bigpigeon.us webpage World Wars > WW II at Sea, updated by RAC 13 Sep 2021.
Each US Navy ship had a name and a hull number. E.g.:
Sources for the WW II at Sea webpage:
Each US Navy ship had a name and a hull number. E.g.:
- The heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis on which roster member Rex Knapp was entombed had the hull number CA-36.
- The light cruiser USS Juneau on which roster member Walter Lueth and the five Sullivan brothers from Iowa died had hull number CL-52.
- Maritime Losses Japan Report - major naval losses in the War with Japan.
- Maritime Losses Germany Report - major naval losses in the War with Germany
Sources for the WW II at Sea webpage:
- The webpage header image, Sinking of the USS Houston, 1 Mar 1942, depicts the Houston's fate in the battle of Sunda Strait. Painting by Joe T. Fleischman, 1950. Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command. Catalog # 93153.