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Origins of Carrier Names

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  [ Flag of United States ] 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  [ Flag of Britain ] D40 - Attacker-class escort carrier
CVE-22
One who seeks.

Shah  [ Flag of Britain ] 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  [ Flag of Britain ] D26 - Ameer-class escort carrier
CVE-32 Chatham
"One who hurls missiles by means of a sling. A British name."

Smiter  [ Flag of Britain ] 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  [ Flag of Britain ] 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  [ subdued U. S. flag icon ] 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  [ subdued U. S. flag icon ] CVE-17
D73 HMS Pursuer - Attacker-class escort carrier
"A sound on the coast of Florida."

St. Joseph  [ subdued U. S. flag icon ] 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  [ subdued U. S. flag icon ] CVE-51
D31 HMS Arbiter - Ameer-class escort carrier
"A sound on the coast of Georgia."

Stalker  [ Flag of Britain ] D91 - Attacker-class escort carrier
CVE-15 Hamlin
A hunter.

Steamer Bay CVE-87 - Casablanca-class escort carrier "A bay off Alaska."

Striker  [ Flag of Britain ] D12 - Attacker-class escort carrier
CVE-19 Prince William
Unknown

Sunset  [ subdued U. S. flag icon ] 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."