The Carrier Project

Lists of Other Ships

Civilian Ships

Ship Name & Nationality	Designation and/or Type of Ship	Referred to on Page	Websites Website is specific to the ship unless otherwise noted
Fate/Notes

Athenia	civilian liner	Carrier Timeline: 1939	uboat.net: The Sinking of the S.S. Athenia Wikipedia
Torpedoed by German u-boat off Northern Ireland, 3 September 1939.

Conte Rosso	civilian liner	The Birth of Naval Aviation
Converted to British carrier HMS Argus

Greater Buffalo	tour boat	IX-81 USS Sable
Converted to training carrier USS Sable

Normandie	civilian luxury liner	Carrier Timeline: December 1941	SS Normandie USS Lafayette (AP-53)
USS Lafayette, ex-Normandie, caught fire 9 February 1942 while being converted to a troopship in New York. Tons of water poured into the hull to fight the fire caused her to capsize. Righted and raised in 1943, the damage from the fire and a year submerged was judged too extensive to permit restoration, and the hull was scrapped in 1946.

Seeandbee	tour boat	IX-64 USS Wolverine
Converted to training carrier USS Wolverine

Steel Advocate	civilian freighter	CVE-9 USS Bogue
Converted to escort carrier USS Bogue

Steel Architect	civilian freighter	CVE-12 USS Copahee
Converted to escort carrier USS Copahee