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Quarterdeck Name Boards

U.S. Navy Ship Quarterdeck Name Boards

This section breaks down the Quarterdeck Name Boards on display at both National Museum of the U.S. Navy (Bldg. 76) and the Cold War Gallery (Bldg.70).  The name boards are used when U.S. Navy ships are alongside piers, at anchor, or in dry dock.    Hung on either the port or starboard quarterdeck, the boards help identify the vessel.      

 

Name Boards at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy

To locate a name board below, look north upon entering the museum, find the numerical order of the bay, then if the board is on the left or right side.     

 

Name Boards at the Cold War Gallery

To locate the name board below, turn right upon entering the gallery, and the board is in numerical order on the left or right side.

 

A

USS Agerholm (DD-826), Bldg.76, Bay 18, Right Side, Board 2

USS Albacore (AGSS-569), Bldg. 76, Bay 8, Left Side, Board 1

USS Albatross (MSC-289), Bldg. 76, Bay 4, Right Side, Board 1

USS Alcor (AK-259), Bldg. 76, Bay 20, Left Side, Board 1

USS Allagash (AO-97), Bldg. 76, Bay 17, Right Side

USS Amberjack (SS-522), Bldg. 76, Bay 12, Left Side, Board 2

USS Angler (SS-240), Bldg. 76, Bay 14, Right Side, Board 2

USS Arkansas (CGN-41), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 7

USS Atlanta (CL-104), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 2

 

B

USS Baker (DE-109), Bldg. 76, Bay 21, Left Side, Board 2

USS Banner (AKL-25), Bldg. 76, Bay 6, Left Side, Board 4

USS Bausell (DD-845), Bldg. 76, Bay 19, Left Side, Board 2

USS Baya (SS-318), Bldg. 76, Bay 19, Left Side, Board 1

USS Beale (DD-471), Bldg. 76, Bay 12, Right Side, Board 1

USS Belmont (AGTR-4), Bldg. 76, Bay 10, Left Side, Board 1

USS Birmingham (CL-62), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 10

USS Black (DD-668), Bldg. 76, Bay 1, Left Side, Board 2

USS Blackfin (SS-322), Bldg. 76, Bay 15, Left Side, Board 1

USS Bold (AM-424), Bldg. 76, Bay 14, Left Side, Board 1

USS Boston (CA-69), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 1

USS Bradford (DD-545), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 14; Bldg. 76, Bay 16, Left Side, Board 2

 

C

USS Cacapon (AO-52), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 14; Bldg. 76, Bay 13, Left Side, Board 1

USS Calamgore (SS-343), Bldg. 76, Bay 12, Left Side, Board 1

USS Cambria (APA-36), Bldg. 76, Bay 10, Left Side, Board 2

USS Chemung (AO-30), Bldg. 76, Bay 4, Right Side, Board 2

 

D

USS Daniel A. Joy (DE-585), Bldg. 76, Bay 8, Right Side, Board 1

USS Deliver (ARS-23), Bldg. 76, Bay 19, Right Side, Board 2

USS Denebola (AF-56), Bldg. 76, Bay 9, Right Side, Board 1

USS Durham (LKA-114), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 14

 

E

USS Ely (PCE-880). Bldg. 76, Bay 5, Left Side, Board 2

USS Endurance (AM-435), Bldg. 76, Bay 9, Left Side, Board 2

USS Essex (CV-9), Bldg. 76, Bay 6, Right Side, Board 1

 

F

USS Foss (DE-59). Bldg. 76, Bay 16, Left Side, Board 3

USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858), Bldg. 76, Bay 1, Left Side, Board 3

 

G

USS Gannett (MSC-290), Bldg. 76, Bay 6, Left Side, Board 1

USS Gearing (DD-107), Bldg. 76, Bay 3, Left Side, Board 1

USS Grapple (ARS-7), Bldg. 76, Bay 14, Right Side, Board 1

USS Guadalupe (AO-32), Bldg. 76, Bay 13, Right Side, Board 2

USS Guide (MSO-477), Bldg. 76, Bay 12, Right Side Board 3

 

H

USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708), Bldg. 76, Bay 12, Right Side, Board 2

USS Hammerberg (DE-1015), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 11

USS Hartley (DE-1029), Bldg. 76, Bay 11, Right Side, Board 1

USS Havre (PCE-877), Bldg. 76, Bay 6, Left Side, Board 3

USS Hissem (DE-400), Bldg. 76, Bay 11, Left Side, Board 1

USS Holder (DD-819), Bldg. 76, Bay 14, Left Side, Board 2

 

I

USS Interpreter (AGR-14), Bldg. 76, Bay 5, Left Side, Board 3

 

J

USS John R. Pierce (DD-753), Bldg. 76, Bay 5, Right Side, Board 2

 

K

USS Kennebec (AO-36), Bldg. 76, Bay 10, Right Side, Board 10

 

L

USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686), Bldg. 76, Bay 1, Right Side, Board 2

USS La Moure County (LST-1194), Bldg. 76, Bay 1, Right Side, Board 1

USS Los Angeles (CA-135), Bldg. 76, Bay 2, Left Side, Board 1

USS Lowry (DD-770), Bldg. 76, Bay 11, Right Side, Board 2

M

USS Maddox (DD-731), Bldg. 76, Bay 5, Left Side, Board 1

USS Maloy (DE-791), (Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 13; Bldg.76, Bay 2, Right Side, Board 2

USS Mariano J. Vallejo (SSBN 858), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 4

USS Manatee (AO-58), Bldg. 76, Bay 17, Left Side, Board 1

USS Marathon (PG-89), Bldg. 76, Bay 19, Right Side, Board 2

USS Marsh (DE-699), Bldg. 76, Bay 9, Left Side, Board 1

USS Mataco (AT-86), Bldg. 76, Bay 8, Right Side, Board 3

USS Mattabeseet (AOG-52), Bldg. 76, Bay 3, Right Side, Board 1

USS Meredith (DD-890), Bldg. 76, Bay 21, Right Side, Board 1

USS Mississippi (CGN-40), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 8

USS Monongahela (AO-178), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 17

USS Munsee (ATF-107), Bldg. 76, Bay 2, Left Side, Board 3

 

N

USS Nicholas (DD-449), Bldg. 76, Bay 16, Right Side, Board 1

USS New Jersey (BB-62), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 12

USS Newport News (CA-148), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 5

 

P

USS Page County (LST-1076), Bldg. 76, Bay 5, Right Side, Board 3

USS Parche (SSN-683), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 3

USS Peacock (AMS-198), Bldg. 76, Bay 4, Left Side, Board 2

USS Perkins (DD-877), Bldg. 76, Bay 2, Left Side, Board 2

USS Phoebe (MSC-199) (Bldg. 70 and 76), Bldg. 76, Bay 3, Right Side, Board 2

USS Plainview (AGEH-1), Bldg. 76, Bay 8, Right Side, Board 2

USS Pledge (MSO-492), Bldg.70, Right Side, Board 7

USS Pollux (AKS-4), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 3

USS Portsmouth (SSN-707), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 6

USS Preble (DDG-46), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 16

USS Providence (CL-82), Bldg. 76, Bay 20, Right Side, Board 1

USS Purdy (DD-734), Bldg. 76, Bay 2, Right Side, Board 1

USS Puget Sound (AD-38), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 10

 

Q

USS Queenfish (SS-393), Bldg. 76, Bay 7, Right Side, Board 1

 

R

USS Ramsey (FFG-2), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 9

USS Recovery (ARS-43), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 4

USS Remey (DD-688), Bldg. 76, Bay 9, Right Side, Board 2

USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781), Bldg. 76, Bay 7, Right Side, Board 2

USS Roberts (DE-749), Bldg. 76, Bay 7, Right Side, Board 1

USS Rockville (PCE(R)-851), Bldg. 76, Bay 3, Left Side, Board 3

 

S

USS Sacramento (AOE-1), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 2

USS Saint Paul (CA-73), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 6

USS Scott (DDG-995), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 12

USS Sculpin (SSN-590), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 15

USS Seahorse (SS-304), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 1

USS Sioux (AT-75), Bldg. 76, Bay 16, Left Side, Board 1

USS Skylark (ARS-20), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 9

USS Spruance (DD-963), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 87

USS Strong (DD-758), Bldg. 76, Bay 7, Left Side, Board 2

USS Sturtevant (DE-239), Bldg. 70, Left Side, Board 11:Bldg. 76, Bay 13, Right Side, Board 1

USS Surfbird (AM-383), Bldg. 76, Bay 4, Left Side, Board 1

 

T

USS Techumseh (YT-273), Bldg. 76, Bay 6, Right Side, Board 2

USS Telfair (APA-210), Bldg. 76, Bay 18, Right Side, Board 1

USS Thetis Bay (LPH-6), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 5

USS Tirante (SS-420), Bldg. 76, Bay 15, Left Side, Board 2

USS Trepang (SSN-674), Bldg. 70, Right Side, Board 16

USS Tringa (ASR-16), Bldg. 76, Bay 8, Left Side, Board 2

 

V

USS Van Voorhis (DE-1028), Bldg. 76, Bay 18, Left Side, Board 1

USS Virgo (AKA-20), Bldg. 76, Bay 5, Right Side, Board 1

 

W

USS Washakie (YTB-386), Bldg. 76, Bay 6, Left Side, Board 2

USS Widgeon (MSC-208), Bldg. 76, Bay 1, Left Side, Board 1

USS Winston (AKA-94), Bldg. 76, Bay 16, Right Side, Board 2

USS Wiseman (DE-667)

 

Z

USS Zellars (DD-777), Bldg. 76, Bay 15, Right Side, Board 1