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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.

Book Jean, John. Jersey Sailing Ships. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore, 1982.
Book Jellicoe, John Rushworth. The Grand Fleet, 1914-16: Its Creation, Development and Work. New York: G.H. Doran, 1919.
Book Jellicoe, John Rushworth, and A. Temple Patterson. The Jellicoe Papers: Selections From the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe of Scapa, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 108). Shortlands (Kent): Navy Records Society, 1966.
Book Jellicoe, John Rushworth, and A. Temple Patterson. The Jellicoe Papers: Selections From the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe of Scapa, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 111) . Shortlands (Kent): Navy Records Society, 1968.
Book Jensen, John Odin. Stories from the Wreckage: a Great Lakes Maritime History Inspired by Shipwrecks. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2019.
Book Jentschura, Hansgeorg, Dieter Jung, and Peter Mickel. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1977.
Web John H March Maritime Research Centre. John H Marsh Maritime Photos Collection. Cape Town, South Africa: The Centre. Go there Resource requires subscription
Book Johnson, Jalmar. Builders of the Northwest. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1963.
Book Johnson, Robert Erwin. Guardians of the Sea: History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1989.
Book Johnston, William Cameron. The Seabound Coast : the Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867-1939. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2010.
Book Jones, A. G. E., Dale Chatwin. Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade, 1775-1859 (Vol. 3) (Roebuck Society, Vol. 53). Hobart, Tasmania: Navarine Publishing, 2014.
Book Jones, Ben. The Fleet Air Arm in the Second World War (Navy Records Society, Vol. 159). Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2012.
Book Jones, Colin. Australian Colonial Navies. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1986.
Book Jones, Jerry W. U.S. Battleship Operations in World War I. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998.
Book Jones, Ken, and Hubert Kelley, Jr. Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke: The Story of a Fighting Sailor. Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, A Division of Chilton Company, 1962.
Book Jordan, Roger W. The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships. London: Chatham Pub., 1999.
Book Jordan, Borimir. The Athenian Navy in the Classical Period. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1975.
Book Jordan, David. Wolfpack: The U-boat War and the Allied Counter-attack, 1939-1945. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount Ltd, 2002.
Book Jordan, John, and Robert Dumas. French Battleships 1922-1956. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009.
Book Jordan, John, and Jean Moulin. French Cruisers, 1922-1956. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2013.
Book Jordan, John. Warships after Washington: the Development of the Five Major Fleets 1922-1930. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2015.
Book Jose, Arthur W. The Royal Australian Navy, 1914-1918 (Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, Vol. 9). Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1943.
Book Kafka, Roger, and Roy L. Pepperburg . Warships of the World. New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1946.
Book Kåhre, Georg. The Last Tall Ships: Gustaf Erikson and the Åland Sailing Fleets, 1872-1947. Greenwich, England: Conway Maritime Press, 1990.
Book Kane, Adam I. The Western River Steamboat. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press, 2004.
Book Kaplan, David A. Mine's Bigger: Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.
Book Karamanski, Theodore J. Schooner Passage: Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000.
Book Karig, Walter, Eric Purdon. Battle Report: Pacific War: Middle Phase (Battle Report Series Volume 3). New York: Rinehart and Company, 1947.
Book Karig, Walter, Welbourn Kelley. Battle Report: Pearl Harbor to Coral Sea (Battle Report Series Volume 1). New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1944.
Book Karig, Walter, Earl Burton, and Stephen L. Freeland. Battle Report: The Atlantic War (Battle Report Series Volume 2). New York: Farrar & Rhinehart, 1946.
Book Karig, Walter, Russell L. Harris, and Frank A. Manson. Battle Report: The End of An Empire (Battle Report Series Volume 4). New York: Rinehart and Company, 1948.
Book Karig, Walter, Malcolm W. Cagle, and Frank A. Manson. Battle Report: The War in Korea (Battle Report Series Volume 6). New York: Rinehart and Company, 1952.
Book Karig, Walter, Russell L. Harris, and Frank A. Manson. Battle Report: Victory in the Pacific (Battle Report Series Volume 5). New York: Rinehart and Company, 1949.
Book Kemble, John Haskell. San Francisco Bay: a Pictorial Maritime History. Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, 1957.
Book Kemble, John Haskell. The Book of the Anchor Line: An Outline of the Company's Activities and Progress from its Inception in 1852 until the End of 1931. London: Burrow, 1932.
Book Kemp, Lieut.-Cmdr. P. K., O.B.E. History of the Royal Navy. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969.
Book Kemp, Paul. Convoy Protection: The Defence of Seaborne Trade. London: Arms and Armour, 1993.
Book Kemp, Paul. Midget Submarines of the Second World War. London: Chatham Pub., 1999.
Book Kemp, Paul. U-Boats Destroyed: German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
Book Kemp, Paul. Underwater Warriors. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1996.
Book Kemp, Paul J. The T-Class Submarine: The Classic British Design. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1990.
Book Kennedy, Don H. Ship Names: Origins and Usages During 45 Centuries. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia for the Mariner's Museum, 1974.
Book Kennedy, Joseph. When Singapore Fell: Evacuations and Escapes, 1941-42. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.
Book Kerr, George Fleming. Business in Great Waters: The War History of the P. & O. (Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company), 1939-1945. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1951.
Book Kert, Faye Margaret. Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Book Keyes, Roger, and Paul G. Halpern. The Keyes Papers: Selections from the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society Vol. 117). London: Navy Records Society, 1972.
Book Keyes, Roger. The Keyes Papers: Selections from the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society Vol. 121). London: Allen & Unwin for the Navy Records Society.
Book Keyes, Roger. The Keyes Papers: Selections from the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge, Vol. 3 (Navy Records Society Vol. 122) . London: Allen & Unwin for the Navy Records Society, 1981.
Book Kimber, Stephen. Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War. Toronto: Anchor, 2003.
Book Kludas, Arnold. Great Passenger Ships of the World. Volume 1: 1858-1912. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1976.
Book Kludas, Arnold, Charles Hodges. Great Passenger Ships of the World. Volume 2: 1913-1923. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1976.
Book Kludas, Arnold, Charles Hodges. Great Passenger Ships of the World. Volume 3: 1924-1935. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1976.
Book Kludas, Arnold, Charles Hodges. Great Passenger Ships of the World. Volume 4: 1936-1950. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1977.
Book Kludas, Arnold, Charles Hodges. Great Passenger Ships of the World. Volume 5: 1951-1976. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1977.
Book Arnold Kludas, Keith Lewis. Great Passenger Ships of the World. Volume 6: 1977-1986. Wellingborough, UK: Patrick Stephens, 1986.
Book Knight, R.J.B. Guide to the Manuscripts in the National Maritime Museum.: Volume I The Personal Collections. London: Mansell, 1977.
Book Knighton, C. S., Loades, D. M.; Pepys Library; and British Library. The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy: Pepys Library 2991 and British Library Additional MS 22047, With Related Documents (Navy Records Society occasional vol. 2). Aldershot, Hants, England; and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, for the Navy Records Society, 2000.
Book Knighton, C. S., and D. M. Loades. Elizabethan Naval Administration (Navy Records Society, Vol. 160). Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2013.
Book Knighton, C. S., and D. M. Loades. The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I (Navy Records Society, vol. 157). Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2011.
Book Knoblock, Glenn A. African American World War II Casualties and Decorations in the Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine: A Comprehensive Record. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2009.
Book Knoblock, Glenn A. "Strong and Brave Fellows": New Hampshire's Black Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution, 1775-1784. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003.
Book Knoblock, Glenn A. Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2005.
Book Knoblock, Glenn A. The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920: A Comprehensive History, with a List of Builders and Their Ships. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Inc., 2014.
Book Knox, Dudley W., Claude A. Swanson, Office of Naval Records and Library Navy Department. Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France, Vol. 1: Naval Operations from February 1797 to October 1798. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1935.
Book Knox, Dudley W., Claude A. Swanson, Office of Naval Records and Library Naval Department. Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France, Vol. 2: Naval Operations from November 1798 to March 1799. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1935.
Book Knox, Dudley W. , Claude A. Swanson, Office of Naval Records and Library Navy Department. Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France, Vol. 3: Naval Operations from April 1799 to July 1799. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1936.
Book Knox, Dudley W. , Claude A. Swanson, Office of Naval Records and Library. Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France, Vol. 4: Naval Operations from August 1799 to December 1799 . Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1935.
Book Knox, Dudley W. , Claude A. Swanson, Office of Naval Records and Library Navy Department. Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France, Vol. 5: Naval Operations from January 1800 to May 1800. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1937.
Book Knox, Dudley W. , Claude A. Swanson, Office of Naval Records and Library Navy Department. Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France, Vol. 6: Naval Operations from June 1800 to November 1800. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1938.
Book Knox, Dudley W. , Claude A. Swanson, Office of Naval Records and Library Naval Department. Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France, Vol. 7: Naval Operations from December 1800 to December 1801. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1938.
Book Knox, Dudley W. Register of Officer Personnel: United States Navy and Marine Corps and Ships' Data, 1801-1807. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1945.
Book Koburger, Charles W. The French Navy in Indochina: Riverine and Coastal Forces, 1945-54. New York: Praeger, 1991.
Book Kooiman, William. The Grace Ships, 1869-1969: An Illustrated History of the W.R. Grace & Co. Shipping Enterprises. Point Reyes, CA: Komar Publishing, 1990.
Book Kurtz, Peter. Bluejackets in the Blubber Room: A Biography of the William Badger, 1828-1865. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2013.
Book La Guardia, Fiorello H., and Writers' Program (New York, NY). A Maritime History of New York. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1941.
Book Labaree, Benjamin W., and others. America and the Sea: A Maritime History. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1998.
Book Laing, Alexander. The American Heritage History of Seafaring America. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1974.
Book Lambert, Craig L. Shipping the Medieval Military: English Maritime Logistics in the Fourteenth Century. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2011.
Book Lambert, Nicholas A. The Submarine Service, 1900-1918 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 142). Aldershot: Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 2001.
Book Lance, Kate. Redbill: From Pearls to Peace, The Life and Times of a Remarkable Lugger. North Fremantle, Australia: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2004.
Book Lancour, Harold. A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825: Being a Guide to Published Lists of Early Immigrants to North America. New York: New York Public Library, 1978. Go there
Book Lancour, Harold. Passenger Lists of Ships Coming to North America, 1607-1825: A Bibliography. New York: New York Public Library, 1937. Go there
Book Lander, Patricia. Guide to Ferryboats of Puget Sound: Past and Present. Annapolis, Md.: Lighthouse Press, 2002.
Book Landon, Fred. Lake Huron. New York: Russell & Russell, 1944.
Book Lardas, Mark, Paul Wright. USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit : The War of 1812 on the Great Lakes. New York: Osprey Publishing, 2017.
Web Larsson, Björn. Maritime Timetable Images.  Go there
Book Larzelere, Alex R. The Coast Guard in World War I: An Untold Story. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2003.
Book Lass, William E. A History of Steamboating on the Upper Missouri River. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1962.
Book Lass, William E. Navigating the Missouri: Steamboating on Nature's Highway, 1819-1935. Norman, Okla.: Arthur H. Clark Co., 2008.
Book Latham, Robert, and William Matthews. The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A New and Complete Transcription (11 Volumes). Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1970-1983.
Book Latham, Tim. Ashburner Schooners: The Story of the First Shipbuilders of Barrow-in-Furness. Manchester, UK: Ready Rhino, 1991.
Book Laughton, John Knox. The Naval Miscellany, Vol. 1 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 20). London: Navy Records Society, 1902.
Book Laughton, John Knox. The Naval Miscellany, Vol. 2 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 40). London: Navy Records Society, 1912.
Book Laughton, John Knox, and Andrew D. Lambert. Letters and Papers of Professor Sir John Knox Laughton, 1830-1915 (Navy Records Society, Vol. 143). Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, for Navy Records Society, 2002.
Book Laughton, L. G. Carr. Old Ship Figure-heads & Sterns: With what are Associated Galleries, Hanging-pieces, Catheads and Divers Other Matters that Concern the Grace and Countenance of Old Sailing-ships. Ottawa, Ontario: Algrove Publishing, 2006.
Book Lavery, Brian. All Hands: The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy Since 1939 to the Present Day. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2012.
Book Lavery, Brian. Churchill's Navy: The Ships, People and Organisation, 1939-1945. London: Conway, 2016.
Book Lavery, Brian. Shield of Empire: The Royal Navy and Scotland. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2007.