List of currently active United States military watercraft
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Commissioned ships (USN)


Aircraft carriers

* – 10 active * – 1 active


Amphibious assault ships

* – 7 active * – 2 active


Amphibious command ships

* – 2 active


Amphibious transport docks

* – 12 active


Attack submarines

* – 26 active * – 3 active * – 21 active


Ballistic missile submarines

* – 14 active


Classic frigate

* – oldest commissioned ship in USN, an 'Original Six' frigate, circa. 1797. Not counted as part of the deployed combat fleet.


Cruisers

* – 17 active


Destroyers

* – 70 active * – 2 active


Dock landing ships

* – 6 active * – 4 active


Expeditionary mobile base

;(sub-variant of the expeditionary transfer dock) * ** **USS


Guided missile submarines

* – 4 active


Littoral combat ships

* – 10 active * – 12 active


Mine countermeasures ships

* – 8 active


Patrol boats

* – 5 active


Submarine tenders

* – 2 active


Technical research ship

* – currently held captive by North Korea. Still in commission, but not counted as part of the deployed combat fleet.


Non-commissioned ships (MSC)

(List includes "Support" and "Ready Reserve Force" ships)


Cable repair ships

* – 1 active


Cargo and replenishment ships

* – 8 active * – 7 active * – 3 active * – 2 active * – 2 active * – 14 active * – 15 active


Crane ships

* – 3 active * – 3 active


Expeditionary transfer dock

* ** Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD) – 2 active ** Expeditionary Mobile Base (ESB) – 3 active (2 commissioned)


High speed vessels

* – 9 active ;Stand-alone vessels; * ''Sea Fighter'' (FSF-1) – active * – active *
HST-2 ''HST-2'', formerly named USNS ''Puerto Rico'' and ''Alakai'', is a vessel owned by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command. She was originally Hawaii Superferry's first high-speed ferry. The vessel was later chartered by Bay Ferries, B ...
(unnamed) – leased to civilian ferry service


Hospital ships

* – 2 active


Landing craft

*
Landing Craft Air Cushion The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a class of air-cushioned landing craft (hovercraft) used by the United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel from shi ...
– 74 active * Landing Craft Utility 1610, 1627 and 1646 – 32 active


Salvage ships

* – 2 active


Surveillance, intelligence and survey vessels

* – 1 active * – 1 active * – 6 active * – 2 active * – 4 active


Tug boats

* – 4 active * – 8 active * – 6 active


Special Warfare and Coastal Riverine Force (NSW)


Surface craft

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Combat Rubber Raiding Craft The Zodiac Milpro Futura Commando 470 or in short FC470 Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC), also known as the "Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft," is a specially fabricated rubber inflatable boat often used by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps ...
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Small unit riverine craft The small unit riverine craft (SURC) is rigid-hull, armed and armored patrol boat used by the U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy to maintain control of rivers and inland waterways. They are similar in size and purpose to the much older Patrol Boat, ...
* Riverine Command Boat * Rigid Raider *
Mark V Special Operations Craft The Mark V SOC (Special Operations Craft) was a marine security, patrol, and special forces insertion boat used by the United States Navy and manufactured by VT Halter Marine Inc (Gulfport, Mississippi). It was introduced into service with the ...
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Special Operations Craft - Riverine (SOC-R) Special or specials may refer to: Policing * Specials, Ulster Special Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force * Specials, Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer, or temporary; police worker or police officer Literature * ''Specia ...
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Mark VI Patrol Boat The Mark VI is a class of patrol boat in service with the United States Navy, designed to patrol riverine and littoral waters. The first two Mark VI boats were delivered to Coastal Riverine Group TWO in September 2015. Two boats were forward depl ...
* Coastal Command Boat (CCB) *
Combatant Craft Assault (CCA) Combatant is the legal status of an individual who has the right to engage in hostilities during an armed conflict. The legal definition of "combatant" is found at article 43(2) of Additional Protocol I (AP1) to the Geneva Conventions of 1949. I ...
* Combatant Craft Medium (CCM) *
Combatant Craft Heavy (CCH) Combatant is the legal status of an individual who has the right to engage in hostilities during an armed conflict. The legal definition of "combatant" is found at article 43(2) of Additional Protocol I (AP1) to the Geneva Conventions of 1949. I ...


Swimmer delivery vehicles

* Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (Mk 8) * Surface-Planing Wet Submersible


Cutters (USCG)


Patrol ships

* Legend-class National Security Cutter, Large 8 * * Famous-class Medium Endurance Cutter 13 * ''Reliance''-class Medium Endurance Cutter 14 * 38


Patrol boats

* 30 * 73 * 47-foot Motor Lifeboat 117 *
Response boat-medium Response may refer to: *Call and response (music), musical structure *Reaction (disambiguation) *Request–response ** Output or response, the result of telecommunications input *Response (liturgy), a line answering a versicle *Response (music) o ...
48 * USCG Utility Boat 156 *
USCG Long Range Interceptor The Long Range Interceptor (LRI) is an 11-meter (35 feet) high speed launch vessel designed to be deployed from United States Coast Guard cutters via a rear launching ramp. The Long Range Interceptor is an aluminum boat, powered by Ultrajet brand ...
10 * ''Defender'' class Response boat-small 300 * USCG transportable port security boat *
Over the horizon boat Over may refer to: Places *Over, Cambridgeshire, England *Over, Cheshire, England * Over, South Gloucestershire, England *Over, Tewkesbury, near Gloucester, England **Over Bridge * Over, Seevetal, Germany Music Albums * ''Over'' (album), by Pe ...
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Short Range Prosecutor The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Short Range Prosecutor is a 7-meter, high speed launch designed to be launched from cutters, at speed, from a stern launching ramp. The Short Range Prosecutor is a rigid-hull inflatable, powered by water-jet ...
10


Icebreakers

* 9 active * 1 active ;Stand-alone vessels; * *


Tenders

* USCG seagoing buoy tender *
USCG coastal buoy tender The United States Coast Guard commissioned a new Keeper class of coastal buoy tenders in the 1990s that are 175 feet (53 m) in length and named after lighthouse keepers. Keeper-class cutters serve the Coast Guard in a variety of missions and a ...
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USCG inland buoy tender There are two classes of USCG Inland Buoy Tenders. The 100-foot Class Inland Buoy Tenders consists of the following boats: * USCGC ''Bluebell'' (WLI-313); Portland, Oregon, (commissioned 28 September 1944) * USCGC ''Buckthorn'' (WLI-642); Sault ...
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USCG inland construction tender An inland construction tender is a type of ship used to build and service shore structures such as piers and buoy trestles. It is also used to maintain buoys and aids to navigation. Less frequently, they may be used for law enforcement, environmen ...


Support craft (US Army)


Logistics support vessel

* ''General Frank S. Besson''-class logistics support vessel – 8


Landing craft

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Runnymede class large landing craft The ''Runnymede''-class large landing craft are powered watercraft in the United States Army. They replaced older USN-design landing craft, and are a typical Landing Craft Utility design with a bow ramp and large aft superstructure. They transpor ...
– 35 *
Landing Craft Mechanized The landing craft mechanized (LCM) is a landing craft designed for carrying vehicles. They came to prominence during the Second World War when they were used to land troops or tanks during Allied amphibious assaults. Variants There was no ...
**LCM-8, Mod 1 - 34 **LCM-8, Mod 2 - 6


Tug boats

* – 6


Support craft (USAF)


Tug boats

* ''Rising Star'' tugboat (Thule AFB harbor)


Recovery craft

* 82nd ATRS drone recovery watercraft (x3 120 ft recovery vessels, x2 smaller boats)


See also

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Currently active military equipment by country The following is a list of lists of currently active military equipment by country. Afghanistan * List of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force * List of military equipment used by Afghan National Army Albania * List of equipment of the ...


References

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