CIVILIAN SHIPS
Names beginning with the letter S

This page lists all S -named Civilian Ships whose pictures are available through the Online Library.

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S -named ships are listed below in alphabetical order.

• S.J. Waring (Schooner, in service 1861)
• S.N.A. 4 (Freighter, 1917). Later renamed Lake Tahoe
  
  
• Sabalo (Motor Yacht, 1916)
• Sac City (Freighter, 1919). Later renamed Black Falcon and Mary Luckenbach
• Sachem (Steam Yacht, 1902). Originally named Celt
  
• Sadie Ross (Harbor Tug, 1904)
• Saetia (Freighter, 1918)
• Sagadahoc (Freighter, 1918)
• Sagaland (Freighter, 1917). Later renamed Mount Shasta
  
  
• Saint Jan (Dutch Freighter, 1904). Later renamed Odenwald and Arctic
• Saint John (Passenger Liner, 1932)
• Saint Johns (Coastal Passenger and Freight Steamship, 1878)
• Saint Louis (Passenger Liner, 1895)
• Saint Sebastian (Motor Boat, in service 1917)
• Salt (Freighter, 1918). Previously named War Swift, Lake Weston, Panaghis Vergottis, Strand and Rundo. Later renamed Solbritt and Fidelia
• Salvor (Salvage Barge, 1899)
  
  
• Samarinda (Dutch Freighter, 1912)
• Samoset (Ferry Steamship, 1897). Previously named Annie L. Vansciver
  
  
• San Francisco (Steamship, 1853-1879). Originally named Keystone State
• San Francisco (Freighter, 1914)
• San Jacinto (Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1903)
• San Joaquin (Schooner Barge, 1876)
• San Juan (Small Steamship, 1904)
• San Patricio (Freighter, 1917). Previously named War Fox, Lake Forest, Venetier, Tabakhandel, Este, Chollin and Rafael Aritzia. Later renamed Mary V. and Kadio S.
• San Pedro (Freighter, 1918). Originally named Point Bonita. Later renamed Oliver Olson
• San Toy II (Motor Boat, 1907)
  
  
• Sana Maru (Japanese Freighter, 1913). Previously named Frieda, Peh Shan and Norse Carrier
• Sans Souci II (Motor Boat, 1907)
  
  
• Santa Ana (Passenger Ship, 1918). Later renamed Guatamala, Santa Cecilia and Irwin
• Santa Ana (Passenger Ship, 1918). Previously named Santa Luisa and El Salvador. Later renamed Mount McKinley
• Santa Barbara (Freighter, 1916)
• Santa Catalina (Freighter, 1913)
• Santa Cecilia (Passenger Ship, 1918). Previously named Santa Ana and Guatamala. Later renamed Irwin
• Santa Clara (Freighter, 1913)
  
  
• Santa Elena (German Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1907)
• Santa Elisa (Passenger Ship, 1919). Later renamed Baranof
• Santa Luisa (Passenger Ship, 1918). Later renamed El Salvador, Santa Ana and Mount McKinley
• Santa Malta (Freighter, 1919-1958). Later renamed Hawaiian and Fortune
• Santa Olivia (Freighter, 1918-1955). Later renamed Kansan and Jackstar
• Santa Paula (Freighter, 1917)
• Santa Rita (Freighter, in service during World War I)
• Santa Rosalia (Freighter, 1911)
  
  
• Santee (Steamship, 1865-ca.1886). Originally civilian steamship Daylight (built 1859-60)
• Santiago de Cuba (Steamship, 1861)
• Sapphire (Steam Yacht, 1900)
• Sappho (Ferry Steamer, 1886)
  
  
• Saratoga (American Passenger Steamer, 1907)
• Sargent, C.F. (Schooner Barge, 1874). Properly called C.F. Sargent
• Satellite (Tug, 1854)
• Satellite (Steam Boat, 1887)
• Satilla (Steam Yacht, 1902)
• Satsuma (Freighter, 1901)
• Savage, Mount (Screw Steamship, 1853-1868). Properly called Mount Savage. Later renamed Memphis and General Custer
• Savarona I (Auxiliary Schooner, 1903). Later renamed Margaret
• Sayona II (Motor Boat, 1907). Previously named Tip Top
  
  
• Scanlon, M.J. (Freighter, 1918). Properly called M.J. Scanlon
• Scoter (Motor Boat, 1916)
• Scout (Steam Boat, 1900)
• Scully, Jack (Harbor Tug, 1891). Properly called Jack Scully. Previously named H.M.C. Smith
• Scully, Jack T. (Harbor Tug, 1899). Properly called Jack T. Scully. Later renamed Mariner
  
  
• Sea Fox (Harbor Tug). In use at San Francisco, California, 1918
• Sea Gull (Motor Boat, 1902). Originally named Heather
• Sea Gull (Motor Boat, 1910). Originally named Tonis
• Sea Rover (Tug, 1902)
• Sea Sturgeon (C3 type Troop Transport, 1944)
• Sea Tag (Motor Boat, 1917). Name also spelled Seatag
  
  
• Segundo (Freighter, 1900). Originally named Pleiades. Later renamed Cabo Santa Maria and Mina Piqurea
• Seifuku Maru # 20 (Japanese Freighter, 1918). Later renamed Easterner
• Seminole (Steam Yacht, 1902). Later named Kajeruna
• Semiramis (Steam Yacht, 1889). Later renamed Margarita and Narada
  
  
• Senator (Freighter, 1893). Also named Gobernador Bories and Sherman
• Seneca (Schooner Barge, 1884)
• Seneca (Steam Yacht, 1888)
• Seneca (Freighter, 1900). Formerly the German freighter Tübingen and Wartburg
  
  
• Sesostris (Egyptian/German Freighter, 1918). Previously named War Palm, Lake Arthur, Virginia Limited and Valentine
• Setos (Cargo Ship, 1905). Later renamed Itasca and Honolulu
• Seubert, E.G. (Tanker, 1918). Properly called E.G. Seubert
• Severn (Ferry Steamer, 1884)
• Severance (Freighter, 1909). Previously named Gladstone and Marina Quezada. Later renamed Yankee Sword
• Sewalls Point (Collier, in service 1919)
  
  
• Shad (Motor Boat, 1907)
• Shadow (Motor Boat, 1907). Later renamed Venture
• Shadow III (Motor Boat, 1916)
• Shannon Foss (Harbor Tug). In use at Seattle, Washington, 1958
• Sharistan (Freighter, 1912). Later renamed Zuiderdijk
• Shark (Motor Boat, 1909). Originally named Ildico IV
  
  
• Shawmut (Freighter, 1918). Renamed Neponset before completion
• Shoshone (Freighter, 1911). Formerly German Passenger-Cargo Steamer Wasgenwald
• Sherman (Freighter, 1893). Previously named Senator and Gobernador Bories
• Shrewsbury (Motor Boat, 1910). Previously named Mona and Topsy
• Shur (Motor Boat, 1906). Originally named Tyche
• Shuttle (Steam Yacht, 1906)
  
  
• Sialia (Steam Yacht, 1914)
• Sicilier (Freighter, 1917). Previously named Lakeside. Later renamed Koffiehandel, Cap Fedhala and Virginia
• Sierra Cordoba (Peruvian Freighter, 1913-1914). Later named Callao
• Silver Shell (Tanker, 1915)
• Sioux (Freighter, 1916)
  
  
• Sirius (German Harbor Tug, active at Bremerhaven, circa 1950s-1960s)
• Sister (Harbor Steamer, 1882)
• Siwash (Motor Boat, 1916)
• Sixaola (Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1911)
  
  
• Skink (Motor Boat, 1917)
• Skinner, Jeannette (Freighter, 1917). Properly called Jeannette Skinner
• Skogvik (Freighter, 1918). Previously named Lake Helen and York. Later renamed Kama
  
  
• Smallwood, T.L (or Smallwood, J.L.) (Steamship, 1865-1867). Properly called T.L. Smallwood, or J.L. Smallwood. Originally the blockade runner Banshee (1862). Later renamed Irene
• Smith, Anna B. (Schooner, 1892). Properly called Anna B. Smith
• Smith, H.M.C. (Harbor Tug, 1891). Properly called H.M.C. Smith. Later renamed Jack Scully
• Snark (Motor Boat, 1917)
  
  
• Socony No. 86 (Barge, in service at New York, 1918)
• Soestdijk (Dutch Freighter, 1901)
• Sol Navis (Freighter, 1919). Later renamed Harry Luckenbach
• Solbritt (Freighter, 1918). Previously named War Swift, Lake Weston, Panaghis Vergottis, Strand, Rundo and Salt. Later renamed Fidelia
• Solgar (Steam Yacht, 1891). Later renamed Zara
• Solicitor (Tug, in service in 1919)
• Somerset (Steamship, 1864-1887)
• Somerset (Motor Boat, 1917)
• Sophia (Steam Yacht, 1882). Later renamed Empress, Onondaga, Turbese and Reposo II
• Sophia Thornton (Whaling Ship or Bark, destroyed 22 June 1865 by CSS Shendandoah)
  
  
• South America (Steamship, 1861-1879). Originally named Mississippi
• South Carolina (Steamship, 1860-1902). Renamed Juniata in 1866
• South Carolina (Steamship, 1869-1891)
• South Haven, City of (Great Lakes Passenger Steamship, 1903). Properly called City of South Haven
  
  
• Southern Cross (Passenger Liner, 1921).
• Southern Raven (British Freighter, 1918). Previously named Oskawa and Empire Raven
• Southerner (Freighter, 1906). Previously named Harley. Later renamed Carolinian
• Southport (Coastal Passenger Steamship, 1911)
• Sovereign (Steam Yacht, 1911)
  
  
• Spartan (Tug, 1912)
• Spidola (Latvian, Soviet and Costa Rican Freighter, 1905). Previously named Arvonian and Brookvale. Later renamed Rudau
• Sports (Freighter, 1909). Previously named Jean, Margarita Calafati and Gladstone. Later renamed Magdalena
• Sprague, Phineas (Steamship, 1857-1876). Properly called Phineas Sprague. Later renamed Flag
• Spray (Steam Trawler, 1905)
• Springfield (River Passenger Steamship, 1901)
  
  
• Standard Arrow (Oil Tanker, 1916-1947)
• Standish, Rose (Coastal Passenger Steamship, 1912). Properly called Rose Standish
• Star # 1 (Whaler, 1912)
• Starside (Freighter, 1911). Previously named Montoso and Chee Hsing
• Stars & Stripes (Steamship, 1861). Later renamed Metropolis
• State of Georgia (Steamship, 1852-1866). Later renamed Andrew Johnson
• State of Maine (Training Ship, 1962). Formerly the passenger liner Ancon (1939)
  
  
• Steed, W.L. (Tanker, 1918). Properly called W.L. Steed
• Stephanitor (Motor Tanker & Ore Carrier, 1938-ca.1965). Named Pennsylvania Sun until 1955
• Stephen R. Jones (Collier, 1915)
• Sterling, Lady (Blockade Running Steamship, 1864). Properly called Lady Sterling. Name sometimes spelled Lady Stirling
• Stettin (Blockade Running Steamship, 1861)
• Stian (Refrigerated Cargo Ship, 1918). Later renamed Muscatine, Floridian and Elizabeth
• Stifinder (Norwegian Bark, 1894). Previously named Pass of Killiecrankie, Dyveke and Torrey
• Strand (Freighter, 1918). Previously named War Swift, Lake Weston and Panaghis Vergottis. Later renamed Rundo, Salt, Solbritt and Fidelia
• Sturdy (Motor Boat, 1905)
  
  
• Suevia (German Freighter, 1896). Originally named Ceres. Later renamed Wachusett
• Sultana (Steam Yacht, 1889)
• Susan Abigail (Merchant Brig, destroyed 22 June 1865 by CSS Shendandoah)
• Susanne (Motor Boat, pre-World War I)
• Suwanee (Freighter, 1913). Originally named Mark. Later renamed Poznam
• Sword, Yankee (Freighter, 1909). Properly called Yankee Sword
  
  
• Sybilla II (Motor Boat, 1911). Later renamed Tacony
• Sybilla III (Motor Yacht, 1915)
• Sylvan Arrow (Tanker, 1917)
• Sylvia (Motor Boat, built before 1917)
• Szent Gellert (Freighter, 1916). Originally named Munrio. Later renamed Carola, Mary Louise, Maria L., Tropic and Nerina

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