Registry of Army Vessel Names: Official Listings of Active and Retired Ship Names in the Army Marine Transportation Corps with Extensive and Informative Biographical Summaries About Names

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The Office of the Chief of Transportation, Fort Eustis, Virginia, prepared this Registry of Army Vessel Names for all Transportation Corps personnel who have an interest in the Army's marine transportation field. It provides a historical record of Army vessel names, and establishes the procedures for naming Army vessels. The procedures and names contained in this publication pertain to all U.S. Army Transportation Corps watercraft and watercraft units. Contents include: Listing of Army Vessel Names, Alphabetical Listing of Army Vessel Names, Retired Army Vessel Names, and Biographical Summaries. Listing of Army Vessel Names: This section contains a listing of Army Vessel names organized by class and hull number.

Newly acquired vessels, eligible to be named, will be formally named in a ceremony upon delivery to the gaining unit. For new construction, the name will be affixed to the vessel during building, but the formal christening ceremony may take place at the construction yard or upon delivery. Commands having operational control over a vessel that is authorized a name, but is unnamed, will arrange an appropriate ceremony to name the vessel.

The ceremony for commissioning an Army ship is not prescribed specifically in Army regulations; however, the Army's Chief of Transportation approved the following procedures: (1) At the appropriate time, the crew and other participating officers and troops will assemble in formation with the band and honor guard. (2) Distinguished guests, participating VIPs, and visitors will be seated in a position to observe the ceremony. (3) If the unit is to be activated or transferred, the activation or transfer ceremony will immediately precede the commissioning and the guest speaker's comments. (4) Formal commissioning will begin when the officer effecting the commissioning delivers the ship to the master by saying, "I hereby deliver the U.S. Army vessel (name)." The master accepts command by stating, "I hereby assume command of the U.S. Army vessel (name)." (5) The vessel master and unit guidon take their place on the quarterdeck. With the placing of the guidon, the ship's ensign, union jack, and other flags or pennants are hoisted simultaneously. The ship is officially commissioned with this act. (6) The ship's crew will then file from formation and man the ship's rail to Conclude the ceremony.