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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.

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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 Stone, Joel. Floating Palaces of the Great Lakes: A History of Passenger Steamships on the Inland Seas. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015.
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Book Stonehouse, Frederick. Great Wrecks of the Great Lake. Marquette, Mich.: Harboridge Press, 1973.
Book Streater, R. A., and D.G. Greenman. Talbot-Booth's Merchant Ships Volume 2. New York: Nichols, 1978-79.
Book Streater, R. A., and D. G. Greenman. Talbot-Booth's Merchant Ships Volume 3. New York: Nichols Publishing Company, 1979.
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Book Sutton, Jean. The East India Company's Maritime Service, 1746-1834: Masters of the Eastern Seas. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2010.
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 Tall, J. J. Submarines & Deep-sea Vehicles. San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay, 2002.
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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. 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 Taylor, M. Brook. A Camera on the Banks: Frederick William Wallace and the Fishermen of Nova Scotia. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, 2021.
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.
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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 Thomas, P. N. British Ocean Tramps : Volume 1. Builders & Cargoes. Wolverhampton: Waine Research Publications, 1992.
Book Thomas, P. N. British Ocean Tramps: Volume 2. Owners & Their Ships. Albrighton: Waine Research Publications, 1992.
Book Thompson, Julian. The Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea, 1914-1918. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2005.
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Book Thompson, Mark L. Graveyard of the Lakes. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2000.
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Book Thor, Jon Th. British Trawlers in Icelandic Waters: History of British Steam Trawling off Iceland 1889-1916 and the Anglo-Icelandic fisheries dispute 1896-1897. Reykjavík: Fjölva Útgáfa, 1992.
Book Thursfield, H. G. Five Naval Journals: 1789-1817 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 91). London: Navy Records Society, 1951.
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Book Tilley, John A. The British Navy and the American Revolution. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1987.
Book Tod, Giles M. S. The Last Sail Down East. Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1965.
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Book Tomblin, Barbara Brooks. With Utmost Spirit: Allied Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945. Kentucky: The University Press Kentucky, 2022.
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 Tredrea, John, and Eduard Sozaev. Russian Warships in the Age of Sail, 1696 - 1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing, 2010.
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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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Web Tugboat Information Group. TugboatInformation.com.  The TBI Group LLC, 2009?-. Go there
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 Tønnessen, J. N., A. O. Johnsen. The History of Modern Whaling: Translated from the Norwegian by R. I. Christophersen. Berkeley And Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1982.
Book Ujifusa, Steven. A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012.
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Book Ujifusa, Steven. Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.
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.
Book United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University Libraries). Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861-1865. Washington: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1961-65.
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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 Utt, Ronald D. Ships of Oak Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy. Washington, DC: Regnery History, 2012.
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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 Valle, James E. Rocks & Shoals: Naval Discipline in the Age of Fighting Sail. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press: Bluejacket Books, 1996.
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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 Vanes, Jean. Documents Illustrating the Overseas Trade of Bristol in the Sixteenth Century (Bristol Record Society, Vol. 31). Bristol, England: Bristol Record Society, 1979.
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Book Vernon, Edward, and Bryan Ranft. The Vernon Papers (Navy Records Society, Vol. 99). London: Navy Records Society, 1958.
Book Veronico, Nicholas A. Hidden warships : finding World War II's abandoned, sunk, and preserved warships. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press, 2015.
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.  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: Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCC) .  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 Wagner, Henry R. Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America in the Sixteenth Century. San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1929.
Book Waine, Ph.D., Charles V. Steam Coasters and Short Sea Traders. Albrighton: Waine Research Publications, 1994.
Book Wall, Robert. Ocean Liners. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1977.
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Book Wallace, Frederick William. Wooden Ships and Iron Men. Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing Co., 1976.
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
Book Watson, Norman. The Dundee whalers : 1750-1914. East Linton, Scotland: Tuckwell, 2003.
Book Watts, Anthony J., and Brian G. Gordon. The Imperial Japanese Navy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1971.
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.
Book Welnetz, Bob. Ships of the Great Lakes on Postcards, Volume 1. Manitowoc, WI: Manitowoc Maritime Museum, 1976.
Book Welnetz, Bob. Ships of the Great Lakes on Postcards, Volume 2. Manitowoc, WI: Manitowoc Maritime Museum, 1977.
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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Book West, Richard S., Jr. Mr. Lincoln's Navy. New York, London, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company, 1957.
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.
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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, John, Richard Walsh. The Thames sailing barge compendium : a schedule of sailing barge data arranged alphabetically and by last know location. Colchester: Society for Sailing Barge Research, 2012.
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.
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.
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