Each ship in the US Navy had a unique four-letter Call Sign to identify it. This Call sign was used in communications such as radio, signal light , and signal flags.

Ship Name

Call Sign

Benson

NAGF

Mayo

NALN

Gleaves

NAMB

Niblack

NAVC

Madison

NAXB

Lansdale

Hilary P Jones

NEDL

Charles F Hughes

NEFB

Livermore

NUNJ

Eberle

NIBD

Plunkett

NIMJ

Kearny

NUBF

Gwin

Meredith

Grayson

NEKW

Monssen

Woolsey

NIBS

Ludlow

NETR

Edison

NIBC

Ericsson

NIBG

Wilkes

NIBQ

Nicholson

NETZ

Swanson

NEXF

Ingraham

Percival

NAHP

Bristol

Ellyson

NEVD

Hambleton

NFBX

Rodman

NIGO

Emmons

NIKJ

Macomb

NIVF

Laffey

Woodworth

NBRF

Forrest

NIVZ

Fitch

NIZK

Corry

NWFJ

Hobson

NWKV

Aaron Ward

Buchanan

NBPL

Duncan

Lansdowne

NBFZ

Lardner

NEJR

Mc Calla

NAFJ

Mervine

NEDA

Quick

NITY

Farenholt

NAOB

Bailey

NAHX

Carmick

NBKU

Doyle

NIHO

Endicott

NIVQ

Mc Cook

NIXM

Frankford

NUPB

Bancroft

NALG

Barton

Boyle

NBAJ

Champlin

NBQG

Meade

NBJB

Murphy

NAGQ

Parker

NBJY

Caldwell

NBDO

Coghlan

NBEV

Frazier

NBLM

Ganesvoort

NBMD

Gillespie

NBMY

Hobby

NBNV

Kalk

NBOJ

Kendrick

NBPQ

Laub

NBQN

Mackenzie

NBQX

McLanahan

NBRP

Nields

NBSL

Ordronaux

NBSW

Davison

NBTD

Edwards

NBTU

Glennon

NBUD

Jeffers

NBVF

Maddox

 

Nelson

NBXD

Baldwin

NBYC

Harding

NBZC

Satterlee

NFBV

Thompson

NIXP

Welles

NITX

Cowie

NUDA

Knight

NUFX

Doran

NUJU

Earle

NUKO

Butler

NULY

Gherardi

NUMX

Herndon

NUNX

Shurbrick

NUQY

Beatty

Tillman

NWKL

Stevenson

NBPW

Stockton

NBQS

Thorn

NBRK

Turner


  Sources:
  1. Visit Shipcamouflage.com for more information regarding WW2 ship patterns
  2. Benson-Gleaves class Destroyer site


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