CIVILIAN SHIPS
Names beginning with the letter A
This page lists all A -named Civilian Ships whose pictures are available through the Online Library.
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A -named ships are listed below in alphabetical order.
- A. Brook Taylor (Fishing Trawler, 1913)
- A.G. Prentiss (Harbor Tug, 1912)
- Abalone (Motor Boat, 1913)
- Abangarez (Passenger and Cargo Ship, 1909)
- Aberdeen (Wooden Freighter, 1918)
- Absaroka (Freighter, 1917)
- Absegami (Motor Boat, 1916)
- Achelous (Motor Boat, 1911). Later renamed Psyche V
- Acoma (Motor Boat, 1917)
- Actus (Steam Yacht,
1907). Previously named Halawa
- Adams, Walter (Fishing Vessel, 1890). Properly called Walter Adams
- Addie & Carrie (Salvage Barge, 1884)
- Adelante (Tug, ex-Yacht, 1883). Previously named Utowana and Oneida
- Adelanto (Bulk Carrier, ex-Freighter, 1918). Previously named Lake Geneva and John J. O'Hagan
- Adger, James (Steamship, 1852-1878). Properly called James Adger
- Adirondack (River
Passenger Steamship, 1896)
- Admiral (Steam Yacht, 1892)
- Admiral (Motor Boat, 1913)
- Admiral DuPont (Steamship, 1847-1865). Previously named Anglia
- Adroit (Steam Yacht, 1907). Originally named Winchester
- Advance (Harbor Tug, 1912)
- Agwa (Steam Yacht, 1907). Also named Cythera
- Agwidale (Freighter, 1918)
- Ahdeek (Motor Boat, 1916)
- Aid (Blockade Running Schooner, captured 1861)
- Aiglon, L' (French Barge, active in 1919)
- Akbar (Motor Boat, 1915)
- Akela (Steam Yacht, 1899)
- Alabama (Steamship, 1850)
- Alabama (Tanker, 1901). Originally named Northtown
- Alabama (Motor Boat, 1906)
- Alacrity (Motor
Yacht, 1910)
- Alamar (Freighter, 1916). Originally named Eurana
- Alameda (Derrick Barge, active circa 1918)
- Alameda (Motor Boat, 1917)
- Alanthus (Freighter, 1918)
- Alaska (Fishing Trawler, 1881)
- Alaskan (Freighter, 1902)
- Albacore (Motor Boat, 1900)
- Albatross (Motor Boat, 1912)
- Alcalda (Motor Yacht, 1910)
- Alcedo (Steam Yacht, 1895)
- Alert (Motor Boat, 1913)
- Aleshire, General (Harbor Tug, in service circa the 1930s). Properly called General Aleshire
- Alex Brown (Harbor Tug, 1912). Possibly also known as Alexander Brown
- Alexander, Oakey L. (Collier, 1915). Properly called Oakey L. Alexander
- Alexander Agassiz (Auxiliary Schooner, in service 1918)
- Alexander H. Erickson (Harbor Tug, 1917)
- Alfredine IV (Motor Boat, 1909). Also named Edithia
- Alice (Motor Boat, 1913)
- Alice, Princess (German and American Passenger Liner, 1900). Properly called Princess Alice
- Allegany (Steamship, 1863-1865)
- Allegheny (Coastal Passenger Ship, 1923). Renamed American Seafarer, circa 1942
- Alliance (Steamer, 1853-1869). Originally named Caledonia
- Alloway (Freighter, 1918)
- Almax II (Motor Boat, 1912)
- Aloha (Steam Yacht, 1910)
- Alpaco (Freighter, 1918)
- Alpha (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Alsen (Barge, 1902)
- Althea (Motor Boat, 1907)
- Alvarado
(Bark, destroyed in August 1861)
- Amagansett (Steam Fishing Vessel, 1879)
- Amanda Moore (Tug, 1900)
- Amberstone (Freighter, 1917). Previously named War Banner and Lake Worth. Later renamed Ørland
- Amelia (Steam Yacht, 1899). Also named Cem and Yacona
- American Banker (Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1920). Later renamed Ville d'Anvers, City of Athens, Protea and Arosa Kulm
- American Farmer (Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1920). Later renamed Ville de Liege
- American Navigator (Training Ship, 1942). Originally S.S. City of Chattanooga (1923)
- American Seafarer (Training Ship, 1942). Originally S.S. Alleghany (1923)
- Amerika (German Passenger Liner, 1905). Later renamed America
- Amphitrite (Motor Tug, 1918)
- Anado (Motor Boat, 1917)
- Ancon (Freighter, 1902)
- Ancon (Passenger Liner, 1939). Renamed State of Maine in 1962
- Andalusia (Steamship, 1864-1867). Originally named Commodore
- Andree Rickmers (German Freighter, 1902). Later renamed Locksun, Commercial Scout and Lok Sun
- Andrew Johnson (Steamship, 1852-1866). Previously named State of Georgia
- Anemone IV (Motor Ketch, 1899)
- Anglia (Steamship, 1847-1865). Blockade Runner in 1862. Later renamed Admiral DuPont
- Anita Clay (Motor Launch, in service 1939)
- Aniwa (Freighter, 1918)
- Anna (Seagoing Barge, 1874). Later renamed Carrie M. Clark and Carrie Clark
- Anna II (Motor Boat), in service 1911
- Anna B. Smith (Schooner, 1892)
- Anna Belle (Motor Boat, 1898)
- Anna O'Boyle (Barge, 1903)
- Annie B. Embry (Barge, 1905)
- Annie L. Vansciver (Ferry Steamship, 1897). Later renamed Samoset
- Antilles (Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1907)
- Anton Dohrn (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Apache (Motor Boat, 1917)
- Aphrodite (Steam Yacht, 1899)
- Arabia (Fishing Schooner, 1903)
- Arabian (Harbor Tug, 1896)
- Aragon (Steamship, in service prior to World War I)
- Arauca (German Freighter, 1939)
- Aramis (Motor Yacht, 1916)
- Arawan II (Motor Boat, 1912)
- Arcadia (Motor Boat, 1915)
- Arcady (Steam Yacht, 1898)
- Archer (Freighter, 1919). Later renamed City of Newport News
- Arctic (Freighter, 1904). Previously named Saint Jan and Odenwald
- Arctic (Tug, 1913)
- Arcturus (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Argea Prima (Italian Tanker), in service 1955
- Argus (Small
Motor Boat), at Boston, Mass., circa 1917
- Aries (Screw Steamship, 1862)
- Aritzia, Rafael (Freighter, 1917). Properly called Rafael Aritzia
- Arizona (British Passenger Steamer, 1879)
- Arizonan (Freighter, 1902)
- Armstrong (Blockade Running Steamer, 1864)
- Arosa Kulm (Passenger Ship, 1920). Previously named American Banker, Ville d'Anvers, City of Athens and Protea
- Artemis (Steam Yacht, 1912). Originally named Cristina
- Arthur (Barge, 1906)
- Arthur (Barge, in service at New York City, 1918)
- Arthur, President (German and American Passenger Liner, 1900). Properly called President Arthur
- Arval (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Arvilla (Motor Boat, World War I era)
- Arvonian (British Freighter, 1905). Later renamed Brookvale, Spidola and Rudau
- Ata (Italian Freighter, 1917). Originally named Felix Taussig
- Atglen (Barge, 1900)
- Athens, City of (Passenger Ship, 1920). Properly called City of Athens
- Athlit
(Freighter, 1918). Previously named War Rock, Invincible, Empire Porpoise, Chrysanthemum and Chryss
- Atlantic (Coastal Steamer, 1894)
- Atlantic (Tug, 1904)
- Atlantic II (Schooner Yacht, 1903)
- Atlantide (Dutch Freighter, 1898). Originally named Malang
- Atlantis (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Atlida (Barge, 1904)
- Atwood, Edward S. (American Harbor Tug, in service 1918). Properly called Edward S. Atwood
- Auburn (Freighter, 1918)
- Audwin (Motor Boat, 1911)
- Augusta (Steamship, 1852-1877). Later USS Augusta and S.S. Magnolia
- Augusta (Motor Yacht, 1912)
- Aurora (Freighter, 1918). Previously named War Compass. Later renamed Carabinier, Yzerhandel, Belgica, Haarfagre, Helmi L., and Karl-Erik
- Aurore II (Motor Boat, 1916)
- Avalon (Coastal Passenger Steamship, 1891-1964). Originally named Virginia (1891-1918). Served as USS Blue Ridge (ID # 2342) in 1918-1919
- Avis (Motor Boat, 1908)
- Aztec (Steam Yacht, 1902)
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