U.S. Navy Ships

This comprehensive guide to major classes of US Navy ships includes currently operational classes, new classes under development, and classes that have been retired since the end of the Cold War.

Introduction

Boats for Beginners

US Navy Ships - Shipboard Combat Systems

Aircraft Carriers

Where are the Carriers?

CV-9 Essex	CV-41 Midway	CVA-58 United States	CV-59 Forrestal	CV-63 Kitty Hawk
CV-67 John F. Kennedy	CVN-65 Enterprise	CVN-68 Nimitz	CVN-77	CVX-78

Command

AGF-3 La Salle

AGF-11 Coronado

LCC-19 Blue Ridge

JCC(X)

Surface Warfare

Arsenal Ship	BB-61 Iowa	CGN-9 Long Beach	CG-16 Leahy	CGN-25 Bainbridge	CG-26 Belknap
CGN-35 Truxtun	CGN-36 California	CGN-38 Virginia	CG-47 Ticonderoga	CG-21	DD-963 Spruance
DDG-993 Kidd	DDG-2 Charles F. Adams	DDG-37 Farragut	DDG-51 Arleigh Burke	DD-21 Zumwalt	FF-1037 Bronstein
FF-1052 Knox	FF-1098 Glover	FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry	NFR-90	PHM-1 Pegasus	Sea Shadow

Submarines

SSN-585 Skipjack	SSN-594 Permit	SSN-637 Sturgeon	SSN-640 Benjamin Franklin	SSN-671 Narwhal	SSN-685 Glenard P. Lipscomb	SSN-687 Richard B. Russell	SSN-688 Los Angeles	SSN-21 Seawolf	*SSN-774 Virginia NSSN*
*SSN- FAS*	SSBN-598 George Washington	SSBN-608 Ethan Allen	SSBN-616 Lafayette	SSBN-640 Benjamin Franklin	SSBN-726 Ohio	*SSGN-726 Ohio*	DSRV	LSV

Submarine Tenders

AS-19 Proteus

AS-31 Hunley

AS-33 Simon Lake

AS-36 L.Y. Spear

AS-39 Emory Land

ASR-7 Chanticleer

ASR-21 Pigeon

Amphibious Assault

LPH-2 Iwo Jima

LHA-1 Tarawa

LHD-1 Wasp

LHX

Sea Base

Amphibious

LPD-1 Raleigh

LPD-4 Austin

LPD-17 San Antonio

LSD-36 Anchorage

LSD-41 Whidbey Island

LSD-49 Harpers Ferry

LST-1179 Newport

LKA-113 Charleston

Mine Warfare

MCS-12 Inchon

MCM-1 Avenger

MHC-51 Osprey

MSO-422 Aggressive

MSO-508 Acme

Sealift

T-ACS 4 Gopher State	T-AH 19 Mercy	T-AK 1005 Austral Rainbow	T-AK 2049 Green Valley	T-AK 2062 American Cormorant	T-AK 3000 Hague	T-AK 3005 Kocak	T-AK 3008 Bobo	T-AK 3015 Martin	T-AK 4296 Bennett
T-AK 5029 Cape Jacob	T-AK 5089 Titus	T-AK 9301 Buffalo Soldier	T-AK 9655 Green Ridge	T-AKR 287 Algol	T-AKR 295 Shughart	T-AKR 296 Gordon	T-AKR 300 Bob Hope	Sea Base	T-AKR Cape-class RO/RO
T-AKR 9025 Strong Virginian	T-AOT 181 Potomac	T-AOT 5075 American Osprey	T-AVB 3 Wright	HSS	NDRF	RRF	MSP	VISA

Craft and Boats

Army Watercraft

Landing Craft

LCM

LCU

LCAC

Special Operations

PC- 1 Cyclone

PC-14 Tornado

Mark V SOC

RHIB

SDV

DDS

Intelligence

SSN-683 Parche	AGSS 555 Dolphin	NR-1	DSV	T-AGM-23 Observation Island	T-AGOS-1 Stalwart	T-AGOS-19 Victorious
T-AGOS-23 Impeccable	T-AGOS-10 Invincible	T-ARC-7 Zeus	T-AGS 26 Silas Bent	T-AGS 45 Waters	T-AGS 51 John McDonnell	T-AGS 60 Pathfinder

Auxiliary

ADC-X	AE-21 Suribachi	T-AE-26 Kilauea	T-AFS 1 Mars	T-AFS 8 Sirius	AO-51 Ashtabula	AO-177 Cimarron
T-AO-187 Henry Kaiser	AOE-1 Sacramento	AOE-6 Supply	AOR-1 Wichita	AD-37 Samuel Gompers	AD-41 Yellowstone	AR-5 Vulcan
ARS-38 Bolster	ARS-50 Safeguard	T-ATF-166 Powhatan	ATS-1 Edenton	T-AGM-9 Gen. H.H. Arnold	T-AGM-19 Vanguard	T-AGM-22 Range Sentinel

Other Auxiliaries

USS Constitution

Sources and Resources

LOCAL

US Navy Shipboard Combat Systems
US Navy Propulsion Systems
US Naval Shipyards - Public and Private
NUWC -- The Vision for Undersea Warfare Superiority Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Strategic Plan July 1998
NUWC Science and Technology 1997
US Navy Ship Names
FY96 Active Navy Ships [200kb]
Annual Ship Operating Costs
Naval Ships Technical Manuals
ISR Glossary of Terms

OFF-SITE - OFFICIAL

US Naval Vessel Register the official inventory of the US Navy
US Navy CHINFO
- List of U.S. Navy Ships Alphabetical with Homeports
- Decommissioned Ships
NAVY SHIP DONATION PROGRAM
NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
- Online Library of Selected Images
- U.S. Navy Active Ship Force Levels, 1917-1997
Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual (JFMM)
U.S. Coast Guard Cutters and Boats

OFF-SITE - UN-OFFICIAL

Haze Gray & Underway a serious resource!!
- World Navies Today ---- United States
- United States Vessels Decommissioned Since 1980
- sci.military.naval FAQs by Andrew Toppan
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
UNC Sunsite USN Military History
Ship-Building Current Projects and Developments @ naval-technology.com
NavSource Links To Naval Related Sites
US Navy Ships an unofficial listing of decommissioned ships
Historic Naval Ships Association
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 [with an estimable names guide]
Gibbs and Cox Picture Gallery