List of unclassified miscellaneous vessels of the United States Navy explained

The IX (unclassified - miscellaneous) hull classification symbol is used for ships of the United States Navy that do not fit into one of the standard categories.[1] [2] Similar lists of 'miscellaneous' ships can found at

and

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Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P]. Ships in the inactive category include only ships in the inactive reserve, ships which have been disposed from US service have no listed status. Ships in the precommissioning category include ships under construction or on order; IX ships are generally not ordered as such, but are rather converted from other roles.

Historical overview

These vessels usually fall into these categories:

Currently only one ship, USS Prevail (IX-537), actively carries an IX hull symbol.

World War II

See also

During the naval build-up for World War II over 25 vessels of Maritime Commission (MarCom, later MarAd) standard designs were converted to US Navy unclassified miscellaneous vessels (several after suffering heavy damage in commercial service):

Unclassified miscellaneous vessels (IX)

Armadillo-class

MC type Z-ET1-S-C3 hulls, mobile base storage tankers[16]

Other unknown classes

Trefoil-class

MarCom B7-D1 concrete barges

Other unknown classes

IX-236 through IX-299 unused

IX-328 through IX-500 unused

Unclassified miscellaneous submarines (IXSS)

See main article: List of submarines of the United States Navy.

A number of submarines were briefly given the IXSS hull symbol in 1971 prior to their disposal, nearly all had previously held the AGSS designation.[33]

See also

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ship Abbreviations and Symbols. www.history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. 22 November 2017.
  2. Web site: DiGiulian. Tony. USN Ship Designations - NavWeaps. www.navweaps.com. 22 November 2017. en.
  3. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013717379;view=1up;seq=312 "In Touch with the World from the Arctic"
  4. Web site: Cheng Ho (IX-52) . navsource.org . 5 October 2010.
  5. Web site: Ship Naming in the United States Navy . Navy History & Heritage Command . 19 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150103224426/http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq63-1.htm . 3 January 2015 .
  6. Web site: IX-64 Wolverine. Global Security.org. 19 July 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090710135419/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ix-64.htm. 10 July 2009. live.
  7. Puritan IV (IX-69). Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  8. Web site: Glover . Bill . CS Dickenson . History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications . 10 July 2015 . 14 January 2020.
  9. de Pastino . Blake . December 31, 2015 . Sunken WWII Ship, Famed for Pearl Harbor Rescue Mission, Discovered Off Hawaii Coast . Western Digs . 20 January 2020.
  10. News: Old Sailing Ship Handles War Job . 1945-05-17 . San Pedro News Pilot . 18 . 63 . 8 . en . 2023-05-22 . they languish at the end of an anchor just outside Breakwater Light, aboard what was the three-master Metha Nelson, now converted into an identification ship.[...]The navy didn’t want a large modern ship. After all, it wasn’t going anywhere. Now its main variety is when port pilots drop in, causing it to be known as the "pilots’ boardinghouse." .
  11. John M. Howard (IX-75) . 2015 .
  12. Brave . Naval History And Heritage Command . 26 June 2015 . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History And Heritage Command . 1 September 2019.
  13. Web site: The Greater Buffalo & The U.S.S. Sable. WNY Heritage Press. 2005. 19 July 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081005094315/http://wnyheritagepress.org/photos_week_2005/greater_buffalo/greater_buffalo.htm. 5 October 2008.
  14. Web site: Turner I (Destroyer No. 259) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .
  15. Web site: USS Ocelot . . 2004 . 9 December 2011.
  16. http://www.aukevisser.nl/t2tanker/t-tankers-2/id1130.htm Liberty Tankers type (Z-) ET1-S-C3
  17. City of Dalhart . Naval History And Heritage Command . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History And Heritage Command . 2 September 2019.
  18. Naval History and Heritage Command . Naval History and Heritage Command . President Warfield . 8 August 2019.
  19. News: Hebrews on the High Seas . Nozick . Daniel . . January 25, 2017.
  20. http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/46/46199.htm "Barcelo (IX-199)"
  21. Price, Arctic Combat:, U.S coast Guard Historian's Office
  22. Araner II (IX-226) . Naval History And Heritage Command . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History And Heritage Command . 1 July 2019.
  23. Web site: KMS Dithmarschen. GlobalSecurity.org.
  24. Web site: Gary P. Priolo . Light Cargo Ship (AKL-17) . NavSource Naval History . 2011-09-23.
  25. Web site: National Air Defense Radar Museum . The Texas Towers . 2011-09-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402212052/http://radomes.pandapawuniverse.com/C_TexasTowers.php . 2012-04-02 .
  26. Web site: U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle (WIX 327) . United States Coast Guard . 11 April 2014 . 29 February 2016 . https://archive.today/20120805194646/http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/wixtrain.asp . 5 August 2012 . dead.
  27. Web site: Helicopter Landing Trainer [HLT]-(IX-514) ]. NavSource . 20 November 2015 . 22 November 2016.
  28. News: The Navy has a Top-Secret Vessel it wants to put on display; Sea Shadow and its Satellite-Proof Barge need a home; Plotting in Providence. Newman. Barry. February 24, 2009. Wall Street Journal. 1.
  29. Web site: IX-532 . nvr.navy.mil . 4 April 2018.
  30. Web site: Ex-USNS Prevail takes on new role for Navy .
  31. Web site: Neodesha (YTB-815). 2011-11-25.
  32. Book: W. Sayers, Ken. U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today. McFarland. 23 May 2019. 978-1476635323. Jefferson, North Carolina. 338.
  33. Friedman, 1994, pp. 227-233

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