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Lists of Other Ships


This section contains lists of other ships specifically mentioned in The Carrier Project.

Ships are grouped by type - battleships, cruisers, etc. - without regard to nationality or time period. The lists are sorted by name.

Each entry will be color-coded to conform to the standard time periods used throughout the site. Two additional color codes will be used: grey for powered ships that pre-date the carriers (pre-1921) and off-white for sailing ships. The color codes are reproduced here:

Sailing Ships Pre-1921 Powered Vessels 1921 - 1941
1941 - 1945 1945 - 1960 1960 - Present

Typical list entries, for the destroyers HIJMS Akishimo and USS Henley, are shown here:


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

Akishimo  [ Flag of Japan - WWII ] Yugumo-class destroyer Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun [ World Wide Web icon ] Wikipedia [ Wikipedia icon ]
This block identifies the ship by name and nationality. The color code indicates the ship's time period. The ship's designation (if any), class and type are listed here, with a link to the General Specifications entry Links to the page(s) of The Carrier Project where the ship is mentioned Links to other websites with more information about the ship
 [ ship sinking icon ] Sunk pierside in Manila from damage sustained in air raid, 13 November 1944.
The ultimate fate of the ship will be described here. Occasionally, other information about the ship will be included, as shown in the entry for USS Henley, below.

Henley  [ Flag of United States ] DD-391
Gridley-class destroyer
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center  [ Flag of United States ] Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center  [ Flag of United States ] NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy [ World Wide Web icon ] Wikipedia [ Wikipedia icon ]
 [ ship sinking icon ] Sunk by submarine torpedo off Finschafen, New Guinea, 3 October 1943.
Note: In the movie "In Harm's Way" (1965,  [ imdb icon ] ), a junior officer, "Lt. McConnell" (portrayed by Tom Tryon), in the absence of all senior officers, gets his destroyer underway and takes it out of Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. This is likely based on an actual incident on Henley during the attack. In a fortunate accident of war, an inexperienced bugler had sounded "General Quarters" (battle stations) rather than "Call to Quarters" (morning muster) just before the attack. As a result, Henley's crew were at their posts and her engineering plant was fully functional. This allowed Henley both to get under way quickly and to shoot down at least one Japanese aircraft. As in the movie, Henley was conned by a junior officer, as both the Captain and the Executive Officer were ashore at the time of the attack.