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Mooney, James L., and Naval Historical Center, et al
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (online).
Washington, DC:
U.S. Department of the Navy : Naval Historical Center.
This is an online version of the eight-volume version of DANFS, published by the US Government, and available in many libraries. Most entries are reproductions of what appears in the print version; a few, however, have been updated.
This is a directory of all main entries; it doesn't include mentions of vessels in entries other than their main entry. (So, for instance, it doesn't indicate that Nevada (BB-36) or Oklahoma (BB-37) are mentioned in the entry for Arizona (BB-39), it just links to all three entries.)