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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
Names beginning with the letter P

This page lists all P-named U.S. Navy Ships whose pictures are available through the Online Library.

If the ship you want is not listed on this page, contact the Photographic Section concerning other research options.

P-named ships are listed below in alphabetical order. Scan down the list until you find the ship you want, then click its entry to access appropriate image pages.

• P.R.R. No.9 (SP-679), 1917-1919. Also called Pennsylvania R.R. No.9
  
  
• Page, William N. (ID # 3844), 1918-1919. Properly called William N. Page
• Palau (CVE-122, later AKV-22), 1946-1960
• Palmer (Destroyer # 161, later DD-161 and DMS-5), 1918-1945
• Palmer, John A., Jr. (SP-319), 1917-1919. Properly called John A. Palmer, Jr. and J.A. Palmer
  
  
• Paloma (SP-533), 1917-1919
• Panama (SP-101), 1917-1920
• Panaman (ID # 3299), 1918-1919
• Panther (1898-1923, later AD-6)
• Panuco (ID # 1533), 1918-1919
  
  
• Para (1862-1865)
• Parker (Destroyer # 48, later DD-48), 1913-1935
• Parker (DD-604), 1942-1973
• Parks, Floyd B. (DD-884), 1945-1974. Properly called Floyd B. Parks
• Parrott (Destroyer # 218, later DD-218), 1920-1947
• Parsons (DD-949, later DDG-33), 1959-1989
• Parthenia (SP-671), 1917-1920
  
  
• Pasadena (ID # 2943), 1918-1919
• Pasadena (CL-65), 1944-1972
  
• Pascagoula (1918-1918)
  
• Pasco (PF-6), 1944-1953
• Passaic (1862-1899)
• Pastores (ID # 4540, later AF-16), 1918-1919 and 1942-1946
  
  
• Patapsco (1863-1865)
• Patchogue (ID # 1227, later YFB-1227), 1917-1922
• Patoka (AO-9, later AV-6 and AG-125), 1919-1946
• Patricia (1919-1919)
  
  
• Patrol # 1 (SP-45), 1917-1919
• Patrol # 2 (SP-409), 1917-1919
• Patrol # 4 (SP-8), 1917-1919
• Patrol # 5 (SP-29), 1917-1919
• Patrol # 6 (SP-54), 1917-1921
• Patrol # 8 (SP-56), 1917-1919
• Patrol # 10 (SP-85), 1917-1921
  
  
• Patterson (Destroyer # 36, later DD-36), 1911-1934. Renamed DD-36 in 1933
• Patterson (DD-392), 1937-1947
• Patterson (DE-1061, later FF-1061), 1970-1999
• Pattina (SP-675), 1917-1919
  
  
• Paul (DE-1080, later FF-1080), 1971-2000
• Paul F. Foster (DD-964, later EDD-964), 1976-____
• Paul Hamilton (DD-307), 1920-1931
• Paul Hamilton (DD-590), 1943-1970
• Paul Hamilton (DDG-60), 1995-____
• Paul Jones (1862-1867)
• Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10), 1902-1920
• Paul Jones (DD-230, later AG-120), 1921-1947
  
  
• Paulding (Destroyer # 22, later DD-22), 1910-1934
• Paulding, James K. (DD-238), 1920-1939. Properly called James K. Paulding
  
  
• Pawnee (1860-1884)
• Pawnee (SP-699), 1917-1921. Renamed SP-699 in 1918
• Paysandu (ID # 3880), 1919-1919
  
  
• PC-454, 1940-1944. Renamed Impetuous (PYc-46), 1943. Was USS Sybilla III (SP-104) in 1917-1918
• PC-472 (1941-1944)
• PC-489 (1942-1948)
• PC-545 (1942-1944)
• PC-574 (1942-1946)
• PC-799 (1944-1948)
  
  
• PC-802 (1945-1950)
• PC-810 (1945-1950)
• PC-823 (1944-1948)
• PC-1088 (1945-1948). Later PGM-12
• PC-1264 (1944-1948)
• PC-1594 (1942-1946). Originally named Direct (AM-90)
  
  
• PCE-843 (1944-1961). Renamed Skowhegan (PCE-843) in 1956
• PCE-893 (1944-1947)
  
  
• PCS-1387 (1944-1967). Later renamed Beaufort (PCS-1387)
• PCS-1391 (1944-1948). Later PCSC-1391
• PCS-1405 (1944-1947)
• PCS-1424 (1943-1946)
• PCS-1445 (1944-1952)
• PCS-1450 (1944-1947)
  
  
• PE-35, 1919-1938. Also called Eagle 35 (PE-35)
  
  
• Peary (DD-226), 1920-1942
• Peary, Robert E. (DE-1073, later FF-1073), 1972-1992. Properly called Robert E. Peary
• Peerless (ID # 1639), 1918-1919
• Pegasus (AK-48, later IX-222), 1941-1946
• Pembina (1861-1865)
• Penacook (1898-1947, later YT-6 and YTM-6)
• Penguin (1861-1865)
• Penguin (Minesweeper # 33, later AM-33), 1918-1941
  
  
• Pennsylvania (1837-1861)
• Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4, later CA-4), 1905-1931. Renamed Pittsburgh in 1912.
• Pennsylvania (BB-38), 1916-1948
• Pennsylvania R.R. No.9 (SP-679), 1917-1919. Also called P.R.R. No.9
• Pennsylvanian (ID # 3511), 1918-1919. Renamed Scranton, November 1918
  
  
• Penobscot (SP-982, later YT-42 and YTB-42), 1917-1947
• Pensacola (ID # 2078, later AK-7 and AG-13), 1917-1925
• Pensacola (CA-24, originally CL-24), 1930-1948
• Pentucket (1904-1937, later YT-8)
  
  
• Peoria (1898-1922, later AT-48 and YT-109)
• Peoria (PF-67), 1944-1947
• Peosta (1863-1865, "Tinclad" # 36)
• Pequot (ID # 2998), 1918-1919
  
  
• Perch (SS-176), 1936-1942
• Percival (Destroyer # 298, later DD-298), 1920-1931
• Perdido (CVE-47), very brief service, 1944. Later HMS Trouncer
• Perfecto (SP-86), 1917-1919
• Peridot (PYc-18), 1942-1946
  
  
• Perkins (Destroyer # 26, later DD-26), 1910-1935. Renamed DD-26 in 1933
• Perkins (DD-377), 1936-1943
• Perkins (DD-877, later DDR-877 and DD-877), 1945-1973
• Permit (SS-178), 1937-1958
• Perry (Destroyer # 11), 1902-1920
• Perry (DD-340, later DMS-17), 1922-1944
• Perry (DD-844), 1946-1974
• Perry, Newman K. (DD-883, later DDR-883 and DD-883), 1945-1981. Properly called Newman K. Perry
  
  
• Pete (SP-596), 1917-1918
• Peter H. Crowell (ID # 2987), 1917-1919
• Peterson (DE-152), 1943-1974
• Peterson (DD-969), 1977-2004
• Petrel (Gunboat # 2, PG-2), 1889-1920
• Petrie, Edward R. (ID # 1926, barge), 1917-1918. Properly called Edward R. Petrie No image is available, or known to exist
  
  
• PFC James Anderson, Jr. (T-AK-3002), 1985-____
• PGM-2 (1943-1947). Originally SC-757
• PGM-6 (1943-1947). Originally SC-1071
• PGM-7 (1943-1944). Originally SC-1072
• PGM-12 (1945-1948). Originally PC-1088
  
  
• Pharris (DE-1094, later FF-1094), 1974-1999
• Phelps (DD-360), 1936-1947
• Philadelphia (1800-1803)
• Philadelphia (1861-1865)
• Philadelphia (Cruiser # 4, C-4, later IX-24), 1890-1927
• Philadelphia (CL-41), 1937-1951
  
  
• Philip (Destroyer # 76, later DD-76), 1918-1940
• Philip (DD-498, later DDE-498 & DD-498), 1942-1971
• Philippine Sea (CV-47, later CVA-47, CVS-47 and AVT-11), 1946-1971
• Philippine Sea (CG-58), 1989-____
• Philippines (ID # 1677), 1919-1919
• Philippines (CB-4), 1941 Program -- construction cancelled, 1943
• Phoenix (CL-46), 1938-1951
  
  
• Piave (ID # 3799), 1918-1919
• Pickerel (Submarine # 22), 1912-1922. Name changed to F-3 in November 1911, while under construction
• Pickerel (SS-177), 1937-1943
• Pickerel (SS-524), 1949-1972
• Picket Boat Number One, 1864
• Picking (DD-685), 1943-1976
  
  
• Pierce, John R. (DD-753), 1944-1974. Properly called John R. Pierce
• Pigeon (Minesweeper # 47, later AM-47 and ASR-6), 1919-1942
• Pike (Submarine # 6, later SS-6), 1903-1922. Renamed A-5, 1911
• Pike (SS-173), 1935-1957
• Pilgrim (SP-1204), 1917-1919
• Pilotfish (SS-386), 1943-1946
• Pillsbury (DD-227), 1920-1942
• Pilsbury, Edwin L. (SP-964). Properly called Edwin L. Pilsbury. Probably no USN service
  
  
• Pinkney (APH-2), 1942-1957. Later USNS Private Elden H. Johnson (T-AP-184)
• Pinola (1862-1865)
• Piqua (SP-130), 1917-1919. Named Kanawha II (SP-130) until March 1918
• Pirate (SP-229), 1917-1918
  
  
• Piscataqua (1865-1874). Name given to USS Chimo in 1869
• Piscataqua (1898-1931, later AT-49)
• Pittsburg (1862-1865). Name also spelled Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh (Armored Cruiser # 4, later CA-4), 1905-1931. Name changed from Pennsylvania in 1912.
• Pittsburgh (CA-72), 1944-1974
  
  
• Planter (1862)
• Plattsburg (ID # 1645), 1918-1919. Also served as USS Harvard in 1898
• Pleiades (ID # 1616), 1918-1919
• Pleiades (AK-46), 1941-1945
  
  
• Plunger (Submarine, built under an 1895 contract but not accepted for service)
• Plunger (Submarine # 2), 1903-1922. Renamed A-1 in 1911
• Plunger (SS-179), 1936-1957
• Plunkett (DD-431), 1940-1959
• Plymouth (ID # 3308), 1918-1919
• Plymouth Rock (LSD-29), 1954-1995
  
  
• Pocahontas (ID # 3044), 1917-1919. Originally named Prinzess Irene
• Pocatello (PF-9), 1944-1947
• Pocomoke (SP-265, later YT-43), 1917-1922.
• Point Bonita (ID # 3496), 1918-1919. Later USS Camanga (AG-42), 1942-1945
• Point Cruz (CVE-119, later AKV-19), 1945-1971
  
  
• Polar Bear (ID # 3666), 1918-1919
• Polar Land (ID # 3651), 1918-1919
• Polar Sea (ID # 3301), 1918-1919
• Polar Star (ID # 3787), 1919-1919
• Politesse (SP-662), 1917-1919
• Pollack (SS-180), 1937-1947
• Polly (SP-690), 1917-1919
  
  
• Pomander (SP-702), 1917-1918
• Pomfret (SS-391), 1944-1971
• Pompano (SS-181), 1937-1943
• Pompanoosuc (1864-1884), later renamed Connecticut
• Pompey (1898-1922, later AF-5)
  
  
• Ponchatoula (AO-148, later T-AO-148), 1956-1999
• Pondera (APA-191), 1944-1974
• Pontiac (ID # 2343), 1918
• Pontoosuc (1864-1866)
• Pope (DD-225), 1920-1942
• Pope, General John (AP-110, later T-AP-110), 1943-20__. Properly called General John Pope
  
  
• Porpoise (1836-1854)
• Porpoise (Submarine # 7, later SS-7), 1903-1922. Later renamed A-6
• Porpoise (YFB-2047), 1918-1931. Originally named Moosehead (ID # 2047)
• Porpoise (SS-172), 1935-1957
• Port Royal (1862-1866)
  
  
• Porter (Torpedo Boat # 6, TB-6), 1897-1912
• Porter (DD-59), 1916-1934
• Porter (DD-356), 1936-1942
• Porter (DD-800), 1944-1974
• Porter (DDG-78), 1999-____
• Porter, William D. (DD-579), 1943-1945. Properly called William D. Porter
  
  
• Porterfield (DD-682), 1943-1976
• Portland (CA-33), 1933-1959
• Port Royal (CG-73), 1994-____
• Portsmouth (CL-102), 1945-1974
  
  
• Postmaster General (ID # 2364), 1918-1919
• Potomac (1898-1922, later AT-50)
• Potter, Stephen (DD-538), 1943-1973. Properly called Stephen Potter
• Powell, Halsey (DD-686), 1943-1968. Properly called Halsey Powell
• Power (DD-839), 1945-1977
• Powhatan (1898-1928), later renamed Cayuga (YT-12)
  
• Powhatan (ID # 3013), 1917-1919. Originally named Hamburg
  
  
• Prairie (1898-1923, later AD-5)
• Prairie Bird (1863-1865, "Tinclad" # 11)
• Prairie State (IX-15), 1901-1956. Originally Illinois (Battleship # 7)
• Pratt, Herbert L. (ID # 2339), 1918-1919. Properly called Herbert L. Pratt
• Pratt, William V. (DLG-13, later DDG-44), 1961-1995. Properly called William V. Pratt
  
  
• Preble (Destroyer # 12), 1902-1920
• Preble (Destroyer # 345, later DD-345, DM-20 & AG-99), 1920-1946
• Preble (DLG-15, later DDG-46), 1960-2002
• Prentiss, A.G. (ID # 2413), 1918-1918. Properly called A.G. Prentiss
  
  
• President Adams (AP-38, later APA-19), 1941-1974
• President Grant (ID # 3014), 1917-1919. Served as Republic (AP-33), 1941-1945
• President Hayes (AP-39, later APA-20), 1941-1973
• President Jackson (AP-37, later APA-18 and T-APA-18), 1942-1973
• President Lincoln (1917-1918)
  
  
• Presidio (APA-88), 1945-1965
• Preston (Destroyer # 19), 1909-1919
• Preston (DD-327), 1921-1932
• Preston (DD-379), 1936-1942
• Preston (DD-795), 1944-1969
• Preston, William B. (DD-344, later AVP-20 & AVD-7), 1920-1946. Properly called William B. Preston
• Pretoria (1919-1919)
  
  
• Price, Eugene F. (SP-839), 1917-1920. Also known as Eugene F. Price
• Price, General (1863-1865). Also known as General Sterling Price
• Prichett (DD-561), 1944-1970
• Prince William (ACV-31, later CVE-31 and CVHE-31), 1943-1960
• Princess Matoika (ID # 2290), 1918-1919
• Princess Royal (1863-1865)
  
  
• Princeton (1843-1849)
• Princeton (1852-1866)
• Princeton (Gunboat # 13, PG-13), 1898-1919
• Princeton (CVL-23, originally CV-23), 1943-1944
• Princeton (CV-37, later CVA-37, CVS-37 and LPH-5), 1945-1971
• Princeton (CG-59), 1989-____
  
  
• Pringle (DD-477), 1942-1945
• Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm (ID # 4063), 1919-1919
• Prinzess Irene (ID # 3044), 1917-1919. Renamed Pocahontas, September 1917
  
  
• Priscilla (SP-44), 1917 (no actual service)
• Privateer (SP-179, later YP-179), 1917-1930
• Private Elden H. Johnson (T-AP-184), 1942-1957. Originally USS Pinkney (APH-2)
  
  
• Progressive (ID # 2003), 1918-1919
• Prometheus (AC-2, later AR-3), 1910-1946
• Protector (SP-1242), 1918 (no actual service)
• Protector (YAGR-11, later AGR-11), 1967-1965
• Proteus (1864-1865)
• Providence (1775-1779)
• Providence (1776)
• Providence (CL-82, later CLG-6 & CG-6), 1945-1980
  
  
• Pruitt (DD-347, later DM-22 & AG-101), 1920-1946
• Psyche V (SP-9), 1917-1919
  
  
• PT-96, 1942-1945
• PT-105, 1942-1945
• PT-107, 1942-1944
• PT-108, 1942-1945
• PT-109, 1942-1943
• PT-157, 1942-1945
• PT-174, 1942-1945
  
  
• PT-332, 1943-1945
• PT-333, 1943-1945
• PT-564, 1943-1948
  
  
• Pueblo (Armored Cruiser # 7, later CA-7), 1905-1931. Name changed from Colorado in 1916
• Pueblo (AGER-2, originally AKL-44), 1967-____
• Puerto Rico (CB-5), 1941 Program -- construction cancelled, 1943
• Puget Sound (CVE-113, later CVHE-113 and AKV-13), 1945-1962
• Pulaski (1858-1863)
  
  
• Purdy (DD-734), 1944-1974
• Puritan (launched 1864)
• Puritan (Monitor # 1, BM-1), 1896-1922
• Puritan (ID # 2222), 1918-1919
• Purvis, Hugh (DD-709), 1945-1972. Properly called Hugh Purvis
• Putnam (Destroyer # 287, later DD-287), 1919-1931
• Putnam (DD-757), 1944-1974
• Putnam, General (1861-1865). Properly called General Putnam. Originally named William G. Putnam

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