Resources Included in ShipIndex.org Database

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Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Coastal Steam Vessels: Our Coastwise Fleets (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 9). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1974.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward, Ruth Diebold, William Diebold. Flyers of the Hudson: Hudson River Steamboats (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 5). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1965.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Great Lakes Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 1). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1962.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 2). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1968.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, Southern and Western Inland Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 8). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1974.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. New York Bay Steam Vessels: New York River and Harbour Notes (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 7). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1968.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward, Elizabeth Stanton Anderson. Nineteenth-century United States Naval Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 4). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1964.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward , Elizabeth Stanton Anderson. Ocean Steam Vessels (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 3). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1963.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Stanton's American Steam Vessels: The Classic Illustrations. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2002.
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Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Steam Vessels of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and Rivers (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 6). Meridian, Connecticut: Meridian Gravure Company, 1966.
Book Stanton, Samuel Ward. Towboats and Tugs (American Steam Vessels Series, Volume 10). Meridien, Connecticut: Meridien Gravure Company, 1989.
Book Starbuck, Alexander. History of the American Whale Fishery, From its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876. New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1964.
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Web State Archives & Records, New South Wales Government. Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists.  New South Wales Government, 2016(?)-. Go there
Web Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. Ellis Island Ship Database. New York, N.Y.: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, 2009.
Book Stern, Robert Cecil. Battle Beneath the Waves: The U-boat War. London: Arms and Armour, 1999.
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Book Stevens, Edward Frank. One Hundred Years of Houlders (A Record of the History of Houlder Brothers and Co. Ltd from 1849-1950). London: Houlder Brothers and Co, Ltd., 1951.
Book Still, William N. Confederate Shipbuilding. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1969.
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Book Still, William N. Crisis at Sea: the United States Navy in European Waters in World War I. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2006.
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Book Still, William N. Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads. Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Press, 1971.
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Book Stille, Mark, Paul Wright. US Navy Escort Carriers 1942-45. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2017.
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Book Stille, Mark. USN Battleship vs IJN Battleship: The Pacific 1942-44. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
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Book Stonehouse, Frederick. Great Wrecks of the Great Lake. Marquette, Mich.: Harboridge Press, 1973.
Book Sutton, Jean. The East India Company's Maritime Service, 1746-1834: Masters of the Eastern Seas. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2010.
Web Svendsen, Jan, and Jan Tiedemann. Containership-Info.com. Köln and Paris: Jan Svendsen & Jan Tiedemann, 2006-. Go there
Book Syme, Marten A. Shipping Arrivals and Departures: Victorian Ports. Vol. I 1798-1845. Melbourne, Victoria: Roebuck Society, 1984.
Book Syme, Marten A. Shipping Arrivals and Departures: Victorian Ports. Vol. II 1846-1855. Melbourne, Victoria: Roebuck Society, 1987.
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Book Syme, Marten A. Shipping Arrivals and Departures: Victorian Ports. Vol. III 1856-1860. Melbourne, Victoria: Roebuck Society, 2006.
Book Symonds, Craig. World War II at Sea: A Global History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
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Book Syrett, David. The Siege and Capture of Havana, 1762 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 114). London: Navy Records Society, 1970.
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Book Syrett, David, J. W. Clayton, and Rodger Winn. The Battle of the Atlantic and Signals Intelligence: U-Boat Situations and Trends, 1941-1945 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 139). Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, for the Navy Records Society, 1998.
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Book Talbot-Booth, E. C. Merchant Ships (1963 edition). Liverpool: Journal of Commerce and Shipping, 1963.
Book Tanner, J. R., and Samuel Pepys. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge; Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 26). London: Navy Records Society, 1903.
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Book Tanner, J. R., and Samuel Pepys. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge; Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 27) . London: Navy Records Society, 1904.
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Book Tanner, J. R., and Samuel Pepys. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge; Vol. 3 (Navy Records Society Vol. 36). London: Navy Records Society, 1909.
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Book Tanner, J. R. , John Hollond, Robert Slyngesbie. Two Discourses of the Navy, 1638 and 1659, by John Hollond, also a Discourse of the Navy 1660 by Sir Robert Slyngesbie (Navy Records Society, Vol. 7). London: Navy Records Society, 1896.
Book Tanner, J.R., Samuel Pepys. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalen College, Cambridge: Volume 4, Admiralty Journal (Navy Records Society, Vol. 57). London: Navy Records Society, 1923.
Book Tennent, A. J. British Merchant Ships Sunk by U Boats in the 1914-1918 War. Newport, Ghent: Starling Press, 1990.
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Book Tepper, Michael, ed. Immigrants to the Middle Colonies: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978.
Book Tepper, Michael. New World Immigrants: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, Volume I. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.
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Book Tepper, Michael. New World Immigrants: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, Volume II. Baltimore, MD: Gealogical Publishing Co., 1979.
Book Tepper, Michael. Passengers to America: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978.
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Book Thompson, Julian. The Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea, 1914-1918. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2005.
Book Thompson, Mark L. Graveyard of the Lakes. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2000.
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Book Thursfield, H. G. Five Naval Journals: 1789-1817 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 91). London: Navy Records Society, 1951.
Book Tod, Giles M. S. The Last Sail Down East. Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1965.
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Book Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, John Byng, and Brian Tunstall. The Byng Papers: Selected from the Letters and Papers of Admiral Sir George Byng, First Viscount Torrington, and of his Son, Admiral the Hon. John Byng, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 67). London: Navy Records Society, 1930.
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Book Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, John Byng, and Brian Tunstall. The Byng Papers: Selected from the Letters and Papers of Admiral Sir George Byng, First Viscount Torrington, and of his Son, Admiral the Hon. John Byng, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 68) . London: Navy Records Society, 1932.
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Book Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, John Byng, and Brian Tunstall. The Byng Papers: Selected from the Letters and Papers of Admiral Sir George Byng, First Viscount Torrington, and of his Son, Admiral the Hon. John Byng, Vol. 3 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 70) . London: Navy Records Society, 1932.
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Book Tracy, Nicholas. Sea Power and the Control of Trade: Beliigerent Rights from the Russian War to the Beira Patrol: 1854-1970 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 149). Burlington, VT: Ashgate for Navy Records Society, 2005.
Book Tracy, Nicholas. The Collective Naval Defence of the Empire, 1900-1940 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 136). Aldershot, England: Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 1997.
Book Tracy, Nicholas. The Naval Chronicle: The Contemporary Record of the Royal Navy at War (Vols. 1-5). London: Chatham Publishing, 1999.
Web Transport Canada. Vessel Registration Query System. Ottawa: Transport Canada. Go there
Book Trevenen, James, and Christopher Lloyd. A Memoir of James Trevenen (Navy Records Society, Vol. 101). London: Navy Records Society, 1959.
Book Tucker, Spencer. Blue & Gray Navies: The Civil War Afloat. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2006.
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Book Tucker, Spencer C., ed. Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
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Book Tzalel, Moshe. From Ice-breaker to Missile Boat: The Evolution of Israel's Naval Strategy (Contributions in Military Studies, No. 52). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000.
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Book Underhill, Harold A. Deep-Water Sail. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1952.
Book Underhill, Harold A. Sail Training and Cadet Ships. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, 1956.
Book United States Office of Naval Records and Library, Historical Section. American Ship Casualties of the World War Including Naval Vessels, Merchant Ships, Sailing Vessels, and Fishing Craft. Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1923.
Web US Coast Guard Vessel Documentation Center. Merchant Vessels of the United States, via NOAA Office of Science & Technology.  Office of Science & Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2014-. Go there
Book Vale, Brian. The Naval Miscellany, Vol. 8 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 164). London: Routledge for the Navy Records Society, 2017.
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Book Valuska, David L. The African American in the Union Navy, 1861-1865. New York: Garland Publishing, 1993.
Book Van der Linden, Peter J., John H. Bascom, Marine Historical Center of Detroit. Great Lakes Ships We Remember. Cleveland, OH: Freshwater Press, 1986.
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Book van der Merwe, Pieter, editor, and National Maritime Museum (Great Britain). Science and the French and British Navies, 1700-1850. London: National Maritime Museum, 2003.
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Book Van Duivenvoorde, Wendy, with Jeremy Green. Dutch East India Company Shipbuilding: The Archaeological Study of Batavia and Other Seventeenth-century VOC Ships. College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 2015.
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Book Vernon, Edward, and Bryan Ranft. The Vernon Papers (Navy Records Society, Vol. 99). London: Navy Records Society, 1958.
Book Villiers, Alan . Posted Missing: The Story of Ships Lost Without Trace in Recent Years. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956.
Web Visser, Auke. Auke Visser's International Super Tankers : Oil Bulk Ore Vessels.  Auke Visser's International Super Tankers, 2017. Go there
Web Visser, Auke. Auke Visser's International Super Tankers: Floating Platform and Storage Offshore Units.  Auke Visser's International Super Tankers, 2017. Go there
Web Visser, Auke. Auke Visser's International Super Tankers: Gas Carriers.  Auke Visser's International Super Tankers, 2017. Go there
Web Visser, Auke. Auke Visser's International Super Tankers: Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCC) .  Auke Visser's International Super Tankers, 2017. Go there
Web Visser, Auke. Auke Visser's International Super Tankers: Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC).  Auke Visser's International Super Tankers, 2017. Go there
Book Vojtech, Pat. Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks. Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1993.
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Book Von-Maszewski, W. M. German Emigration Ships to New Orleans, 1865-1869. Pasadena, Texas: The author, 1997.
Book Wall, Robert. Ocean Liners. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1977.
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Book Wallin, Homer N. Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal. Washington DC: Naval History Division, 1968.
Book Ward, R. Gerard, Ernest Stanley Dodge. American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790-1870 : A History, Geography and Ethnography Pertaining to American Involvement and Americans in the Pacific Taken From Contemporary Newspapers, etc. Ridgewood, NJ: Gregg Press, 1967.
Web Warner, Mary-Anne. Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters. Kingswood, NSW: State Records Authority of New South Wales, 1999-.
Book Wasson, George Savary, and Lincoln Colcord. Sailing Days on the Penobscot: The River and Bays as they were in the Old Days. Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1932.
Book Waters, Sydney David. Ordeal by Sea: The New Zealand Shipping Company in the Second World War, 1939-1945. London: New Zealand Shipping Company, 1949.
Web Watson, Alan. The Medusa Trust: Preserving Medusa for Future Generations. Elstead, Surrey, UK: The Medusa Trust. Go there
Web Wayne, Carl, Tugboat Enthusiasts Society of the Americas. Carl Wayne's Tugboat Database.  Tugboat Enthusiasts Society of the Americas, 2003.
Book Weightman, Alfred E. Heraldry in the Royal Navy: Crests and Badges of H. M. Ships. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1957. New
Book Wernham, R.B., Sir John Norris, and Sir Francis Drake. Expedition of Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake to Spain and Portugal, 1589 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 127). Brookfield, VT: Temple Smith, 1988.
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Web Western Australian Museum. Western Australia Shipwreck Database. Fremantle, Western Australia: Western Australian Museum. Go there
Book Wheeler, Richard. In Pirate Waters. New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1969.
Book Whipple, A.B.C. , and G.A. Little. Tall Ships and Great Captains: A Narrative of Famous Sailing Ships through the Ages and the Courageous Men who Sailed, Fought or Raced them Across the Seas. New York: Harper, 1960.
Book White, Willis H. The Tillotson Family of Long Island, New York: Three Generations of the Descendants of Samuel Tillotson. Herndon, Va.: W.H. White, 2001.
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Book Whitehouse, Arch. Fighting Ships. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967.
Book Wiggins, Melanie. Torpedoes in the Gulf: Galveston and the U-boats, 1942-1943. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2004.
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Book Wilcox, L. A. . Mr. Pepys' Navy. London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd, 1966.
Book Williams, Greg H. Civil and Merchant Vessel Encounters with United States Navy Ships, 1800-2000. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2002.
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Book Williams, Neville J. The Maritime Trade in the East Anglian Ports, 1550-1590. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988.
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Book Willis, Sam. The Struggle for Sea Power: a Naval History of the American Revolution. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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Book Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing, 2009.
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Book Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. St. Paul, Minn.: Seaforth Publishing, 2007.
Book Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing, 2008.
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Book Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing, 2014.
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Book Winfield, Rif. First Rate: The Greatest Warships in the Age of Sail. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010.
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Web Wisconsin Marine Historical Society. Great Lakes Vessel Enrollment Online Database. Madison, Wisc.: Brendon Baillod, 1995-. Go there