List of ships named Sierra

A number of ships have been named Sierra including:

Merchant ships

Sierra (1900), an American trans-Pacific passenger liner, which also served as USS Sierra
Sierra (1944), an American cargo ship between 1947 and 1961, formerly United States Navy attack cargo ship USS Stokes (AKA-68)

Sierra (1960), a whaling vessel between 1960-1980 (originally named Robert W. Vinke (AM-4)).^[1]^[2]^[3] Bought and converted by private owners into a whale factory/catcher hybrid vessel in 1967-68, pirate whaler between 1968-1979, sunk in Lisbon harbor on February 6th, 1980 with no casualties.^[4]^[5]

USS Sierra (ID-1634), the former merchant ship Sierra, built 1900, in commission as a troop transport from 1918 to 1919
USS Sierra (AD-18), a destroyer tender in commission from 1944 to 1994
Sierra-class corvette, a ship class of the Mexican Navy
Sierra-class submarine, a Russian class of nuclear-powered attack submarines

↑ BalticShipping.com (August 13, 2026). "SIERRA, IMO 5297945". www.balticshipping.com. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
↑ MarineTraffic; Exmile Solutions Limited (August 13, 2026). "SIERRA, Whaler, IMO: 5297945". www.marinetraffic.com. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
↑ Lloyd Register Foundation (August 13, 2026). "Robert W. Vinke". heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
↑ United States (1979). Outlaw whaling hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session ... June 22, 1979. Serial - Senate, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation ;no. 96-32. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
↑ Lloyd’s Register of Shipping (December 1980). "Lloyd's Register of Shipping – Casualty Return (as reported up to 31st December 1980)" (PDF). heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk. Retrieved August 13, 2026.