

S.S. Santa Elena (American troopship) 343, 344

USS Santee (CVE-29, ex-tanker Seakay) 88, 111-113

USS Saratoga (CV-3) 88

USS Sarsfield (DD-837) 333

USS Savannah (CL-42) 88, 115, 161, 165, 183, 187, 188, 209, 213, 215, 219, 220, 230, 235, 236, 243, 267, 301, 305, 345, 358, 366

USS SC-530 169

Scharnhorst (German battleship) 12

USS Seattle (IX 39; receiving ship) 381

Le Sénégalais (French destroyer escort) 240

USS Sentinel (AM-113) 169

USS Shad (SS-235) 89

USS Shaw (DD-68) 57, 58

USS Shubrick (DD-639) 176, 181, 228

USAT Siboney 42, 44

Sidi-Ferruch (French submarine) 131

Simoun (French destroyer) 130

USS Simpson (DD-221) 10, 23

HMS Spartan (95, light cruiser) 267, 270, 277

USS Speed (AM-116) 353

USS Spencer (WPG-36) 30

USS Stansbury (DMS-8) 137

USS Stanton (DE-247) 351

S.S. Stephen F. Austin 354

USS St. Lo (CVE-63) 372

S.S. Stratford (possibly a U.S. Army Transport) 43

USS Susan B. Anthony (AP-72) 114, 148

USS Sustain (AM-119) 353

USS Suwannee (CVE-27, ex-tanker Markay) 88, 117, 121, 122, 134, 135

USS Swanson (DD-443) 44, 48, 104, 108, 117-119, 126, 127, 137, 162, 163, 166-168, 228

Sybille (French submarine) 131

USCGC Tampa (WPG-48) 60

USCGC Taney (WPG-37, ex-CGC-68) 352

USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42) 134, 136, 137

Tempête (French destroyer) 130

USS Texas (BB-35) 8, 43, 88, 162, 285, 301

USS Thomas Jefferson (AP-60) 104, 105, 107-109

USS Thurston (AP-77) 132

USS Tillman (DD-641) 89, 117, 133, 343

Tirpitz (German battleship) 12

Le Tonnant (French submarine) 131

S.S. Toward (British convoy rescue ship) 27-29, 284

HMCS Trail (K 174, corvette) 59

USS Trippe (DD-403) 16, 224, 227, 241, 244, 246, 247, 251, 254, 258, 262, 381

HMS Tumult (R 11, destroyer) 61

USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) 88, 122-125, 127, 129, 162, 301, 303, 304, 309, 314, 323

U-73 16, 244, 247, 249-251, 361

U-130 136, 137

U-173 135, 137, 138

U-223 61

U-371 239, 240

U-402 62

U-616 238, 239

MV Vigrid (Norwegian general cargo ship) 393

USS Vulcan (AR-5, repair ship/destroyer tender) 15, 24, 148, 184-185, 327, 360

USS Wainwright (DD-419) 118, 122, 243, 254, 381

USS Warrington (DD-383) 358

USS Washington (BB-56) 20

USS Wasp (CV-7) 19, 88

USS West Point (AP-23) 41

USS White Plains (CVE-66) 372

USS Wichita, (CA-45) 88, 122-125, 129, 162

USS Wilkes (DD-441) 44, 104, 107, 117-119, 126, 127, 130, 162

USS William D. Porter (DD-579) 401

S.S. Windsor Castle (British troopship) 44

MV Winchester Castle (British troopship) 44

USS Winooski (AO-38) 88, 99, 135-137

USS Wisconsin (BB-64) 286

USS Woolsey (DD-437) 16, 20, 44, 89, 117, 137, 138, 162, 163, 229, 244, 246, 247, 249-251, 254, 258, 304, 326, 335, 363, 377, 400

X No, no ship with a name like Xerxes is found in the book

S.S. Yankee Arrow 327-331

USS YMS-30 262

USS Yorktown (CV-5) 88

USS Zellars (DD-777) 265

Below, find Pieter Graf's Ship's Index, which was created from the Fourth Edition, updated by Pieter when he created the Index for the entire 4th Edition of "Joining the War at Sea 1939-1945," which added 44-pages to the book, and in which scholar Graf corrected or updated the names and spellings of ships and places related to the Mediterranean war as I saw it 1942-44. Readers can use either Index. The ship's names used by Mark in the Index above used my names and spellings from the Third Edition so Pieter's Ship's Index is really an update and edit.