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

This page lists all V-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.

V-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.

• V-3 (SF-6), 1926-1945. Renamed Bonita (SS-165) in 1931
• V-4 (SM-1), 1928-1943, later renamed Argonaut
• V-6 (SC-2), 1930-1945, later renamed Nautilus (SS-168)
  
  
• Valcour (AVP-55, later AGF-1), 1946-1977
• Valdez (DE-1096, later FF-1096), 1974-1998
• Valley Forge (CV-45, later CVA-45, CVS-45 and LPH-8), 1946-1971
• Valley Forge (CG-50), 1986-2006
  
  
• Vandalia (1876-1889)
• Vanderbilt (1862-1873)
• Varian (DE-798), 1944-1974
• Varuna (1862-1862)
• Vaud J. (SP-3361), 19187-1919
  
  
• Vedette (SP-163), 1917-1919
• Veendijk (ID # 2515), 1918-1919
• Vega (SP-734), 1917-1921. Originally named Lyndonia
• Vella Gulf (CG-72), 1993-____
• Velocipede (SP-1258), 1917-1919
• Vencedor (SP-669), 1917-1919
• Venetia (SP-431), 1917-1919
• Venture (SP-616), 1917-1919
  
  
• Verdi (SP-979). 1017-1918
• Vergana (SP-519), 1917-1922
• Vermont (1862-1902)
• Vermont (Battleship # 20, later BB-20), 1907-1923
  
  
• Vesole (DD-878, later DDR-878 & DD-878), 1945-1983
• Vestal (Collier # 1, AR-4), 1909-1950)
• Vester (SP-686), 1917-1920)
• Vesuvius (1866-1899), formerly named Tippecanoe and later renamed Wyandotte
• Vesuvius (1890-1922)
  
  
• Vicksburg (1863-1865)
• Vicksburg (Gunboat # 11, later PG-11), 1897-1921
• Vicksburg (CL-86), 1944-1964
• Vicksburg (CG-69), 1992-____
  
  
• Victor (SP-1995). 1017-1918
• Victoria (AO-46), 1942-1946. Was also USS George G. Henry (ID # 1560), 1918-1919
• Victoria, Kaiserin Auguste (ID # 3963), 1919-1919. Properly called Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
• Victorious (ID # 3514), 1918-1919
• Vigil (YAGR-12, later AGR-12), 1957-1965
• Vigilant (1898-1928, later YT-25)
  
  
• Viking (1898-1899)
• Viking (ID # 3314), 1918-1919
  
  
• Vincennes (1826-1867)
• Vincennes (CA-44), 1937-1942
• Vincennes (CL-64), 1944-1969
• Vincennes (CG-49), 1985-____
• Vincent (SP-3246), 1918-1919
• Vindicator (1864-1865)
• Vinson, Carl (CVN-70), 1982-____. Properly called Carl Vinson
  
  
• Violet (ID # 2395), possibly in service 1918-1919 as (perhaps) Coal Barge # 420
• Viper (Submarine # 10, later SS-10), 1907-1922. Renamed B-1 in 1911
• Vireo (Minesweeper # 52, later AM-52, AT-144 & ATO-144), 1919-1947
  
  
• Virginia (Battleship # 13, later BB-13), 1906-1923
• Virginia (SP-274), 1917-1920. Later renamed SP-274
• Virginia (SP-746), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-746
• Virginia (SP-1965), 1918-1919. Later renamed SP-1965
• Virginia (CGN-38, originally DLGN-38), 1976-2002
• Virginian (1918-1919)
• Virginian (ID # 3920), 1919-1919
  
  
• Virgo (AKA-20, later AE-30), 1943-1973
• Vision (SP-744), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-744
• Vision (SP-1114), 1917-1918
• Vitesse (SP-1192), 1917-1918
• Vittorio Emmanuele III (ID # 3095), 1918-1919
• Vivace (SP-583), 1917-1919
• Vixen (1863-1873). Originally named Neosho and later renamed Osceola
• Vixen (1898-1923, later PY-4)
• Vixen (SP-68), 1917-1928. Renamed Despatch in August 1917
  
  
• Vogelgesang (DD-862), 1945-1982
• Volador (SS-490), 1948-1972
• Volunteer (1864-1865)
• Volunteer (ID # 3242), 1918-1919
• Von Steuben (ID # 3017), 1917-1919
• Voyager (SP-361), 1917-1919
• Vreeland (DE-1068, later FF-1068), 1970-1992
• Vulcan (1898-1899)

NOTES:

Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".

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