Book Information
Bruce, Anthony, and William Cogar
An Encyclopedia of Naval History
An Encyclopedia of Naval History.
New York:
Checkmark Books,
1998.
Page numbers in boldface indicate article titles. Those in italics indicate illustrations.
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.