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The following resources are included in the ShipIndex.org database, so any ships mentioned in them will be in this database. Shaded resources, like "American Lloyds' Registry", are in the subscription database only.

Book D'Enno, Douglas. Fishermen Against the Kaiser, Volume I: Shockwaves of War, 1914-1915. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2010.
Book Dakin, William John. Whalemen adventurers : the story of whaling in Australian waters and other southern seas related thereto, from the days of sails to modern times. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1938.
Book Darlington, Robert A., and Fraser M. McKee. The Canadian Naval Chronicle, 1939-1945: The Successes and Losses of the Canadian Navy in World War II. St. Catharines ON: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1996.
Book Daughan, George C. The Shining Sea: David Porter and the Epic Voyage of the U.S.S. Essex During the War of 1812. New York: Basic Books, 2013.
Book Davidson, A. S. Marine Art and Liverpool: Painters, Places and Flag Codes, 1760-1960. Albrighton, Wolverhampton: Waine Research, 1986.
Book Davies, David Twiston. The Daily Telegraph Book of Naval Obituaries. London: Grub Street, 2004.
Book Davison, Robert L. The Challenges of Command: The Royal Navy's Executive Branch Officers, 1880-1919. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2011.
Book De Jong , Nicolas J. , and Marven E. Moore and Canadian Museum of Civilization. Shipbuilding on Prince Edward Island: Enterprise in a Maritime Setting, 1787-1920. Hull, Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1994.
Book de la Pedraja, Rene. A Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Merchant Marine and Shipping Industry: Since the Introduction of Steam. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
Book de Saumarez, James, and A.N. Ryan. The Saumarez Papers: Selections from the Baltic Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez , 1808-1812 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 110). London: Navy Records Society, 1968.
Book Deayton, Alistair. Directory of Clyde Paddle Steamers. Stroud: Amberley, 2013.
Book Degan, Patrick. Flattop Fighting in World War II: The Battles Between American and Japanese Aircraft Carriers. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2003.
Book Delgado, James P. Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2012.
Book Delgado, James P., and Hans Van Tilburg. The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor: The Rediscovery and Archaeology of Japan's Top-secret Midget Submarines of World War II. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2016.
Book Delgado, James P. War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Cold War. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Book Dent, Graham. Goldsmiths of Grays: "Pickfords of the North Sea"; A History and Fleet Biography. Ware, Hertfordshire: Chaffcutter Books, 2018.
Web Department of Defence, Australian Government. The Fleet - Royal Australian Navy. Canberra: Royal Australian Navy, 2010. Go there
Web Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Australian National Shipwreck Database. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia, Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts.
Book Dick, H.W. Beancaker to Boxboat: Steamship Companies in Chinese Waters. Canberra: Nautical Association of Australia, 1988.
Book Dick, H.W., and S.A. Kentwell. Sold East: Traders, Tramps, and Tugs of Chinese Waters. Melbourne: Nautical Association of Australia, 1991.
Book Dickinson, Harry W. Wisdom and War: The Royal Naval College Greenwich, 1873-1998. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2012.
Book Dillon, William Henry, and Michael Arthur Lewis. A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839), Vol. 1, 1790-1802 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 93). London: Navy Records Society, 1953.
Book Dillon, William Henry, and Michael A. Lewis. A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839): Vol. 2, 1802-1839 (Navy Records Society, vol. 97). London: Navy Records Society, 1956.
Book Divine, David. These Splendid Ships: The Story of the Peninsular and Oriental Line. London: F. Muller, 1960.
Book Dodge, Ernest S. Beyond the Capes : Pacific exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger 1776-1877. London: Victor Gallancz Ltd, 1971.
Book Donnan, Elizabeth. Documents Illustrative of the history of the slave trade to America : Volume II The Eighteenth Century. New York: Octagon Books, 1969.
Book Donnan, Elizabeth. Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America. New York: Octagon Books, 1969.
Book Donnan, Elizabeth. Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America: Volume III New England and the Middle Colonies. New York: Octagon Books, 1969.
Book Donnan, Elizabeth. Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America: Volume IV The Border Colonies and The Southern Colonies. New York: Octagon Books, 1969.
Book Dorling, H. Taprell. Blue Star Line at War, 1939-1945. London: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd, 1973.
Book Dow, George Francis. Slave Ships and Slaving (Marine Research Society Publication, No. 15). Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, 1927.
Book Dow, George Francis. Whale Ships and Whaling: a Pictorial History with and Account of the Whale Fishery in Colonial Times. Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1925. Go there
Book Drago, Harry Sinclair. The Steamboaters: From the Early Side-Wheelers to the Big Packets. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1967.
Book Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce, and Graham Easton Langmuir. Railway and Other Steamers. Prescot , Lancashire: T. Stephenson & Sons LTD., 1968.
Book Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce, and Graham Easton Langmuir. West Coast Steamers.  Prescot Stephenson, 1966.
Book Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce, and Graham Easton Langmuir. West Highland Steamers, Third Edition. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd., 1967.
Book Dudley, William S. Maritime Maryland: A History. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Book Dudley, William S. Naval War of 1812, Volume 1: 1812. Washington: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 1985.
Book Dudley, William S., Michael J. Crawford. Naval War of 1812, Volume 2: 1813. Washington: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 1992.
Book Dudley, William S. , Michael J. Crawford. Naval War of 1812, Volume 3: 1814-1815. Washington: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 2002.
Book Duffy, James P. Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The Deadliest Ships of World War II. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2005.
Book Duffy, Michael. The Naval Miscellany, Vol. 6 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 146). London: Ashgate Publishing, for the Navy Records Society, 2003.
Book Dull, Jonathan R. American Naval History, 1607-1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2012.
Book Dull, Jonathan R. The Age of the Ship of the Line: The British & French Navies, 1650-1815. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2009.
Book Dull, Paul S. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1978.
Book Dulles, Foster Rhea. Lowered Boats: a Chronicle of American Whaling. Bombay: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934.
Journal Dun, Michael, compiler. Lloyd's List (1812). London, England: W. Phillips, 1812. Go there
Book Dunbaugh, Edwin L. The New England Steamship Company: Long Island Sound Night Boats in the Twentieth Century. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005.
Book Duncan, Roger F. Coastal Maine: A Maritime History. New York: W.W. Norton, 1992.
Book Duncan, Roger F. Friendship Sloops. Camden, Me.: International Marine Pub. Co., 1985.
Book Dundas, Richard Saunders, Sir, and D. Bonner-Smith. Russian War, 1855: Baltic: Official Correspondence (Navy Records Society, Vol. 84). London: Navy Records Society, 1944.
Book Dunn, Laurence. Famous Liners of the Past Belfast Built. London: Adlard Coles Ltd, 1964.
Book Dunne, W. M. P. Thomas F. McManus and the American Fishing Schooners: An Irish-American Success Story. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1994.
Book Dunnigan, James F., and Albert A. Nofi. Victory at Sea: World War II in the Pacific. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1995.
Book Durham, Bill. Steamboats and Modern Steam Launches: Reproduction of a Magazine Published 1961-1963. Portland, Or.: Boat House, 1997.
Web Dyal, Donald H. Dyal Ship Collection. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Libraries, 2009. Go there
Book Dyndal, Gjert Lage. Land Based Air Power or Aircraft Carriers?: A Case Study of the British Debate About Maritime Air Power in the 1960s. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2012.
Web Edwardes, Arthur D. Arthur D. Edwardes Collection of Ship Photographs. Adelaide, Australia: State Library of South Australia.
Book Edwards, Bernard. The Twilight of the U-boats. Barnsley, UK: Leo Cooper Ltd., 2004.
Book Elphinstone, George Keith, and Christopher Lloyd. The Keith Papers, Volume II (Navy Records Society, Vol. 90). London: Navy Records Society, 1950.
Book Elphinstone, George Keith, and Christopher Lloyd. The Keith Papers, Volume III (Navy Records Society, Vol. 96). London: Navy Records Society, 1955.
Book Elphinstone, George Keith. The Keith Papers: Selected From the Papers of Admiral Viscount Keith, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 62). London: Navy Records Society, 1927.
Book Eltis, David, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Richardson, and Herbert S. Klein, eds. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Web Eltis, David, Martin Halbert, et al. Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. Atlanta, Ga.: Emory University.
Book Emmons, Frederick E. American Passenger Ships: The Ocean Lines and Liners, 1873-1983. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985.
Book Emmons, Frederick E. The Atlantic Liners, 1925-70. New York: Drake Publishers, 1972.
Book Evans, David C., Mark R. Peattie. Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
Book Fairburn, William Armstrong. Merchant Sail. Center Lovell, Maine: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, Inc., 1945-1955.
Book Farquhar, Ian J. The Tyser Legacy : a History of the Port Line and its Associated Companies. Wellington, N.Z.: Wellington New Zealand Ship and Marine Society, 2006.
Book Farr, Grahame E. West Country Passenger Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd., 1967. New
Book Faulkner, Marcus. The Great War at Sea: A Naval Atlas 1914-1919. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing, 2015.
Book Faulkner, Marcus, Andrew D. Lambert, and Peter Wilkinson. War at Sea: A Naval Atlas, 1939-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2012.
Book Felknor, Bruce L. The U.S. Merchant Marine at war, 1775-1945.  Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1998.
Book Fell, William Richmond. The Sea Surrenders. London: Cassell & Co., 1960.
Book Fildes, R. D. The Ships that Serve Australia and New Zealand, Volume One: Australian and New Zealand Flag Vessels. Sydney, NSW: Searail Productions, 1983.
Book Fildes, R.D. . The Ships that Serve Australia and New Zealand, Volume Two: Overseas Flag Vessels. Sydney, NSW: Searail Productions, 1983.
Web Finch, Ted. Liberty Ships Index.  Ted Finch, 2002?. Go there
Book Firth, C. H. Naval Songs and Ballads (Navy Records Society, Vol. 33). London: Navy Records Society, 1908.
Book Fish, John Perry. Unfinished Voyages: A Chronology of Shipwrecks in the Northeastern United States. Orleans, MA: Lower Cape Publishing, 1989.
Book Fisher, John Arbuthnot, Baron, and Peter Kemp. The Papers of Admiral Sir John Fisher, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol 102.). London: Navy Records Society, 1960.
Book Fisher, John Arbuthnot, Baron, and Peter Kemp. The Papers of Admiral Sir John Fisher, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol 106.) . London: Navy Records Society, 1964.
Book Flavin, Susan, Evan T. Jones. Bristol's Trade with Ireland and the Continent, 1503-1601: The Evidence of the Exchequer Customs Accounts (Bristol Record Society, Vol. 61). Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press for the Bristol Record Society, 2009.
Book Fleetwood, William C. Tidecraft : the Boats of South Carolina, Georgia, and Northeastern Florida, 1550-1950. Tybee Island, Georgia: WBG Marine Press, 1995.
Book Fontenoy, Paul E. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2006.
Book Fontenoy, Paul E. Submarines : An Illustrated History of Their Impact. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007.
Book Fontenoy, Paul E. The sloops of the Hudson River : a historical and design survey. Mystic, Connecticut: Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc, The Hudson River Maritime Museum, 1994.
Book Footner, Geoffrey M. The Last Generation: A History of a Chesapeake Shipbuilding Family. Solomons, Md.: Calvert Marine Museum Press, 1991.
Book Ford, Herbert. Pitcairn Island as a Port of Call: A Record, 1790-2010. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012.
Book Forrester, Robert E. British Mail Steamers to South America, 1851-1965: A History of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and Royal Mail Lines. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2014.
Book Forster, Honore. More South Sea whaling : a supplement to The South Sea whaler, an annotated bibliography of published historical, literary, and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century. Canberra: Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1991.
Book Forster, Honore. The South Sea Whaler. An Annotated Bibliography of Published Historical, Literary and Art Material Relating to Whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the Nineteenth Century. Fairhaven, MA: Edward J. Lefkowicz, 1985.
Book Foster, George H., and Peter C. Weiglin. Splendor Sailed the Sound: The New Haven Railroad and the Fall River Line . San Mateo, CA, Tucson, AZ,: Mid-State Associates, Potentials Group, 1989.
Book Fowler, William M., Jr. Rebels Under Sail: The American Navy During the Revolution. New York: Scribner, 1976.
Book Fox, Stephen R. Transatlantic: Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships. New York: HarperCollins, 2003.
Book Frame, T. R. No Pleasure Cruise: The Story of the Australian Navy. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2004.
Book Frank, Richard B. Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Random House, 1999.
Book Frank, Richard B. Guadalcanal. New York: Random House, 1990.
Book Frank, Richard B. Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War July 1937-May 1942. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.
Book Fraser, Walter J. Lowcountry Hurricanes: Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2006.
Book Fredriksen, John C. The United States Navy: A Chronology, 1775 to the Present. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2010.