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

This page lists all K-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.

K-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.

• K-1 (Submarine # 32, later SS-32), 1914-1931. Name changed from Haddock before construction
• K-2 (Submarine # 33, later SS-33), 1914-1931. Name changed from Cachalot before construction
• K-3 (Submarine # 34, later SS-34), 1914-1931. Name changed from Orca before construction
• K-4 (Submarine # 35, later SS-35), 1914-1931. Name changed from Walrus before construction
• K-5 (Submarine # 36, later SS-36), 1914-1931
• K-6 (Submarine # 37, later SS-37), 1914-1931
• K-7 (Submarine # 38, later SS-38), 1914-1931
• K-8 (Submarine # 39, later SS-39), 1914-1931
  
  
• K.I. Luckenbach (ID # 2291), 1918-1919
• Kaiser Wilhelm II (ID # 3004), 1917-1919. Renamed Agamemnon soon after commissioning
• Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (ID # 3963), 1919-1919. Also apparently had ID # 1472
• Kajeruna (SP-389), 1917-1919
• Kalk (Destroyer # 170, later DD-170), 1919-1940
• Kalk (DD-611), 1942-1969
• Kalmia (Tug # 23, later AT-23 and ATO-23), 1919-1947
• Kalmia (ATA-184), 1944-1971. Originally named ATA-184
  
  
• Kamesit (ID # 3829), 1919-1919
• Kanawha (1862-1866)
• Kanawha II (SP-130), 1917-1919. Later renamed Piqua
• Kane (DD-235, later APD-18), 1920-1946
• Kanised (SP-439), 1917-1919
• Kangaroo (SP-1284), 1917-1919
• Kansas (1863-1883)
• Kansas (Battleship # 21, later BB-21), 1907-1924
  
  
• Karibou (SP-200), 1917-1919
• Karin (AF-43), 1945-1967
• Karnes (APA-175), 1944-1974
• Kaskaskia (AO-27), 1940-1970
  
  
• Katahdin (1862-1865)
• Katahdin (1896-1909)
• Katherine K (SP-220), 1917-1919
• Katie (SP-660), 1917-1918
• Katrina (SP-1144), 1917-1919
• Katrina Luckenbach (ID # 3020), 1918-1919
  
  
• Kearsarge (1862-1894)
• Kearsarge (Battleship # 5), 1900-1955. Later Crane Ship # 1 (AB-1)
• Kearsarge (CV-33, later CVA-33 and CVS-33), 1946-1974
• Keathley, Sgt. George D. (T-APC-117, later T-AGS-35), 1950-1972. Properly called Sgt. George D. Keathley
• Kemah (SP-415), 1918-1920
  
  
• Kenmore (AP-162, later AK-221), 1943-1946
• Kennebec (1862-1865)
• Kennedy (DD-306), 1920-1931
• Kent (AP-28), 1941-1942. Served as USS Santa Teresa (ID # 3804) in 1918-1919
• Kentuckian (ID # 1544), 1919
• Kentucky (Battleship # 6, BB-6), 1900-1924
• Kentucky (BB-66), 1942-1958
  
  
• Keokuk (1863-1863). Originally named Moodna
• Keresan (ID # 1806), 1918-1919
• Keresaspa (ID # 1484), 1918-1919
• Kerlew (ID # 1325), 1918-1919
• Kermanshah (ID # 1473), 1918-1919
• Kermoor (1918-1919)
• Kerowlee (1918-1919)
• Kershaw (APA-176), 1944-1982
  
  
• Kestrel II (SP-529), 1917-1919
• Kete (SS-369), 1944-1945
• Kewaydin (1864-1874), originally named Kickapoo
• Key West (1863-1864, "Tinclad" # 32)
• Keystone State (1861-1865)
  
  
• Kickapoo (1864-1874), later renamed Cyclops and Kewaydin
• Killarney (SP-219), 1917-1919
• Killen (DD-593), 1944-1975
• Kimberly (Destroyer # 80, later DD-80), 1918-1939
• Kimberly (DD-521), 1943-1967
  
  
• Kineo (1862-1866)
• King, Bertell W. (ID # 3194), 1918-1919. Properly called Bertell W. King
• Kingsbury (APA-177), 1944-1983
• Kinsman (1863-1863). Also called Colonel Kinsman
• Kiowa (SP-711), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-711
• Kiowa (ID # 1842), 1918-1919
• Kite (AMS-22, later MSC(O)-22), 1944-1956, originally named YMS-374
• Kittery (1917-1933, later AK-2)
  
  
• Knickerbocker (SP-479), 1917-1919
• Knox, Frank (DD-742; later DDR-742 and DD-742), 1944-1971. Properly called Frank Knox
• König Wilhelm II (ID # 3011), 1917-1919. Renamed Madawaska, 1917. Also served as USAT Madawaska and USAT U.S. Grant, 1919-1941; and as USS U.S. Grant (AP-29), 1941-1945.
• Koningin der Nederlanden (ID # 2708), 1918-1919
• Kopara (AK-62, later AG-50), 1942-1945
• Kroonland (ID # 1541), 1918-1919
• Kuper, Charles P. (SP-1235), 1917-1919. Properly called Charles P. Kuper
• Kwasind (SP-1233), 1917-1919

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".

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Coding updated 5 May 2009