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USS Coronis (ship)
Corporate body · 1944 - 2008

Single screw, United States Navy tank landing ship configured as a repair ship for landing craft. She served in the western Pacific in 1945 and was laid up in reserve in Vancouver, Washington in 1946. In 1966, she was acquired by Canadian Pacific Railways and converted to carry railway cars and truck trailers as the 2,689 tons gross M/V Trailer Princess until 2008.

USS Estes (ship)
Corporate body · 1943 - 1976

Built as single screw C2 type merchant ship, USS Estes was taken over during construction by the United States Navy and completed as an Amphibious Force Command Ship, displacement 7,240 tons. She served in the western Pacific from 1944 to 45, and was in reserve from 1949 to 1951. She was again in active service from 1951 to 1969, and scrapped in 1977.

USS Nautilus (submarine)
Corporate body · 1954 - present

World's first operational nuclear submarine, operated from 1955 to 1980. Now a museum in Groton, Connecticut.

USS Oklahoma (ship)
Corporate body · 1914 - 1944

United States battleship. She capsized and sank after being hit by aerial torpedoes at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. She was salvaged but sold for scrap in 1946. Her hulk sank while being towed to San Francisco to be scrapped in 1947.

USS Perry (ship)
Corporate body · 1945 - 1973

Gearing class destroyer, 3,460 tons displacement. She was modernized in 1960 and operated in the Atlantic except during service off Vietnam between 1969 and 1970.

USS San Francisco (ship)
Corporate body · 1934 - 1959

Heavy cruiser, displacement 9,950 tons. She served in the Western Pacific in WWII, was placed in reserve in Philadelphia in 1946, and scrapped in 1961.