List of ships named Ottawa

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Ottawa is a common name or part of the name of ships. The city of Ottawa or the river of the same name in Canada or the Ottawa counties in the United States were the inspiration for the name. These geographical objects were again after the American Tribe of Odawa named.

Ship list

designation Ship type Class / type Construction year Shipyard Owner period of service Whereabouts image
Ottawa Gunboat Unadilla class 1861 Westervelt & Company , New York United States Navy 1861 to 1865 Sold in 1865
Ottawa Tanker 1888 Armstrong, Mitchell & Company , Elswick , United Kingdom Anglo-American Oil Company 1901 to 1921 Lost in the North Atlantic around February 6, 1921; Cause of loss unclear; Ship is considered lost
Ottawa destroyer C class 1931 Portsmouth Royal Canadian Navy 1938 to 1942 Sunk on September 13, 1942
HMS Ottawa (H60) .jpg
Ottawa destroyer G class 1935 Vickers-Armstrong , Barrow-in-Furness Royal Canadian Navy 1943 to 1945 Wrecked in 1946
Ottawa Cargo ship Tolland class ( C2 ship ) 1944 North Carolina Shipbuilding Company , Wilmington United States Navy 1945 to 1947 Sold in 1947, stranded in 1951
Ottawa destroyer St. Laurent class 1953 Canadian Vickers , Montreal Royal Canadian Navy 1956 to 1992 Wrecked in 1994
OttawaReceipt ? Tanker 1964 1964 to 1978
Ottawa frigate Halifax class 1996 Saint John Shipbuilding , Saint John Royal Canadian Navy since 1996
HMCS Ottawa (FF 341) .jpg
Hanjin OttawaReceipt ? Container Ship 2000 Hanjin Shipping

See also

Web links

Commons : Ships named Ottawa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Ottawa  - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

Footnotes

  1. ^ History.navy.mil: USN Ships - USS Ottawa (1861–1865). Retrieved October 24, 2012 .
  2. navsource.org: Attack Cargo Ship AKA-101 Ottawa. Retrieved October 24, 2012 .
  3. stokers.ca: The Steamers Where did they end up.Retrieved October 24, 2012 .