List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy
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This is a list of auxiliaries of the United States Navy. It covers the various types of ships that support the frontline combat vessels of the United States Navy
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IX-236 through IX-299 unused (IX-308) (IX-309) (IX-327) (ex-Horst Wessel)
IX-328 through IX-500 unused (ex-Admiral W. L. Capps) (ex-Bay Lander) (ex-Dorado)
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
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- United States Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force
- United States Coast Guard AuxiliaryUnited States Coast Guard AuxiliaryThe United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard and was established on June 23, 1939 by an act of Congress as the United States Coast Guard Reserve, and was re-designated as the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary on February 19, 1941...
- United States Naval Auxiliary Air Station
- Auxiliary cruisers which are, despite their name, cruisers, a type of warshipWarshipA warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way from merchant ships. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster and more maneuvrable than merchant ships...
, not auxiliaries.
Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks (AFDB)
Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks (AFDM)
Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks (AFDL)
Miscellaneous Ships (AG, T-AG)
/Missile Range Instrumentation Ships (T-AGM)
Oceanographic Research Ships (T-AGOR)
- T-AGOR-2 built for Norway
Dry Cargo Ships (AK, T-AK)
- duplicate number - duplicate number (cancelled 8/16/45) (cancelled 8/16/45) (cancelled 8/45) (cancelled 8/45) (cancelled 8/45)/Fleet Oilers, Fleet Replenishment Oilers (AO, T-AO)
(canceled 8/18/1945) (canceled 8/18/1945) (canceled 8/18/1945)- USS Potomac (AO-150)USNS Potomac (T-AO-181)The fifth USNS Potomac was a United States Navy oiler in non-commissioned service with the Military Sea Transportation Service, later Military Sealift Command, from 1976 to 1983.Potomac, sixth U.S...
Fast Combat Support Ships (AOE, T-AOE)
- AOE-5 cancelled
- AOE-9 cancelled
Transports (AP, T-AP)
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Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ships (ARG)
(renamed USS Maui)Landing Craft Repair Ships (ARL)
(former LST-10) - not assigned (former LST-455)Repair and Salvage Ships (ARS)
(non-commissioned) (cancelled 1945) (cancelled 1945) (cancelled 1945) (cancelled 1945) (cancelled 1945) (cancelled 1945)Aircraft Repair Ships (ARV, ARV(E), ARV(A))
(former ) (former ) (refit of ) (refit of ) (refit of ) (refit of )Submarine Tenders (AS)
- AS-29 and AS-30 cancelled
- AS-35 cancelled
- AS-38 cancelled
Submarine Rescue Vessels (ASR)
(cancelled 12 August 1945) (cancelled 12 August 1945)Fleet Tugs (AT)
- AT-40 to AT-45 - Canceled 1918
Auxiliary Ocean Tugs (ATA, T-ATA)
//- ATA-231 to ATA-233 - Cancelled 1945-1947
Fleet Ocean Tugs (ATF, T-ATF)
/Seaplane Tenders (AV)
(reclassified USS San Clemente (AG-79)) (cancelled) (cancelled) (cancelled)Small Seaplane Tenders (AVP)
(ex-AM-1) (ex-AM-10) (ex-AM-18) (ex-AM-19) (ex-AM-23) (ex-AM-27) (ex-AM-34) (ex-AM-41) (ex-AM-51) (reclassified AGC-18) (ex-DD-241, reclassified AVD-1) (ex-DD-244, reclassified AVD-2) (ex-DD-196, reclassified AVD-3/APD-33) (ex-DD-186, reclassified AVD-4/APD-31) (ex-DD-188, reclassified AVD-5/APD-32) (ex-DD-342, ex-AVD-6) (ex-DD-344, reclassified AVD-7) (reclassified AGP-7) (reclassified AGS-30) (canceled 4/43) (canceled 4/43) (canceled 4/43) (canceled 4/43) (canceled 4/43) (canceled 4/43) (reclassified AGS-50) (reclassified/renamed Josiah Willard Gibbs (AGOR-1)) (reclassified AGF-1) (reclassified AGP-8) (reclassified AGP-9)Aircraft Transports (AVT)
(Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship)Miscellaneous Classifications (IX)
(IX-6) (IX-9) (IX-10)- USS Gopher (IX-11)USS FernUSS Fern is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:* USS Fern , a tugboat used during the American Civil War* USS Fern , a gunboat built in 1871...
(ex-Fern) (IX-12) (IX-13) (IX-14) - USS Prairie State (IX-15)USS Illinois (BB-7)USS Illinois , the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 21st state, was a battleship, the lead ship of her class....
(ex-Illinois) (IX-17) (IX-18) (IX-19) (IX-22) (IX-23) (IX-24) (IX-28) - USS Wilmette (IX-29) (ex-Michigan) (IX-33) (IX-35)
- USS Light Target Number 2 (IX-36)USS Boggs (DD-136)USS Boggs was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy, later redesignated as AG-19 and then as DMS-3, and back again to AG-19. She was the first ship named for Admiral Charles Boggs....
(ex-Boggs) - USS Light Target Number 3 (IX-37)USS Sinclair (DD-275)USS Sinclair was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Captain Arthur Sinclair.-History:Sinclair was laid down on 15 October 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts; launched on 2 June 1919; sponsored by Mrs. George Barnett,...
(ex-Sinclair) - USS Empire State (IX-38)USS Procyon (AG-11)USS Procyon was an in the United States Navy after World War I. She later served as a training vessel for the Merchant Marine Academy as Empire State. In 1940 the ship was returned to the United States Maritime Commission, was renamed American Pilot, and sailed under the American flag during...
(ex-Procyon) - USS Seattle (IX-39)USS Washington (ACR-11)The seventh USS Washington , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 11", and later renamed Seattle and renumbered CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser...
(ex-Washington) (IX-40) - USS Damage Control Hulk Number 1 (IX-44)USS Walker (DD-163)The first USS Walker was a Wickes class destroyer that saw service in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Admiral John Grimes Walker.-History:...
(ex-Walker) (IX-56) (note duplicate numbers) (ex-Turner) (ex-Yale) (ex-Standard Arrow) (ex-Alameda) (ex-Slate) (ex-Externsteine)
IX-236 through IX-299 unused (IX-308) (IX-309) (IX-327) (ex-Horst Wessel)
IX-328 through IX-500 unused (ex-Admiral W. L. Capps) (ex-Bay Lander) (ex-Dorado)
- R/V Thomas G. Thompson (IX-517)USNS Thomas G. Thompson (T-AGOR-9)USNS Thomas G. Thompson was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1965. She performed oceanographic work for various educational institutions, under various names, including R/V Thomas G. Thompson , R/V Thomas G...
(ex-Pacific Escort, ex-Gosport, ex-AGOR-9) (IX-518) - USS IX-521USS Artisan (AFDB-1)USS Artisan , a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock, was the only ship of the United States Navy given this name...
(ex-Artisan) - USS IX-525USS Artisan (AFDB-1)USS Artisan , a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock, was the only ship of the United States Navy given this name...
(ex-Artisan) - Sea Shadow (IX-529)Sea Shadow (IX-529)Sea Shadow is an experimental stealth ship built by Lockheed for the United States Navy to determine how a low radar profile might be achieved and to test high stability hull configurations which have been used in oceanographic ships....
- Joint Venture (IX-532) (ex-AGOS-8) (ex-YTB-815)