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

This page lists all L-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.

L-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.

• L-1 (Submarine # 40, later SS-40), 1916-1922
• L-2 (Submarine # 41, later SS-41), 1916-1933
• L-3 (Submarine # 42, later SS-42), 1916-1933
• L-4 (Submarine # 43, later SS-43), 1916-1922
• L-5 (Submarine # 44, later SS-44), 1918-1925
• L-6 (Submarine # 45, later SS-45), 1917-1925
• L-7 (Submarine # 46, later SS-46), 1917-1925
• L-8 (Submarine # 48, later SS-48), 1917-1925
• L-9 (Submarine # 49, later SS-49), 1916-1933
  
  
• Lady Sterling (1865-1869), renamed Hornet in June 1865
• Laertes (AR-20), 1945-1972
• Lafayette (1863-1866)
• Lagarto (SS-371), 1944-1945
• Laffey (DD-459), 1942-1942
  
  
• Lake Arthur (ID # 2915), 1918-1919
• Lake Benbow (No ID #, cargo ship), 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Lake Berdan (ID # 4276-C, cargo ship), 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Lake Blanchester (ID # 3597-C, cargo ship), 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Lake Bloomington (No ID #, cargo ship), 1918-1918 (wrecked 11 December 1918). No image is available, or known to exist
• Lake Borgne (No ID #, cargo ship), 1918-1918
• Lake Bridge (ID # 2990), 1918-1919
  
  
• Lake Catherine (ID # 3568), 1918-1919
• Lake Champlain (ID # 1791), 1918-1919
• Lake Champlain (CV-39, later CVA-39 & CVS-39), 1945-1972
• Lake Conesus (ID # 4331), 1918-1919
• Lake Daraga (ID # 4428), 1918-1919
• Lake Dymer (ID # 4131), 1918-1919
  
  
• Lake Erie (ID # 2190), 1918-1919
• Lake Forest (ID # 2991), 1918-1919
• Lake Francis (ID # 4406), 1918-1919
• Lake Gakona (ID # 4409-A), 1918-1919
• Lake Gaspar (ID # 4086), 1918-1919
• Lake Gedney (ID # 3765-C), 1918-1919
• Lake Geneva (ID # 4215-B), 1918-1919 and 1941-1947. Later renamed Manomet (AG-37) and Aries (AK-51)
• Lake Harris (ID # 4429-A), 1918-1919
• Lake Helen (ID # 4215-E), 1918-1919
  
  
• Lake Mary (ID # 4269), 1918-1919
• Lake Michigan (ID # 2993), 1918-1919
• Lake Ontario (ID # 2992), 1918-1919
• Lake Pepin (ID # 4215), 1918-1919
• Lake Pewaukee (ID # 2906), 1918-1919
• Lake Port (ID # 2994), 1918-1919. Properly called Lakeport
  
  
• Lake St. Clair (ID # 2904), 1918-1919
• Lake St. Regis (ID # 4161), 1918-1919
• Lake Shore (ID # 1792), 1918-1919. Later (1942-1946) named Taganak (AG-45)
• Lake Side (ID # 2158), 1918-1919. Properly called Lakeside
• Lake Sunapee (ID # 4369-B), 1918-1919
• Lake Superior (ID # 2995), 1918-1919. Later (1942-1946) named Tuluran (AG-46)
• Lake Tahoe (ID # 2996), 1918-1919. Later renamed Evansville
• Lake Traverse (ID # 2782), 1918-1919
  
  
• Lake View (ID # 2186), 1918-1919. Properly called Lakeview
• Lake Weston (ID # 2926), 1918-1919
• Lake Wood, 1917-1919. Properly called Lakewood
• Lake Worth (ID # 2997), 1918-1919
• Lake Yahara (ID # 3974), 1918-1919
• Lake Ypsilanti (ID # 4114), 1919-1919
  
  
• Lakeport (ID # 2994), 1918-1919
• Lakeside (ID # 2158), 1918-1919
• Lakeview (ID # 2186), 1918-1919
• Lakewood, 1917-1919
  
  
• Lamson (Destroyer # 18), 1910-1919
• Lamson (DD-328), 1921-1931
• Lamson (DD-367), 1936-1946
  
  
• Lancaster (U.S. Army Ram, 1862-1863)
• Lancaster (ID # 2953), 1918-1919. No image is available, or known to exist
• Land, John (AP-167), 1944-1946. Properly called John Land
• Lang (DD-399), 1939-1946
• Langley (CV-1, later AV-3), 1922-1942. Originally USS Jupiter (Collier # 3), 1913-1920.
• Langley (CVL-27), 1943-1964
• Lansdowne (DD-486), 1942-1949
  
  
• Larson, Everett F. (DD-830, later DDR-830 and DD-830), 1945-1972. Properly called Everett F. Larson
• Latimer (APA-152), 1944-1971
• Laub (Destroyer # 263, later DD-263), 1919-1940
• Laub (DD-613), 1942-1975
• Lauderdale (APA-179), 1944-20__
• Launch # 132 (1891-1928, later YFB-132). Previously Steam Cutter # 132. Later Ferry Launch # 132
• Laura Reed (SP-2009), 1917-1919
• Laurens (APA-153), 1944-1988
• Lavaca (APA-180), 1944-1992
  
  
• Lawrence (1813-1825)
• Lawrence (Destroyer # 8), 1903-1920
• Lawrence (DD-250), 1921-1946
• Lawrence (DDG-4), 1962-1999
  
  
• LCI(L)-191 (1943-1948). Later LCI(G)-191
• LCI(L)-196 (1943-1947). Later LCI(G)-196
• LCI(L)-809 (1944-1947). Later LCI(G)-809 and LCI(M)-809
• LCI(L)-815 (1944-1948)
  
  
• LCS(L)(3)-13 (1944-1953). Later renamed LSSL-13
• LCT-222 (in service, circa 1943)
• LCT(6)-582 (1943-1944)
• LCT(6)-1362 (1944-1954). Later renamed LSU-1362 and LCU-1362
  
  
• Lebanon (1898-1922, later AG-2)
• Leedstown (AP-73), 1942-1942
• Leedstown (APA-56), 1943-1946
• Legonia II (SP-399), 1917-1921
• Lehigh (1863-1904)
• Lenape (ID # 2700), 1918-1918
• Leonidas (1898-1922, later AD-7)
  
  
• Letter B (SP-732), 1917-1919
• Leviathan (ID # 1326), 1917-1919
• Levisa (ID # 1573), 1918-1919
• Levy (DE-162), 1943-1974
• Lewes (SP-383), 1917-1919. Also known as City of Lewes
• Lewis Hancock (DD-675), 1943-1967
  
  
• Lexington (1861-1865)
• Lexington (CV-2, originally CC-1), 1927-1942
• Lexington (CV-16, later CVA-16, CVS-16, CVT-16 & AVT-16), 1943-1992
• Leyden (1865-1903)
• Leyte (ARG-8), 1944-1972. Renamed Maui, May 1945
• Leyte (CV-32, later CVA-32, CVS-32 and AVT-10), 1946-1970.
  
  
• Liberator (ID # 3134), 1918-1919
• Liberty (ID # 3461), 1918-1919. Designated AK-35 in 1941, but not taken into Navy service
• Liberty (AGTR-5), 1964-1970
• Liberty # 3 (SP-1229), 1917-1919
• Libra (AK-53, later AKA-12), 1942-1964
  
  
• Lincoln, President (1917-1918). Properly called President Lincoln
• Linden (1863-1864, "Tinclad" # 10)
• Lindsey (DM-32, originally DD-771, later MMD-32), 1944-1972
• Linnet (AM-76, later IX-166), 1941-1945
• Linta (SP-721), 1917-1919
  
  
• Lioness (U.S. Army Ram, 1862-1865)
  
• Little (DD-79, later APD-4) 1918-1942
• Little Rock (CL-92, later CLG-4 & CG-4), 1945-1977
• Lively (YT-14) 1898-1930, 1942-45, formerly named Active (YT-14) and later named YT/YTM-323
• Livingston (AP-163, later AK-222), 1943-1973
  
  
• Lodona (1863-1865)
• Long Island (SP-572), 1917-1919
• Long Island (AVG-1, later ACV-1 and CVE-1), 1941-1947
• Los Alamos (AFDB-7), 1945-1996
• Los Angeles (ID # 1470), 1917-1919
• Los Angeles (ZR-3), Airship 1924-1939
• Los Angeles (CA-135), 1945-1975
  
  
• Louise # 2 (SP-1230), 1917-1919
• Louisiana (1861-1864)
• Louisiana (Battleship # 19, later BB-19), 1906-1923
• Louisiana (BB-71). 1940 program -- construction cancelled, 1943.
• Louisville (1862-1865)
• Louisville (ID # 1644), 1918-1919. Previously: USS Saint Louis (1898)
• Louisville (CA-28, originally CL-28), 1931-1959
• Lowndes (APA-154), 1944-1983
  
  
• LSM-397 (1945-1958)
  
  
• LSSL-13 (1944-1953). Originally named LCS(L)(3)-13
  
  
• LST-1 (1942-1947)
• LST-4 (1943-1947)
• LST-120 (1943-1947)
• LST-228 (1943-1944)
• LST-325 (1943-1964)
• LST-461 (1943-1948)
• LST-481 (1943-1948)
• LST-485 (1943-1948)
  
  
• LST-563 (1944-1945)
• LST-646 (1944-1948)
• LST-662 (1944-1946)
• LST-672 (1944-1947)
• LST-676 (1944-late 1950s). Later renamed LST(M)-676 and Yavapai (APB-42)
  
  
• LST-702 (1944-1947)
• LST-733 (1944-1947)
• LST-735 (1944-1957). Later renamed Dukes County (LST-735)
• LST-738 (1944-1944)
• LST-742 (1944-1961). Later renamed Dunn County (LST-742)
• LST-757 (1944-1948)
• LST-759 (1944-1959). Later renamed Eddy County (LST-759)
• LST-767 (1944-1946)
• LST-792 (1944-1946)
  
  
• LST-823 (1944-1946)
• LST-848 (1945-1970). Later renamed Jerome County (LST-848)
• LST-1048 (1945-1960). Later renamed Morgan County (LST-1048)
• LST-1073 (1945-1971). Later renamed Outagami County (LST-1073)
  
  
• LST-1110 (1945-1958). Later renamed San Bernardino County (LST-1110)
• LST-1130 (1945-1948)
• LST-1141 (1945-1970). Later renamed Stone County (LST-1141)
• LST-1154 (1949-1970). Tallahatchie County (LST-1154, later AVB-2)
• LST-1166, 1953-1975. Later renamed Washtenaw County (LST-1166, later MSS-2)
  
  
• LSU-1362 (1944-1954). Originally named LCT(6)-1362; later renamed LCU-1362
  
  
• Luce (Destroyer # 99, later DM-4), 1918-1936
• Luce (DD-522), 1943-1945
• Lucia (ID # 3090). No U.S. Navy service
• Lucille Ross (SP-1211), 1917-1919
• Luckenbach # 1 (SP-1232), tug, 1917-1920. Later renamed Barnegat. No image is available, or known to exist
  
  
• Luckenbach, Edgar F. (ID # 4597), 1918-1919. Properly called Edgar F. Luckenbach
• Luckenbach, Edward (ID # 1662), 1918-1919. Properly called Edward Luckenbach
• Luckenbach, F.J. (ID # 2160), 1918-1919. Properly called F.J. Luckenbach
• Luckenbach, Julia (ID # 2407), 1918-1919. Properly called Julia Luckenbach
• Luckenbach, K.I. (ID # 2291), 1918-1919. Properly called K.I. Luckenbach
• Luckenbach, Katrina (ID # 3020), 1918-1919. Properly called Katrina Luckenbach
• Luckenbach, Walter A. (ID # 3171), 1918-1919. Properly called Walter A. Luckenbach
  
  
• Luella (ID # 2691), 1918-1919
• Lunga Point (CVE-94, later CVU-94 and AKV-32), 1944-1960
  
  
• Lydonia (SP-700), 1917-1919
• Lykens (SP-876, later AT-56), 1917-1934
• Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), 1944-1974
• Lyndonia (SP-734), 1917-1921. Renamed Vega, February 1918
• Lynx (SP-2), 1917-1919
• Lynx II (SP-730), 1918-1919. Later renamed SP-730

NOTES:

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Coding updated 5 May 2009