Editing Cable layer (section)

==List of cable ships==

[[File:Goliath cable layer.png|thumb|''Goliath'']]
[[File:US cable ship Burnside at Ketchikan, Alaska, June 29, 1911 (COBB 199).jpeg|thumb|Cable ship ''Burnside'' in [[Ketchikan]], [[Alaska]], June 1911]]

* ''Princess Clementine'' was a passenger ferry, in 1849, installed {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}} of cable from the coast of Folkestone to the shoreline of railway telegraph lines. Charles Vincent Walker of the South Eastern Railway Company conceived this cable for to have ship to shore telegraph messages communications.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships">{{cite web |last1=Swinhoe |first1=Dan |title=A brief history of cable ships |url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/a-brief-history-of-cable-ships/ |website=www.datacenterdynamics.com |date=9 December 2022 |publisher=datacenterdynamics |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
* ''Goliath'', the first ship to lay an ocean cable in 1850.  Done for the [[Submarine Telegraph Company]] across the [[English Channel]].
* ''Blazer'', the hulk vessel laid the South Foreland and Sangatte cable by Submarine Telegraph Company in 1851.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* ''Red Rover'' in 1851, a steam tug, worked on the South Foreland and Sangatte replacement cable with new section of armored cable.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* HMS ''Widgeon'' in 1851, the vessel provided a slice at sea on the new section cable of South Foreland and Sangatte with the failed rendezvous with Red Rover.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* {{ship|CS|Monarch|1830|6}} (1830–1883), first ship to be permanently fitted out as a cable ship
* {{HMS|Agamemnon|1852|6}} (1852–1870) a converted British warship, involved in the first Ireland and US cabling of 1857. Cable laying began off Ireland's Ballycarbery Castle in County Kerry. During this operation, {{convert|2500|nmi|lk=in}} of cable were stored on each ship, but {{convert|300|ft}} of cable was lost over a region known as Telegraph Plateau in the North Atlantic with depths nearly {{cvt|10500|ft}}. Attempts with USS ''Niagara'' failed twice that year and work was abandoned, until next year, both ships met in the mid-Atlantic for spicing of their cables and HMS ''Agamemnon'' traveled east towards Valentia Island. Additional breakage in the cable occurred and another attempts to lay the cabling were sort of successful. A failure occurred in the installed cable after a month due to engineer mishandling causing damaged.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* {{USS|Niagara|1855|6}} (1855–1885) a converted American warship, worked with HMS ''Agamemnon'' on the first US and Ireland cable run attempt failed route of 1857. In 1858, another attempt was done with middle Atlantic splicing meet by both ships, and USS ''Niagara'' laying cable as traveled westward towards Newfoundland. Three attempts were done due to further breaks in the cable. After a month of service, the cable became useless when damage was done by an engineer handling.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/> 
* {{SS|Great Eastern}}, worked as a cable ship from 1865 to 1870. This paddle wheel steamship vessel was originally made as a passenger ship and performed duties during the interim until being re-fitted as a liner, showboat, and advertising vessel. In 1890, she was scrapped.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* {{ship|CS|Anglia}} (1901–1902) custom built-ship used on the 1901–1902, first trans-Pacific telegraph cable by Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Telcon.)<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* {{ship|CS|Hooper}}, built in Newcastle, launched 29 March 1873 for [[Hooper's Telegraph Works]], first cable ship designed to lay trans Atlantic cable, renamed CS ''Silvertown'' in 1881.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://atlantic-cable.com//Cableships/Silvertown/index.htm |title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - CS ''Hooper''/''Silvertown'' |access-date=22 January 2020 |last=Glover |first=Bill |date=22 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=April 7, 1873 |title=Launch of a Telegraph Steamer |journal=The London and China Telegraph |volume=15 |issue=501 |page=229 |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sS9BAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA229 |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> In 1901–1902, operated under CS ''Silvertown'' for the first trans-Pacific telegraph cable laying. The cable was from San Francisco, California along Hawaii, Midway, and Guam to Manila, Philippines, and continued undersea along China and Japan. A collaborated effort between two other vessels, CS ''Anglia'' and CS ''Colonia'', and the two operating companies of the vessels: India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Company with Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* {{ship|CS|Colonia}} (1901–1902) custom-built ship used on the first trans-Pacific telegraph cable of 1901–1902. The vessels' operator, Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Telcon) collaborated with India Rubber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Company on the CS ''Silverton''.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* CS ''H. C. Oersted'', named for [[Hans Christian Ørsted]] (1872–1922) built for [[GN Store Nord|The Great Northern Telegraph Company]] 1872, was the first ship specifically designed for cable repair.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/GreatNorthern/index.htm#hce |title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - CS ''H. C. Oersted'' |access-date=27 January 2020 |last=Glover |first=Bill |date= 4 March 2017}}</ref> Scrapped in 1922.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* CS ''Seine'', maiden voyage 1873<ref name="Glover">{{cite web |last1=Glover |first1=Bill |title=The Evolution of Cable & Wireless, Part 3 |url=http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/CandW/EATC/index.htm |website=Atlantic-cable.com |access-date=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="ILN 1873">{{cite news |title=Ship Seine |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/illustration/ship-seine-laying-land-end-of-brazilian-submarine-stock-graphic/677102407 |access-date=21 February 2019 |publisher=The Illustrated London News |date=1 November 1873 |quote=The ship Seine laying the land end of the Brazilian submarine telegraph cable at Madeira, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume LXIII, November 1, 1873. |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727060910/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/illustration/ship-seine-laying-land-end-of-brazilian-submarine-stock-graphic/677102407 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{ship|CS|Faraday|1874|6}}, built in 1874 for [[Siemens Brothers]]
* {{ship|CS|Gomos}}, the first cable ship ever to be sunk; she was rammed by another ship in the 1870s while laying a cable for the Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company.<ref>{{cite web |last=Glover |first=Bill |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/Gomos/index.htm |title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - CS ''Gomos'' |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=ENG>{{cite journal|year= 1874|title=Telegraphic Progress in 1874 |journal=Engineering |volume=19 |issue=January 1875 |pages=12–13 |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aulQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA387 }}</ref><ref>Huurdeman, Anton A., ''The Worldwide History of Telecommunications'', Wiley, 2003 {{ISBN|0471205052}}.</ref>{{rp|137}}
* {{ship|CS|La Plata}}, chartered by [[Siemens Brothers|Siemens Brothers Ltd.]] from [[William Thomas Henley|W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co.]] to lay cable between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and [[Chuy|Chuy, Uruguay]] to complete work after CS ''Gomos'' sunk. Foundered 29 November 1874 in the [[Bay of Biscay]] with loss of 58 crew and the cable.<ref name=ENG/><ref>{{cite web |last=Glover |first=Bill |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/LaPlata/index.htm |title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - CS ''La Plata'' |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref>
* {{ship|CS|Ambassador}} during the laying of Brazil and Uruguay cable route for the Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company, its partner ship, CS ''Gomos'' was sunk in the operations by a ramming ship. Afterwards, the CS ''La Plata'' was partnered with the CS ''Ambassador'' with cable but sunk in Bay of Biscay before working on the completion of the route. The CS ''Ambassador'' was able to finish the laying.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* [[CS Burnside|CS ''Burnside'']] (1882–1924) British/Spanish/American ship. Built for W. Lund of London and named ''Yeoman''. Ship was planned for an Australian cable laying route and initially named ''Yeoman''. Sold to Spain in 1891, as ''Rita'', and captured by US, renaming as ''Burnside''. Completed work in laying cable in the Philippines after CS ''Hooker'' sunk. In 1903, laid the US-Alaska cable from Sitka to Juneau. Scrapped in 1924.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glover |first1=Bill |title=CS Burnside |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/Burnside/index.htm |website=atlantic-cable.com |publisher=Atlantic cable |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[CS Monarch (1883)|CS ''Monarch'']] (1883–1915) British ship. Second cable ship with the name. Sunk in 1915.
* [[CS Mackay-Bennett|CS ''Mackay-Bennett'']], in service from 1884 until 1922, and best known for recovering the bodies of the victims of the {{ship||Titanic}} disaster in 1912
* [[CS Alert (1890)|CS ''Alert'']] (1890–1915), cut important German cables in [[World War I]]
* [[CS Cambria (1905)|CS ''Cambria'']] (1905), sank in [[Montevideo]] harbour, [[Uruguay]], in 1945
* [[CS Monarch (1916)|HMTS ''Monarch'']] (1916–1945) British ship. Third cable ship with the name. Sunk in 1945. Was to be the second CS ''Alert''.
* [[CS Alert (1918)|HMTS ''Alert'']] (1918–1945) Second cable ship with the name. Sunk in 1945.
* [[CS Faraday (1923)|CS ''Faraday'']] (1923) 
* [[CS Telconia|CS ''Telconia'']], in service from 1910 until 1934
* [[CS Alert (1945)|HMTS ''Alert'']] (1945-1960) Third cable ship with the name. Scrapped in 1960.
* [[CS Monarch (1945)|HMTS ''Monarch''/CS ''Sentinel'']] (1945–1977) British ship. Chartered by [[AT&T Corp.]] for operations until CS ''Long Lines'' was commissioned for company use. The TAT-1, submarine transatlantic telephone cable system was laid in the 1950s between Clarenville, Newfoundland and Oban, Scotland. Fourth cable ship with the name. Operated in 1956 on TAT-2. Renamed in 1970 as the second CS ''Sentinel'' when sold to [[Cable & Wireless plc]].
* [[CS Lidiv|CS ''Lidiv'']] (Decommissioned 1955) Built for [[AT&T Corp.]] for New York Telephone Company use. Decommissioned in 1955 and the CS ''Cable Queen'' was the replacement.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glover |first1=Bill |title=CS Cable Queen |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/Lidiv/index.htm |website=atlantic-cable.com |publisher=History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[CS Cable Queen|CS ''Cable Queen'']] (Built 1951–1952) Built for [[AT&T Corp.]] for the Bell System usage by New York Telephone Company. A 65-foot small-scale underwater telephone cable-laying vessel. Decommissioned after 1989 with over 100,000 miles of cable laying.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glover |first1=Bill |title=CS Cable Queen |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/CableQueen/index.htm |website=atlantic-cable.com |publisher=History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[CS Salernum|CS ''Salernum''/''Charles L. Brown'']] (Built 1954) Built in Italy and named CS ''Salernum''. Dimensions were length as 339.6&nbsp;ft, breadth as 41.0&nbsp;ft, depth as 18.5&nbsp;ft, and gross tonnage at 2,789. Purchased by [[AT&T Corp.]] through its subsidiary, Transoceanic Cableship Co., in 1984. Sold by AT&T in 1997 to Tyco International in the AT&T Submarine Systems fleet purchases. The wreck became an artificial reef in the Dutch Caribbean island, Sint Eustatius.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mauric |first1=Damien |title=Secret Scuba Spot: Charlie Brown Wreck in Statia |url=https://www.scubadiving.com/keywords/underwater-photography/secret-dive-spot-beast-steel-sint-eustatius |website=www.scubadiving.com |publisher=Padi |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569651087).jpg|thumb|AT&T Long Lines cable ship working on the cable linking mainland Vero Beach, Florida to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Typical maps, US to Venezuela cable route.]]
* [[CS Long Lines|CS ''Long Lines'']] (Built 1961–1963) Built for [[AT&T Corp.]] for the 1961 launching, but cable laying assignments began in 1963. The $19 million vessel was 511 feet length and 11,300 tons. Performed the laying of the first trans-Pacific telephone cable, known as TRANSPAC-1 (TPC-1) in 1964. and the first trans-Pacific fiber cable, known as TPC 3.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/> Sold in 1997 to Tyco International.<ref>{{cite web |title=C.S. Long Lines - IMO 5421235 |url=https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/1641313 |website=www.shipspotting.com |publisher=Ship Spotting |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> Scrapped in 2003.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* [[CS Alert (1961)|HMTS ''Alert'']] (1961) In 1988, was owned by [[British Telecom]] when it worked a joint operation with CS ''Long Lines'' and CS ''Vercors'' on the first transatlantic fiber optic cable, TAT-8. The three cable laying points originated from three telephone companies owned vessels in three countries. Britain was Widemouth Bay, England.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* [[CS Mercury]] (1962-1997) by [[Cammell Laird|Cammell Laird & Company]], Birkenhead. Built for [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable & Wireless]], laid the [[Commonwealth Pacific Cable System|COMPAC]] and [[SEACOM (Asian cable system)|SEACOM]] cable systems.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glover |first=Bill |date=19 June 2022 |title=CS Mercury |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/Mercury/index.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513035721/https://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/Mercury/index.htm |archive-date=13 May 2025 |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications}}</ref>
* [[CS KDD Maru|CS ''KDD Maru'']] (1967) Owned by [[Kokusai Denshin Denwa]] Company Participated in the joint cable laying of TPC-3 with CS ''Long Lines''.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* [[CS Monarch (1973)|HMTS ''Monarch'']] (1973-2003) British ship. Fifth cable ship with the name.
* [[CS Chamarel|CS ''Vercors''/''Chamarel'']] (1974) In 1988, was owned by [[France Telecom]] when it worked a joint operation with CS ''Alert'' and CS ''Long Lines'' on the first transatlantic fiber optic cable, TAT-8. The three cable laying points originated from three countries and three different telephone company vessels. France was Penmarch, France. Later operated by [[Orange S.A.|Orange]]. The United States point was Tuckerton, New Jersey. The communications transmission capacity reached in 18 months beyond expectations that other lines would be needed within a decade.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* [[CS Provider|CS ''Tyco Provider''/''Provider 1'']] (1978) Built in Finland, named, ''Stakhanovets Yermolenko'' until March 1998. Became the ''Tyco Provider'' until 2003. The vessel was in service in May 2004 and was not docked at a port, according to a log.<ref>{{cite web |title=A global guide to the latest known locations of the world's cableships*, as at May 2004 |url=https://www.dieselduck.info/library/07%20stats/2004%20Cableships%20in%20operation.pdf |website=diselduck.info |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> The renamed ship, as ''Provider 1'', was operated by Allseas Marine Contractors S.A. in the log until June 2005 showed the name of ''Calamity Jane''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyco Provider - IMO 7616779 |url=https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/787695 |website=www.shipspotting.com |publisher=Ship Spotting |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> Listed in 2019 as Tyco property, under the Marshall Islands.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyco International Ltd, Bermuda|url=https://faculty.babson.edu/halsey/acc7500/Tyco%202001%20Annual%20Report.pdf |website=faculty.babson.edu |publisher=Tyco International |access-date=2 December 2023 |page=216}}</ref>
* [[CS Raymond Croze|CS ''Raymond Croze'']] (1982) Used by [[Orange UK]], the vessel was 40 years old in 2022 when a replacement was being planned by Orange Marine, the subsidiary of Orange. New ship launching was planned for 2023 after new vessel would be completed.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* [[C.S. Link|CS ''Link'']] (Built 1990s) Owned by Transoceanic Cable Ship Co., a subsidiary of the United States–based telephone company, [[AT&T Corp.]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Seafarers Bring Newest AT&T Cable Ship to States |journal=Seafarers Log |date=January 1993 |volume=55 |issue=1 |page=3 |url=https://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/21fa0cf000a1c9660afdfd990c5c593c.PDF}}</ref>
[[File:Cable Ship - Global Sentinel - Tyco Telecom.jpg|thumb|right|CS ''Global Sentinel'', built in 1992 for AT&T and sold to Tyco Submarine Systems in 1997. Managed by Transoceanic Cable Ship. Laying cable in 2008.]]
* [[CS Global Sentinel|CS ''Global Sentinel'']] (Built 1992) Maiden voyage from shipyard to Honolulu was February 1992. The 479-foot vessel equipped with bow thrusters, began cable laying operations in early 1992. Owned by Transoceanic Cable Ship Co., a subsidiary of the United States telephone company, [[AT&T Corp.]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Seafarers Sail Through a Year Of Military Operations, Legislation, New Vessels and Elections |journal=Seafarers Log |date=January 1993 |volume=55 |issue=1 |page=14 |url=https://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/21fa0cf000a1c9660afdfd990c5c593c.PDF}}</ref>
* [[CS Global Mariner|CS ''Global Mariner'']] (Built 1992) Built in Singapore. The 479-foot vessel was equipped with bow thrusters and had storage space for up to 4100 nautical miles of cable. Seafaring was done in December 1992 by Seafarers International Union crew. A SIU publication, ''Seafarers Log'', indicated in January 1993 the vessel was the fifth cable ship of the [[AT&T Corp.]] fleet. It was a sister ship and identical to CS Global Sentinel. Owned by Transoceanic Cable Ship Co., the subsidiary of the United States AT&T telephone company.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fifth AT&T Ship Joins Cable Fleet |journal=Seafarers Log |date=January 1993 |volume=55 |issue=1 |page=3 |url=https://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/21fa0cf000a1c9660afdfd990c5c593c.PDF}}</ref>
* [[CS Cable Innovator|CS ''Cable Innovator'']] (Built 1995) This vessel was built in Kvaerner Masa Shipyard, Turku, Finland for the United Kingdom. The ship was part of [[Cable & Wireless plc]] (Marine) Ltd. The C&W fleet was transferred to Global Marine. The length is 476 feet (145 meters) and has a gross tonnage of 14,277. The ship can carry 8,000 tons of cable.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glover |first1=Bill |title=CS Cable Innovator |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/Innovator/index.htm |website=atlantic-cable.com |publisher=Atlantic Cable |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
[[File:CS Tyco Responder-27527.jpg|thumb|right|CS ''Responder'' in 2008, at the island of Cozumel in Quintana Roo, Mexico]]
* [[CS Responder|CS ''Responder'']] (2000-2020) Built for [[Maersk]] and TYCOM. The vessel was in service on April 24, 2004, when arrived at Hovensa port of the American Virgin Islands, according to a log.<ref>{{cite web |title=A global guide to the latest known locations of the world's cableships*, as at May 2004 |url=https://www.dieselduck.info/library/07%20stats/2004%20Cableships%20in%20operation.pdf |website=diselduck.info |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> In 2016, belonged to [[KT Corporation|KT Submarine]]. In September 2020, while operating on cable laying off South Korea, the ship caught on fire and sunk.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/> Listed in 2019 as one of the six ships belonging Tyco Telecommunications (TYCOM). The vessel is part of the ''Reliance''-class fleet.<ref name="Marine Insight">{{cite web |last1=Sharda |title=Tyco Resolute: The Mightiest Cable Laying Ship at the Sea |url=https://www.marineinsight.com/types-of-ships/tyco-resolute-the-mightiest-cable-laying-ship-at-the-sea/ |website=marinesite.com |date=18 August 2019 |publisher=Marine Insight |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> 
* [[CS Reliance|CS ''Reliance'']] (2002) Built in 2002. The vessel is part of the ''Reliance''-class fleet<ref name="Marine Insight"/> and was in service on May 1, 2004, as was docked at Bristol port, according to a log.<ref>{{cite web |title=A global guide to the latest known locations of the world's cableships*, as at May 2004 |url=https://www.dieselduck.info/library/07%20stats/2004%20Cableships%20in%20operation.pdf |website=diselduck.info |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> Listed in 2019 as one of the six ships belonging Tyco Telecommunications (TYCOM). In 2020, provided the first half of the commercial cable from Perth, Australia, to the middle of the Indian Ocean for Subcom.<ref name="reuters.com">{{cite web |last1=Brock |first1=Joe |title=Inside the subsea cable firm secretly helping America take on China |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/us-china-tech-subcom/ |website=www,reuters.com |publisher=Marine Insight |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[CS Resolute|CS ''Resolute'']] (2002) The vessel is part of the ''Reliance''-class fleet and was in service in May 2004 and was not docked at a port, according to a log.<ref>{{cite web |title=A global guide to the latest known locations of the world's cableships*, as at May 2004 |url=https://www.dieselduck.info/library/07%20stats/2004%20Cableships%20in%20operation.pdf |website=diselduck.info |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> Listed in 2019 as one of the six ships belonging Tyco Telecommunications (TYCOM) with Marshall Islands. The vessel operates at speed of 14 knots with 40 meters length and has a 21 meters beam. Tonnage is 12,184. There are five main diesel engines on board and cable laying capacity is about 5,465.5 metric tons.<ref name="Marine Insight"/>
* [[CS Dependable|CS ''Dependable'']] (2002) The vessel was in service in May 2004 and was not docked at a port, according to a log.<ref>{{cite web |title=A global guide to the latest known locations of the world's cableships*, as at May 2004 |url=https://www.dieselduck.info/library/07%20stats/2004%20Cableships%20in%20operation.pdf |website=diselduck.info |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> Listed in 2019 as one of the six ships belonging to Tyco Telecommunications (TYCOM). In 2018, Tyco sold, the cable unit subsidiary, TE SubCom, for $325 million to a New York–based private equity firm with the ship assets. Currently used by Subcom, a New Jersey–based company contracted by the U.S. military in laying internet or surveillance cables.<ref name="reuters.com"/> In 2021, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded a $10 million-a-year contract to provide undersea cable security with two ships. Subcom selected this ship with the CS ''Decisive'' for clandestine operations for laying cables for partnership with the Department of Defense in national security. In 2022, provided the second half of a commercial cable from the middle of the Indian Ocean to Diego Garcia that was started by CS ''Reliance''. Continued to lay the rest of the main cable to Oman. The vessel is part of the Reliance Class fleet.<ref name="Marine Insight"/>
* [[CS Decisive|CS ''Decisive'']] (2003) The vessel is part of the ''Reliance''-class fleet and was in service on May 12, 2004, when arrived at Baltimore port, according to a log.<ref>{{cite web |title=A global guide to the latest known locations of the world's cableships*, as at May 2004 |url=https://www.dieselduck.info/library/07%20stats/2004%20Cableships%20in%20operation.pdf |website=diselduck.info |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> Listed in 2019 as one of the six ships belonging to Tyco Telecommunications (TYCOM). This vessel is part of the U.S. government's first Cable Security Fleet with additionally, CS Dependable, under Subcom ownership.<ref name="reuters.com"/> In 2021, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded a $10 million-a-year contract to provide undersea cable security with two ships. Subcom selected this ship with the CS Dependable for responsibility for maintaining or repairing cables for economic interests with the U.S. Department of Defense partnership. In 2020, provided the first half of the commercial cable from Perth, Australia, to the middle of the Indian Ocean for Subcom.<ref name="Marine Insight"/>
[[File:Durable Shipped at Keelung Port 20150316a.jpg|thumb|right|CS ''Durable'', under the TE Subcom operation was at Keelung Port in 2015]]
* [[CS Durable|CS ''Durable'']] (2003) The vessel was in service on May 8, 2004, and set sail from Singapore port, according to a log.<ref>{{cite web |title=A global guide to the latest known locations of the world's cableships*, as at May 2004 |url=https://www.dieselduck.info/library/07%20stats/2004%20Cableships%20in%20operation.pdf |website=diselduck.info |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> Listed in 2019 as one of the six ships belonging Tyco Telecommunications (TYCOM). The vessel is part of the Reliance Class fleet.<ref name="Marine Insight"/>
* [[CS Fu Tai|CS ''Fu Tai'']] (Built 2007) Built in Spain for offshore construction purposes. Purchased by Chinese S.B.Submarine Systems (SBSS) in 2021 for a retrofit conversion as a cable ship. Launched in 2022 for those cable ship purposes.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* [[CS Pierre de Fermat|CS ''Pierre de Fermat'']] (2014) Used by [[Orange UK]], the vessel was the first new ship built by Orange Marine, since the CS ''Raymond Croze'' was launched in 1983 for cable laying.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>
* [[CS MV Lida|CS ''MV Lida'']] (Still operating in 2022) South Africa's [[Mertech Marine]] owns this cable retrieval ship as of 2022 and planned a retirement of the vessel with an unforeseen replacement date.<ref name="A brief history of cable ships"/>

===Royal Navy===
* {{HMS|Pique|1834}}, [[fifth-rate]] [[frigate]] used in 1845 as a cable ship
* {{HMS|Agamemnon|1852}}, 91-gun steam line-of-battle ship used as a cable ship in 1857 as part of the effort to lay the first [[transatlantic telegraph cable]]
* {{HMS|Thrush|1889}}, composite [[gunboat]] used briefly as a cable ship in 1915
* {{HMS|Squirrel|1904}}, [[coast guard]] vessel used as a cable ship in 1917

===US Navy===
[[File:USNS_Zeus.jpg|thumb|right|USNS ''Zeus'', with both bow and stern sheaves]]
* {{USS|Portunus|ARC-1}} 1951-1959
* {{USNS|Neptune|ARC-2}} 1973-1992
* {{USS|Aeolus|ARC-3}} 1973-1985
* [[USS Thor|USS ''Thor'' (ARC-4)]] 3 January 1956 to 2 July 1973 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/02/02049.htm|title=Attack Cargo Ship AKA-49 Vanadis|website=www.navsource.org|access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[USCGC Yamacraw (WARC-333)|USS ''Yamacraw'' (ARC-5)]] 1959-1965
* [[USNS Albert J. Myer|USNS ''Albert J. Myer'' (T-ARC-6)]] 1963-1994
* {{USNS|Zeus|T-ARC-7}} 1984–present, only ship in class