Ship's Names: E

Name

Ship(s)

Source

Edisto

CVE-41
D77 HMS Nabob - Ameer-class escort carrier

"An island in a river of the same name about 20 miles south of Charleston, S.C."

Emporer

D98 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-34 Pybus

Means "imperial ruler".

Empress

D42 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-38 Carnegie

Female form of emporer, "imperial ruler".

Eniwetok

CVE-125 - Commencement Bay-class escort carrier

"An atoll in the Marshall Islands, invaded and captured by U.S. forces in February 1944."

Enterprise

Schooner

Screw Sloop

Motorboat

CV-6 - Yorktown-class fleet carrier

CVN-65 - Enterprise-class nuclear supercarrier

Traditional ship name, used by many navies and civilian shipbuilders. The U.S. Navy use of the name dates from 1775, when the captured British sloop HMS George was commissioned into the Continental Navy as Enterprise. It has also been bestowed upon numerous merchant ships, a Goodyear blimp (1979), a NASA space shuttle test airframe (1976), and a series of StarFleet/United Federation of Planets starships (2151 - ?).

"Boldness, energy, and invention in practical affairs."

Essex

Frigate

Timberclad gunboat

Screw steamer

CV-9 - Essex-class fleet carrier

LHD-2 - Wasp-class amphibious assault ship

"A town and county in Massachusetts."

Estero

CVE-42
D23 HMS Premier - Ameer-class escort carrier

AG-134 - Camano-class cargo ship

"An island off the coast of Florida."

Dedication

Ship's Names: E

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