List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all
ship
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished ...
s that have been in service to the
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the
Naval Vessel Register
The ''Naval Vessel Register'' (NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy. It contains information on ships and service craft that make up the official inventory of the Navy from t ...
(NVR), although it does not include early vessels. The NVR ''US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols'' is a concise list of inactive definitions. The ''
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
The ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' (''DANFS'') is the official reference work for the basic facts about ships used by the United States Navy.
When the writing project was developed the parameters for this series were designed to ...
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includes much detail on historical ships, and was used as the basis for many of Wikipedia's ship articles.
Due to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the ship's name—see the infobox. __NOTOC__
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List of current ships of the United States Navy
The United States Navy has over ships in both active service and the reserve fleet, with approximately more in either the planning and ordering stages or under construction, according to the Naval Vessel Register and published reports. This ...
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List of U.S. military vessels named after living Americans
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List of U.S. military vessels named after women
On this list of U.S. military vessels named after women, there are many ships that have seen service with the United States military. Most of these were named in civilian service and then subsequently commissioned into the United States Navy a ...
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List of United States Navy ships named after US states
The table below is a list of United States Navy ships named after US states. The practice of naming commissioned ships for US states and territories dates back to the Continental Navy during the time of the American Revolution. The conventions fo ...
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List of United States Navy losses in World War II
List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946, sorted by type and name. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical re ...
- abbreviated list
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List of ships of the United States Army
During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,800 watercraft of various types.) Those included large troop and cargo transport ships that were Army-owned hulls, vessels allocated by the War Shipping Administration, bareboat cha ...
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List of ships of the United States Air Force
Starting in 1957 the US Air Force began operating a small fleet of Missile Range Instrumentation Ships to support missile test ranges. They were designated "ORV" for Ocean Range Vessel. They used the ship name prefix "USAF" (''e.g.'': USAF ''Co ...
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List of ships of the United States Coast Guard
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
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Organizations
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List of museum ships of the United States military
References
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Navy
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