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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
Names beginning with the letter B

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

If the ship you want is not listed on this page, contact the Photographic Section concerning other research options.

B-named ships are listed below in alphabetical order. Scan down the list until you find the ship you want, then click its entry to access appropriate image pages.

• B-1 (Submarine # 10, later SS-10), 1907-1922. Name changed from Viper in 1911
• B-2 (Submarine # 11, later SS-11), 1907-1922. Name changed from Cuttlefish in 1911
• B-3 (Submarine # 12, later SS-12), 1907-1922. Name changed from Tarantula in 1911
  
  
• B.F. Macomber (SP-980), patrol vessel, 1917-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• B.H.B. Hubbard (SP-416), 1917-1919. Also known as Hubbard
  
  
• Bab (1917-1918)
• Babette II (SP-484), 1917-1919
• Badger (1898-1900)
• Badoeng Strait (CVE-116, later AKV-16), 1945-1972
• Bagheera (SP-963), patrol boat, 1917-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Bagley (DD-386), 1937-1947
• Bailey (ID # 2370), circa 1918-1919. Later renamed Coal Barge # 418
  
  
• Bainbridge (1842-1863)
• Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1), 1902-1920
• Bainbridge (DD-246), 1921-1945
• Bainbridge (DLGN-25, later CGN-25), 1962-1997
  
  
• Bairoko (CVE-115, later AKV-15), 1945-1960
• Balao (SS-285, later AGSS-285), 1943-1963.
• Balch (Destroyer # 50, later DD-50), 1914-1935. Renamed DD-50 in 1933
• Balch (DD-363), 1936-1946
• Baldwin (DD-624), 1943-1961
• Bali (ID # 2483), 1918-1919
• Ballard (DD-267, later AVD-10), 1919-1946
• Baltimore (Cruiser # 3, later CM-1), 1890-1942
• Baltimore (CA-68), 1943-1972
  
  
• Banago (ID # 3810), 1918-1918
• Bancroft (1893-1906)
• Bancroft (ID # 3594), cargo ship, 1918. No USN service. No image is available, or known to exist
• Bandera (APA-131), 1944-1974
• Bang (SS-385), 1943-1972
• Banshee (1864-1865)
  
  
• Barataria (AVP-33), 1944-1948
• Barb (SS-220), 1942-1954
• Barbara (SP-704), patrol boat, 1917-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Barbarossa (ID # 3012), 1917-1919. Renamed Mercury in 1917
  
  
• Barge # 6 (ID # 3373), in service 1918-1919. Later renamed Freight Lighter # 148
• Barge # 8 (ID # 2876), circa 1918-1919. Later renamed Coal Barge # 430
• Barge # 8 (ID # 3397), lighter, 1918-1956+. Later renamed YC-623 and YF-256. No image is available, or known to exist
• Barge # 10 (ID # 3384), lighter, 1918-1956+. Later renamed YC-624. No image is available, or known to exist
• Barge # 11 (ID # 3374), lighter, 1918-1956+. Later renamed YC-625. No image is available, or known to exist
• Barge # 12 (ID # 3398), lighter, 1918-1956. Later renamed YC-626 and YFNX-3. No image is available, or known to exist
• Barge # 14 (ID # 2881), lighter, 1918-1922. Later renamed YC-431. No image is available, or known to exist
• Barge # 16 (ID # 2875), lighter, 1918-1922. Later renamed YC-432. No image is available, or known to exist
  
  
• Barge # 62 (ID # 2729), 1918-1931. Later renamed Floating Derrick # 39, YD-39 and YF-197
• Barge # 66 (ID # 2604), 1918-1947. Later renamed Freight Lighter # 92 and YF-92
• Barge # 70 (ID # 2678), 1918-1947. Later renamed Freight Lighter # 93 and YF-93
• Barge # 72 (ID # 2986), 1918-1947. Later renamed Freight Lighter # 94 and YF-94
• Barge # 76 (ID # 3030), 1918-1947. Later renamed Freight Lighter # 95 and YF-95
• Barge # 84 (ID # 3168), 1918-1947. Later renamed Freight Lighter # 96 and YF-96
  
  
• Barge # 442, Concrete, 1918-1923. Later renamed Coal Barge # 442 and YC-442
• Barge # 443, Concrete (ID # 3764), lighter, ca.1918-ca.1920. Later renamed YC-443. No image is available, or known to exist
  
  
• Barge at San Pedro (ID # 1668), special-type barge, ca.1918-1918. No image is available, or known to exist
  
  
• Barnegat (SP-1232), tug, 1917-1920. Originally named Luckenbach # 1. No image is available, or known to exist
• Barnegat (AVP-10), 1941-1958
• Barnes (ACV-20, later CVE-20 and CVHE-20), 1943-1959
• Barnes, Robert L. (ID # 3088, later AK-11, AO-14 and AG-27), 1918-1941. Properly called Robert L. Barnes
• Barnett (SP-1149, later YT-29), 1917-1936
• Barnett (AP-11, later APA-5), 1940-1946
• Baron de Kalb (1862-1863). Originally named Saint Louis
  
  
• Barracuda (Submarine # 21), 1912-1922. Name changed to F-2 in November 1911, while under construction
• Barracuda (SP-845), 1917-1919
• Barry (Destroyer # 2), 1902-1920
• Barry (DD-248, later APD-29), 1920-1945
• Barry (DD-933), 1956-____
• Barton (DD-599), 1942-1942
• Basilone (DDE-824, later DD-824), 1949-1982
  
  
• Bat (1864-1865)
• Bataan (CVL-29), 1943-1961
• Bath (ID # 1997, later AK-4), 1917-1926
• Batjan (1918-1919)
• Bavaria (ID # 2179), 1918-1918
• Bayfield (APA-33), 1943-1969
• Bayocean (ID # 2640), 1918-1921. Name also spelled Bay Ocean
• Baxley (ID # 4449), 1918-1918
• Bazely (1864-1864), also called Beta, J.E. Bazely and Tug No. 2
  
  
• Beale (Destroyer # 40, later DD-40), 1912-1934
• Beale (DD-471, later DDE-471 and DD-471), 1942-1969
• Beaufort (ID # 3008, later AK-6), 1917-1925
• Beaufort (PF-59), 1944-1947
• Beaufort (PCS-1387), 1944-1967. Originally named PCS-1387
• Beaumere II (SP-444), 1917-1919
• Beaver (ID # 2302, later AS-5 and ARG-19), 1918-1950
• Beckham (APA-133), 1944-1974
  
  
• Bell (Destroyer # 95, later DD-95), 1918-1939
• Bell (DD-587), 1943-1975
• Bella (ID # 2211), 1918-1920
• Bellatrix (AK-20, later AKA-3), 1942-1963
  
  
• Belle (1864-1865)
• Belle Isle (AG-73, later AKS-21), 1944-1960
• Belle of Boston (ID # 3071), auxiliary schooner, 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Belleau Wood (CVL-24, originally CV-24), 1943-1960
• Bellingham (ID # 3552), cargo ship, 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Belmont (ID # 2017), barge, 1917-ca.1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Beluga (SP-536), 1917-1918
  
  
• Benevolence (AH-13), 1945-1950
• Benham (Destroyer # 49, later DD-49), 1914-1935
• Benham (DD-397), 1939-1942
• Benham (DD-796), 1943-1960
• Benicia (1869-1884). Originally named Algoma
• Bennington (Gunboat # 4), 1891-1910
• Bennington (CV-20, later CVA-20 & CVS-20), 1944-1993
• Benton (1862-1865)
  
  
• Berceau (YFB-3), 1898-1944, formerly named Talbot (Torpedo boat # 15)
• Bering Strait (AVP-34), 1944-1948
• Berkshire (ID # 1578), 1918-1919
  
• Bermingham, John M. (DE-530), 1944-1946. Properly called John M. Bermingham
• Bernard (ID # 2174), 1917-1919
• Bertell W. King (ID # 3194), 1918-1919
• Berwind (SP-1671), patrol boat, 1917-1917. No image is available, or known to exist
• Berwind (No ID #), 1918. No U.S. Navy service.
• Berwyn (ID # 3565), 1918-1919
  
  
• Besoeki (ID # 2534), 1918-1919
• Bessie (SP-1755), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-1755 and Coal Barge # 514
• Bessie H. Dantzler (ID # 3158), harbor tug, 1918-1922. No image is available, or known to exist
• Bessie J. (SP-1919), 1918-1920. Later renamed SP-1919 and Coal Barge # 512
• Bessie Jones (SP-1476), schooner, 1917-1918. No image is available, or known to exist
• Besugo (SS-321, later AGSS-321), 1944-1966
  
  
• Beta (1864-1864), also called Bazely, J.E. Bazely and Tug No. 2
• Betelgeuse (AK-28, later AKA-11), 1941-1946
• Betty Jane I (ID # 3458), 1917-1919
• Betty M. II (SP-623), 1917-1919
• Beukelsdijk (ID # 3135), 1918-1919
  
  
• Bie & Schiott (ID # 2871), 1918-1922. Later renamed YP-2871
• Bienville (1861-1867)
• Biesbosch (ID # 2499), 1918-1919
• Billingsley (DD-293), 1920-1931
• Billow (ID # 1704), 1918-1918
• Biloxi (CL-80), 1943-1962
  
  
• Birgit (AKA-24), 1944-1972
• Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2, later CL-2), 1908-1930
• Birmingham (CL-62), 1943-1959
• Biscayne (AVP-11, later AGC-18), 1941-1946. Later USCGC Dexter
  
• Bivalve (ID # 2472), 1918-1919
  
  
• Black (DD-666), 1943-1971
• Black Arrow (ID # 3913, later ID # 1534), 1919-1919
• Black Hawk (1862-1865), briefly named New Uncle Sam in 1862
• Black Hawk (AD-9, originally ID # 2140), 1918-1948
• Blanche (1918-1919)
• Blue (DD-387), 1937-1942
• Blue Bird (SP-465), 1917-1919
• Blue Ridge (ID # 2432), 1918-1919
  
  
• Bobby (No ID #), motor boat, 1918. Apparently no actual U.S. Navy service. No image is available, or known to exist
• Bobylu (ID # 1513), 1917-1918
• Boggs (Destroyer # 136, later DD-136, IX-36, AG-19, DMS-3 and AG-19), 1918-1946
• Boise (CL-47), 1938-1951
• Bon Homme Richard (CV-31, later CVA-31), 1944-1992
• Bonita (Submarine # 15), 1909-1920. Renamed C-4 in 1911
• Bonita (SP-540), 1917-1918
• Bonita (SS-165), 1926-1945. Name changed from V-3 (SF-6) in 1931
• Boothbay (ID # 1708), 1917-1930. Renamed Grampus in 1920
  
  
• Boston (1776)
• Boston (1777-1780)
• Boston (1799-1814)
• Boston (1826-1846)
• Boston (1887-1946), later renamed Despatch (IX-2)
• Boston (CA-69, later CAG-1), 1943-1975
• Boston, Belle of, (ID # 3071), auxiliary schooner, 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Boston Floating Hospital (ID # 2366), 1918-1918
  
  
• Bouker No. 2 (ID # 1275, later YT-30), 1917-1922
• Bountiful (AH-9), 1917-1948. Named Henderson (Transport # 1, later AP-1) until 1944
• Boxer (CV-21, later CVA-21, CVS-21 & LPH-4), 1945-1971
• Boy Scout (SP-53), 1917-circa 1919
  
  
• Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041), 1965-1989
• Bragg, General (1862-1865). Properly called General Bragg
• Breaker (SP-1707), patrol vessel, 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Breakwater (SP-681), 1917-1921
• Breckinridge, General J.C. (AP-176, later T-AP-176), 1945-1987. Properly called General J.C. Breckinridge
• Bremerton (CA-130), 1945-1974
  
  
• Bridge (Supply Ship # 1, later AF-1), 1917-1947
• Bridgeport (ID # 3009, later AD-10), 1917-1942
  
  
• Broad Arrow (ID # 2503), 1918-1919
• Broadbill (SP-823), 1918-1919
• Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser # 3, CA-3), 1896-1921
• Brooklyn (CL-40), 1937-1951
• Broome (DD-210, later AG-96), 1919-1946
  
  
• Brown (SP-1050), 1917-1923. Also known as Albert Brown
• Brown, Jesse L. (DE-1089; later FF-1089 and FFT-1089), 1973-1994.
  Properly called Jesse L. Brown
• Brown, William H. (1861-1865). Properly called William H. Brown
• Brutus (AC-15), 1898-1922
  
  
• Buchanan (Destroyer # 131, later DD-131), 1919-1940
• Buchanan (DD-484), 1942-1949
• Buck (SP-1355), 1917-1918. Later renamed SP-1355
• Buck, Frank H. (ID # 1613), 1918-1919. Properly called Frank H. Buck
• Buckner, General Simon B. (T-AP-123), 1945-1997. Properly called General Simon B. Buckner
• Buenaventura (ID # 1335), 1918-1918. Name also spelled Buena Ventura
• Bueno Padre (No ID #), miscellaneous auxiliary, ca.1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Buford (ID # 3818), 1919
• Buitenzorg (ID # 2541), 1918-1919
  
  
• Bullhead (SS-332), 1944-1945
• Bunker Hill (CV-17, later CVA-17, CVS-17 & AVT-9), 1943-1973
• Burke (DE-215, later APD-65), 1943-1968
• Burrows (Destroyer # 29, later DD-29), 1911-1934
• Burrows (DE-105), 1943-1950
• Bush (Destroyer # 166, later DD-166), 1919-1936
• Bush (DD-529), 1943-1945
• Bussum (ID # 2468), 1918-1918
• Butler (DD-636, later DMS-29), 1942-1948

NOTES:

Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".

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Coding updated 5 May 2009