Ship's Names: S

Name

Ship(s)

Source

Sable

IX-81 training carrier

"A weasel-like mammal of northern Europe and Asia, related to the marten and valued for its glossy, dark fur."

Saginaw Bay

CVE-82 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"A bay of Kuiu Island, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska."

Saidor

CVE-117 - Commencement Bay-class escort carrier

"A coastal town on northeast New Guinea, possessing a good harbor, occupied by Allied troops on 2 January 1944."

Saipan

CVL-48 - Saipan-class light carrier

LHA-2 - Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship

"An island in the Marianas; the site of the initial Allied landings in that group on 15 June 1944. After bitter fighting ashore and at sea, the island was secured in mid-July and developed into an Allied air base."

Salamaua

CVE-96 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"A town in New Guinea taken by the Allies on 15 September 1943."

Salerno Bay

CVE-110 - Commencement Bay-class escort carrier

"A variant term for the Gulf of Salerno, an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea, south of Naples, Italy, where Allied forces made their initial assault on the Italian peninsula on 9 September 1943."

San Jacinto

Screw frigate

CVL-30 - Independence-class light carrier

"On 21 April 1836, General Sam Houston and his outnumbered troops won independence for Texas by decisively defeating a Mexican army at the San Jacinto River."

Sangamon

Monitor, Passaic-class

CVE-26 - Sangamon-class escort carrier

"A river in central Illinois."

Santee

Frigate

CVE-29 - Sangamon-class escort carrier

"A river, formed by the confluence of the Congree and Wateree rivers in central South Carolina. It flows southeast across the state for some 150 miles before emptying into the Atlantic at Santee Point."

Saratoga

Ship-rigged sloop

Corvette

Sloop-of-war

ACR-2 - New York-class armored cruiser

CV-3 - Lexington-class fleet carrier

CV-60 - Forrestal-class fleet carrier

"On 17 October 1777, American troops commanded by General Horatio Gates compelled a British Army led by General John Burgoyne to surrender at Saratoga, N.Y. This victory ended a prolonged British effort to cut the colonies in two and induced France to enter the war as America's ally."

Sargent Bay

CVE-83 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"A bay in Alaska on the western shore of the Behm Canal, opposite Rudyerd Bay."

Savo Island

CVE-78 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"A naval battle fought off Savo Island in the Solomons on 9 August 1942."

Searcher

D40 - Attacker-class escort carrier
CVE-22

One who seeks.

Shah

D21 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-43 Jamaica

"The monarch who rules Iran."

Shamrock Bay

CVE-84 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"A bay on the Alaskan coast."

Shangri-La

CV-38 - Essex-class fleet carrier

"A fictitious Hymalayan kingdom described by James Hilton in his novel, Lost Horizon. During World War II, just after the Halsey-Doolittle bomber raid on Tokyo of 18 April 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in response to questions posed by members of the press, reported that the planes had been launched from somewhere in Shangri-La. This name honors Hornet (CV-8) which actually launched the Tokyo raiders in 1942 and which was subsequently lost in the Battle of Santa Cruz Island on the night of 26 and 27 October 1942."

Shipley Bay

CVE-85 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"A bay in southwest Alaska."

Siboney

ID-2999 - Troopship

CVE-112 - Commencement Bay-class escort carrier

"A town near Santiago, Cuba, where United States troops landed during the Spanish-American War."

Sicily

CVE-118 - Commencement Bay-class escort carrier

"An island in the Mediterranean Sea separated from the Italian mainland by the narrow Strait of Messina. Sicily was invaded by United States troops on 9 and 10 July 1943 and by British troops on 10 July. The Allies completed the conquest of the island on 16 August."

Sitkoh Bay

CVE-86 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"An inlet on Chichagof Island, north of Sitka, Alaska."

Slinger

D26 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-32 Chatham

"One who hurls missiles by means of a sling. A British name."

Smiter

D55 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-52 Vermillion

"One who strikes sharply. A British name."

Solomons

YFB-23 - Ferry/lighter

CVE-67 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"A group of islands in the southwestern Pacific, east of New Guinea, containing 15 major islands and numerous smaller ones. United States forces invaded the group at Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942. This was the first amphibious operation directed against Japanese-held territory in World War II. By February 1943, Guadalcanal had been secured, and landings were made on two other islands of the group, Bougainville and New Georgia. The development of the campaign in New Guinea, however, enabled the Americans to bypass the approximately 120,000 remaining Japanese who were scattered among the other islands of the Solomons group."

Speaker

D90 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-40 Delgada

"The chairman of the House of Commons of Parliament, the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom. A British name."

St. Andrews

CVE-49
D19 HMS Queen - Ameer-class escort carrier

"A bay on the gulf coast of Florida named by the Spanish to honor Saint Andrew, one of Christ's 12 Apostles and the brother of St. Peter."

St. George

CVE-17
D73 HMS Pursuer - Attacker-class escort carrier

"A sound on the coast of Florida."

St. Joseph

CVE-50
D72 HMS Ruler - Ameer-class escort carrier

"A bay on the gulf coast of Florida named by the Spanish."

St. Lo

CVE-63 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"The decisive breakout of the Normandy beachhead occurred at St. Lo, France, on 18 July 1944."

St. Simon

CVE-51
D31 HMS Arbiter - Ameer-class escort carrier

"A sound on the coast of Georgia."

Stalker

D91 - Attacker-class escort carrier
CVE-15 Hamlin

A hunter.

Steamer Bay

CVE-87 - Casablanca-class escort carrier

"A bay off Alaska."

Striker

D12 - Attacker-class escort carrier
CVE-19 Prince William

Unknown

Sunset

CVE-48
D48 HMS Thane - Ameer-class escort carrier

Source unknown

Suwanee

Sidewheel gunboat

CVE-27 - Sangamon-class escort carrier

"An alternate spelling of Suwannee, a river which rises in Ware County in southeastern Georgia and flows southwest across Florida to empty into the Gulf of Mexico at Suwannee Sound."

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