USMC Named Ships
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Ships Named in Honor of United States Marines and
Members of Other Services Serving with the Marines. Also ships named after famous battles in which the US Marine Corps was involved.
This list builds on a compilation of work done by USCS members Paul Nitchman
and Alvin Eckert dated 15 October 2000.
This version was compiled in May 2007 by:
Lieutenant Commander Glenn L. Smith, United States Navy (Retired)
and Corporal Gregory R. Ciesielski, United States Marine Corps (1979-1983)
There are ships listed here that are annotated "CANCELLED". These are on this list only and they are here for historical purposes.
Last Update 27 February 2024
| Ship Name | Designation and Hull Number |
| AGERHOLM | DD 826 |
| AHRENS | DE 575 |
| ALEXANDER J. LUKE | DER 577 ex DE 577 |
| ALFRED A. CUNNINGHAM | DD 752 |
| ALLEN M. SUMNER | DD 692 |
| ALVIN C. COCKRELL | DE 366 |
| ANTHONY | DD 172 |
| ANTHONY | DD 515 |
| BALDUCK | APD 132 ex DE 716 |
| BARNETT | APA 5 ex AP 11 |
| BARR | APD 39 ex DE 576 |
| BARRETT | T-AP 196 |
| BASILONE | DD 824 ex DDE 824 ex DD 824 |
| BAUER | DE 1025 |
| BAUSELL | DD 845 |
| BEARSS | DD 654 |
| BELET | APD 109 ex DE 599 |
| BENFOLD | DDG 65 |
| BENNER | DE 551 (CANCELLED) |
| BENNER | DD 807 ex DDR 807 ex DD 807 |
| BERKELEY | DDG 15 |
| BILLY FRANK JR | T-ATS-11 |
| BOB HOPE | T-AKR 300 |
| BOONE | FFG 28 |
| BORDELON | DD 881 ex DDR 881 ex DD 881 |
| BRAY | APD 139 ex DE 709 |
| BROOKS | APD 10 ex DD 232 |
| BROOME | AG 96 ex DD 210 |
| BURDO | APD 133 ex DE 717 |
| BUSH | DD 166 |
| BUSH | DD 529 |
| BUTLER | DMS 29 ex DD 636 |
| CANNON | DE 99 |
| CAPODANNO | FF 1093 ex DE 1093 |
| CARMICK | DD 493 ex DMS 33 ex DD 493 |
| CARON | DD 970 |
| CARPELLOTTI | DE 548 (CANCELLED) |
| CARPELLOTTI | APD 136 ex DE 720 |
| CATLIN | AP 19 ex GEORGE WASHINGTON TT 3018 |
| CECIL J. DOYLE | DE 368 |
| CHAFEE | DDG 90 |
| CHARLES BERRY | DE 1035 |
| CHARLES H. ROAN | DD 853 |
| CHARLES J. KIMMEL | DE 584 |
| CHARLES R. GREER | DE 23 ex BDE 23 |
| CHESTER T. O’BRIEN | DE 421 |
| CLARENCE L. EVANS | DE 113 |
| COLE | AG 116 ex DD 155 |
| COLE | DDG 67 |
| CONKLIN | DE 439 |
| COOK | LPR 130 ex APD 130 ex DE 174 |
| CORBESIER | DE 438 |
| COURTNEY | DE 1021 |
| CPL. LOUIS J. HAUGE JR. | T-AK 3000 |
| DALY | DD 519 |
| DAMATO | DD 871 ex DE 871 ex DD 871 |
| DANIEL | DE 335 |
| DANIEL A. JOY | DE 585 |
| DANIEL TARR | WPC 1136 |
| DAVID R. RAY | DD 971 |
| DELONG | DE 684 |
| DE WERT | FFG 45 |
| DAN O. WOODS | APD 118 ex DE 721 |
| DONALD COOK | DDG 75 |
| DONALD W. WOLF | APD 129 ex DE 713 |
| DOUGLAS A. MUNRO | DE 422 |
| DOYEN | DD 280 |
| DOYEN | APA 1 ex AP 2 ex HEYWOOD |
| DUNLAP | DD 384 |
| DURANT | DER 389 ex DE 389 |
| DYESS | DD 880 ex DDR 880 ex DD 880 |
| EARHART | APD 113 ex DE 603 |
| EDSON | DD 946 |
| EDWIN G. HOWARD | DE 346 |
| ELMER MONTGOMERY | FF 1082 ex DE 1082 |
| ELROD | FFG 55 |
| EPPERSON | DD 719 ex DDE 719 ex DD 719 |
| EVERETT F. LARSON | DE 554 (CANCELLED) |
| EVERETT F. LARSON | DD 830 ex DDR 830 ex DD 830 |
| FELAND | APA 11 ex AP 18 |
| 1ST LT. ALEX BONNYMAN | T-AK 3003 |
| 1ST LT. BALDOMERO LOPEZ | T-AK 3010 |
| 1ST LT. HARRY L. MARTIN | T-AK 3015 |
| 1ST LT. JACK LUMMUS | T-AK 3011 |
| FLEMING | DE 32 ex DE 271 |
| FLOYD B. PARKS | DD 884 |
| FRAMENT | APD 77 ex DE 677 |
| FRANCIS HAMMOND | FF 1067 ex DE 1067 |
| FRANK E. EVANS | DD 754 |
| FRANK E. PETERSEN JR. | DDG 121 |
| FRENCH | DE 367 |
| FRYBARGER | DE 705 ex DEC 705 ex DE 705 |
| FULLER | DD 297 |
| FULLER | APD 7 ex AP 14 |
| GAMBLE | DM 15 ex DD 123 |
| GARCIA | FF 1040 ex DE 1040 |
| GEIGER | T-AP 197 |
| GENERAL J. C. BRECKINRIDGE | T-AP 176 ex AP 176 |
| GENTRY | DE 349 |
| GEORGE A. JOHNSON | DE 583 |
| GEORGE F. ELLIOTT | AP 13 ex VICTORIOUS ID 3514 |
| GEORGE F. ELLIOTT | AP 105 |
| GILLESPIE | DD 609 |
| GILLIGAN | DE 508 ex DONALDSON |
| GONZALEZ | DDG 66 |
| GOSS | DE 444 |
| GRADY | DE 445 |
| GRAY | FF 1054 ex DE 1054 |
| GURKE | DD 783 |
| GYATT | DE 550 (CANCELLED) |
| GYATT | DD 712 ex DDG 1 ex DDG 712 ex DD 712 |
| GYSGT. FRED W. STOCKHAM | T-AK 3017 ex USNS Soderman T-AKR-299 |
| HALYBURTON | FFG 40 |
| HANNA | DE 449 |
| HANSON | DD 832 ex DDR 832 ex DD 832 |
| HARRIS | APA 2 ex AP 8 |
| HARRY LEE | APA 10 ex AP 17 |
| HARVEY C. BARNUM JR. | DDG 124 |
| HAWKINS | DD 873 ex DDR 873 ex DD 873 ex BEATTY |
| HECTOR A CAFFERATA JR | ESB 8 |
| HENDERSON | BOUNTIFUL AH 9 ex HENDERSON AP 1 |
| HENDERSON | DD 785 |
| HERBERT J. THOMAS | DD 833 ex DDR 833 ex DD 833 |
| HERSHEL (WOODY) WILLIAMS | T-ESB 4 |
| HEYLIGER | DE 510 |
| HEYWOOD | APA 6 ex AP 12 |
| HIGGINS | DDG 76 |
| HOWARD | DDG 83 |
| HUGH PURVIS | DD 709 |
| HULBERT | DD 342 ex AVD 6 ex AVP 19 ex DD 342 |
| JACK C. ROBINSON | APD 72 ex DE 671 |
| JACK H. LUCAS | DDG 125 |
| JACK MILLER | DE 410 |
| JACK WILLIAMS | FFG 24 |
| JAMES D. FAIRBANKS | T-ATS 13 |
| JASON DUNHAM | DDG 109 |
| JESSE RUTHERFORD | DE 347 |
| JOBB | DE 707 |
| JOHN BASILONE | DDG 122 |
| JOHN E. KILMER | DDG 134 |
| JOHN FRANCIS BURNES | DD 299 ex SWASEY |
| JOHN GLENN | T-ESD 2 ex MLP 2 |
| JOHN L. CANLEY | ESB 6 |
| JOHN P. MURTHA | LPD 26 |
| JOHN W. THOMASON | DD 760 |
| JOHN WARNER | SSN 785 |
| JOHN WILLIS | DE 1027 |
| JOSEPH E. CONNOLLY | DE 450 |
| JOSEPH M. AUMAN | APD 117 ex DE 674 |
| KANE | APD 18 ex DD 235 |
| KENNETH D. BAILEY | DE 552 (CANCELLED) |
| KENNETH D. BAILEY | DD 713 ex DDR 713 ex DD 713 |
| KEY | DE 348 |
| KIDDER | DD 319 |
| KOELSCH | FF 1049 ex DE 1049 |
| LA PRADE | DE 409 |
| LABOON | DDG 58 |
| LAWRENCE C. TAYLOR | DE 415 |
| LEFTWICH | DD 984 |
| LEJEUNE | AP 74 |
| LELAND E. THOMAS | DE 420 |
| LEONARD F. MASON | DD 852 |
| LESTER | DE 1022 |
| LEWIS B. PULLER | FFG 23 |
| LEWIS B. PULLER | ESB 3 ex T-ESB 3 ex MLP 3 |
| LCPL. ROY M. WHEAT | T-AK 3016 |
| LIDDLE | DE 76 |
| LIDDLE | APD 60 ex DE 206 |
| LITCHFIELD | AG 95 ex DD 336 |
| LOUIS H. WILSON JR. | DDG 126 |
| MADDOX | DD 168 |
| MADDOX | DD 622 |
| MADDOX | DD 731 |
| MAJ. STEPHEN W. PLESS | T-AK 3007 |
| MANSFIELD | DD 728 |
| MAURICE J. MANUEL | DE 351 |
| McCAFFERY | DD 860 ex DDE 860 ex DD 860 |
| McCAWLEY | DD 276 |
| McCAWLEY | APA 4 ex AP 10 |
| McCOY REYNOLDS | DE 440 |
| MEADE | DD 274 |
| MEADE | DD 602 |
| MELVIN R. NAWMAN | DE 416 |
| MEREDITH | DD 165 |
| MEREDITH | DD 434 |
| MEREDITH | DD 726 |
| MEREDITH | DD 890 |
| MIGUEL KEITH | T-ESB 5 |
| MILTON LEWIS | DE 772 (CANCELLED) |
| MONTFORD POINT | T-ESD 1 ex MLP 1 |
| MUNRO (Douglas A.) | WHEC 724 |
| MUNRO | WMSL 755 |
| MYLES C. FOX | DE 546 (CANCELLED) |
| MYLES C. FOX | DD 829 ex DDR 829 ex DD 829 |
| NEVILLE | APA 9 ex AP 16 ex INDEPENDENCE ID 3676 |
| NEW | DD 818 ex DDE 818 ex DD 818 |
| NICHOLAS | DD 311 |
| NICHOLAS | DD 449 ex DDE 449 ex DD 449 |
| NICHOLAS | FFG 47 |
| NORRIS | DD 859 ex DDE 859 ex DD 859 |
| O’BANNON | DD 177 |
| O’BANNON | DD 450 ex DDE 450 ex DD 450 |
| O’BANNON | DD 987 |
| OLIVER MITCHELL | DE 417 |
| OSBORNE | DD 295 |
| OSCAR AUSTIN | DDG 79 |
| OVERTON | APD 23 ex DD 239 |
| OZBOURN | DD 846 |
| PATRICK GALLAGHER | DDG 127 |
| PAUL | FF 1080 ex DE 1080 |
| POWER | DD 839 |
| PRATT | DE 363 |
| PRIVATE FRANKLIN J. PHILLIPS | T-AK 3004 |
| PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DeWAYNE T. WILLIAMS | T-AK 3009 |
| PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EUGENE A. OBREGON | T-AK 3006 |
| PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES ANDERSON JR. | T-AK 3002 |
| PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WILLIAM B. BAUGH | T-AK 3001 |
| PRUITT | AG 101 ex DM 22 ex DD 347 |
| QUICK | DMS 32 ex DD 490 |
| RAFAEL PERALTA | DDG 115 |
| RALPH JOHNSON | DDG 114 |
| RALPH TALBOT | DD 390 |
| RAY K. EDWARDS | APD 96 ex DE 237 |
| RAYMON W. HERNDON | APD 121 ex DE 688 |
| RAYMOND EVANS | WPC 1110 |
| REASONER | FF 1063 ex DE 1063 |
| RED CLOUD | T-AKR 313 |
| RICHARD B. ANDERSON | DD 786 |
| RICHARD E. KRAUS | DD 849 ex AG 151 ex DD 849 |
| RINGNESS | APD 100 ex DE 590 |
| ROBERT A. OWENS | DD 827 ex DDE 827 ex DDK 827 ex DD 827 |
| ROBERT E. SIMANEK | ESB 7 |
| ROBERT H. McCARD | DD 822 |
| ROBERT I. PAINE | DE 578 |
| ROBERT L. WILSON | DD 847 ex DDE 847 ex DD 847 |
| RODNEY M. DAVIS | FFG 60 |
| ROGERS BLOOD | DE 555 (CANCELLED) |
| ROGERS BLOOD | APD 115 ex DE 605 |
| RUPERTUS | DD 851 |
| RUSSELL | DDG 59 |
| SAMUEL B. ROBERTS | DE 413 |
| SAMUEL B. ROBERTS | DD 823 |
| SAMUEL B. ROBERTS | FFG 58 |
| SAMUEL S. MILES | DE 183 ex MILES |
| SCHMITT | APD 76 ex DE 676 |
| 2ND LT. JOHN P. BOBO | T-AK 3008 |
| SGT. MATEJ KOCAK | T-AK 3005 |
| SGT. WILLIAM R. BUTTON | T-AK 3012 |
| SHANNON | MMD 25 ex DM 25 ex DD 737 |
| SHOUP | DDG 86 |
| STACK | DD 406 |
| STAFFORD | DE 411 |
| STEELE | DE 8 |
| STEIN | FF 1065 ex DE 1065 |
| STEINAKER | DE 452 (CANCELLED) |
| STEINAKER | DD 863 ex DDR 863 ex DD 863 |
| STOCKHAM | DD 683 |
| SUMNER | DD 333 |
| THADDEUS PARKER | DE 369 |
| THOMAS F. NICKEL | DE 587 |
| THOMASON | DE 203 |
| TIMMERMAN | AG 152 ex EDD 828 ex DD 828 |
| TRAW | DE 350 |
| TWEEDY | DE 532 |
| TWIGGS | DD 127 |
| TWIGGS | DD 591 |
| UPSHUR | T-AP 198 |
| VALDEZ | FF 1096 ex DE 1096 |
| VANDEGRIFT | FFG 48 |
| WALLER | DD 466 ex DDE 466 ex DD 466 |
| WALTER C. WANN | DE 412 |
| WALTER X. YOUNG | DE 723 (CANCELLED) |
| WALTER X. YOUNG | APD 131 ex DE 715 |
| WALTON | DE 361 |
| WANTUCK | APD 125 ex DE 692 |
| WASMUTH | DMS 15 ex DD 388 |
| WEISS | DE 378 (CANCELLED) |
| WEISS | LPR 135 ex APD 135 ex DE 719 |
| WHARTON | AP 7 |
| WILLARD KEITH | DE 314 (CANCELLED) |
| WILLARD KEITH | DE 754 (CANCELLED) |
| WILLARD KEITH | DD 775 |
| WILLIAM CHARETTE | DDG 130 |
| WILLIAM P. BIDDLE | APD 8 ex AP 15 |
| WILLIAM SEIVERLING | DE 441 |
| WILLIAM WARD BURROWS | AP 6 |
| WITEK | EDD 848 ex DD 848 |
| WOODROW R. THOMPSON | DE 451 (CANCELLED) |
| WOODROW R. THOMPSON | DD 721 (CANCELLED After Launch) |
| WREN | DD 568 |
| YARBOROUGH | DD 314 |
| ZANE | AG 109 ex DMS 14 ex DD 337 |
| ZEILIN | DD 313 |
| ZEILIN | APA 3 ex AP 9 |
SHIPS NAMED AFTER FAMOUS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BATTLES
| Ship Name | Designation and Hull Number |
| BATAAN | CVL 29 ex CV 29 ex BUFFALO CL 99 |
| BATAAN | LHD 5 |
| BELLEAU WOOD | CVL 24 ex CV 24 ex NEW HAVEN CL 76 |
| BELLEAU WOOD | LHA 3 |
| BOUGAINVILLE | CVE 100 |
| BOUGAINVILLE | LHA 8 |
| CHATEAU THIERRY | AP 31 ex USAT |
| CHOSIN | CG 65 |
| CORREGIDOR | CVU 58 ex CVE 58 ex ACV 58 ex ANGUILLA BAY AVG 58 |
| FALLUJAH | LHA 9 |
| GUAM | LPH 9 |
| HELMAND PROVINCE | LHA 10 |
| HUE CITY | CG 66 |
| IWO JIMA | LPH 2 |
| IWO JIMA | LHD 7 |
| MAKIN ISLAND | CVE 93 |
| MAKIN ISLAND | LHD 8 |
| NASSAU | LHA 4 |
| OKINAWA | LPH 3 |
| PALAU | CVE 122 |
| PELELIU | LHA 5 |
| SAIPAN | LHA 2 |
| SAINT MIHIEL | AP 32 |
| SURIBACHI | AE 21 |
| TARAWA | CV 40 |
| TARAWA | LHA 1 |
| TRIPOLI | CVU 64 ex CVE 64 ex DIDRICKSON BAY |
| TRIPOLI | LPH 10 |
| TULAGI | (MV) |
| TULAGI | CVE 72 |
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