An Encyclopedia of Naval History

Bruce, Anthony, and William Cogar. An Encyclopedia of Naval History. New York: Checkmark Books, 1998.

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Curiously, it seems that ships without their own main entry do not receive any type of prefix, like "H.M.S." or "U.S.S." As a result, it may seem that some military vessels are merchants, when that is not the case. I would guess that this is because the indexing was done by someone other than the author.

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