The list of auxiliary ship classes in service includes all auxiliary ship

Auxiliary ship

An auxiliary ship is a naval ship which is designed to operate in any number of roles supporting combatant ships and other naval operations. Auxiliaries are not primary combatants, although they may have some limited combat capacity, usually of a self defensive nature.Auxiliaries are extremely...

s in naval

Navy

A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...

 service in the world. For combatant ships, see the list of naval ship classes in service.

Command and support ships

• Zuiderkruis class JSS
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 24,500 tons
  • Operator: : 1 due to be commissioned around 2012

• Andenes
  Nordkapp class OPV
  The Nordkapp class ships is a Norwegian ship class built in the 1980s, and is used for rescue, fishery inspection, research purposes and general EEZ patrol in Norwegian waters. It is a class of ships purpose built for the Norwegian Coast Guard with a secondary role as wartime naval escorts...
  
   command ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,000 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in commission

• Blue Ridge class joint command ship (LCC 19)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 19,700 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Kozara river command ship
  • Builder:  Germany
  • Displacement: 600 tons
  • Operator:

• Shichang multi-role support ship
  • Displacement: 9,500 tons
  • Operator:

• HMS Visborg
  HMS Visborg (A265)
  HMS Visborg was a command/auxiliary ship in the Swedish Navy and was a part of the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla. She was decommissioned 2010 and rumours say she is to be sold to Chile...
  
   Command ship
  • 2,590 tones
  • Operator:

Hospital ships

• Mercy class
  Mercy class hospital ship
  The Mercy class of hospital ships are converted San Clemente-class supertankers now used by the United States Navy as naval ambulances. Originally built in the late 1970s by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, they were acquired by the Navy and converted into hospital ships, coming into...
  
   hospital ship (AH 19)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 69,360 tonnes
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• RFA Argus
  RFA Argus (A135)
  RFA Argus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, part of the Royal Navy. Italian-built, Argus was formerly the container ship MV Contender Bezant. The ship was requisitioned in 1982 for service in the Falklands War and purchased outright in 1984 for use as an Aviation Training Ship, replacing RFA...
  
   Primary Casualty Receiving Ship (A135)
  • builder: converted by
  • Displacement: 28,081 tonnes
  • Operator:

Replenishment ships

• Berlin class
  Berlin class replenishment ship
  The Type 702 Berlin class replenishment ships are the largest vessels of the Deutsche Marine . In German, this type of ship is called Einsatzgruppenversorger which can be translated as task force supplier though the official translation in English is combat support ship, or in military parlance, a...
  
   (Type 702) combat support ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 20,240 tons
  • Operator : 2 in service, 1 ordered

• Dayun class stores ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 11,000 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Fort Rosalie class
  Fort Rosalie class replenishment ship
  The Fort Rosalie or Fort class is a class of fleet replenishment vessel of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. These ships are designed to replenish Royal Navy ships with all kinds of armaments and victualling stores while under way....
  
   replenishment ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 23,890 tons
  • Operator: , (
    
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...
    
    ), 2 in service

• Fort Victoria class replenishment oiler
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 32,818 tons
  • Operator: , (
    
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...
    
    ), 1 in service

• Kilauea class
  Kilauea class ammunition ship
  The Kilauea class ammunition ship is a class of eight United States Navy cargo vessels designed for underway replenishment of naval warships. The ships were constructed 1968–72 and were initially commissioned naval ships, carrying a crew of naval personnel...
  
   ammunition ship (AE 32)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 20,000 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in commission

• Lewis and Clark class
  Lewis and Clark class dry cargo ship
  The Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo ship is the next class of Combat Logistics Force underway replenishment vessels to be constructed for the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command. Lewis and Clark-class ships will replace the existing fifteen Mars- and Sirius-class combat store ships...
  
   dry cargo/ammunition ship (T-AKE-1)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 41,000 tons
  • Operator: : 14 in commission, building, or planned.

• Mars class
  Mars class combat stores ship
  The Mars-class combat stores ships are a class of seven auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. They are designed for underway replenishment, in support of carrier task force groups, carrying miscellaneous stores and munitions. Initially they carried no fuel oil or liquid cargo, but by the...
  
   stores ship (AFS 1)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 17,300 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission

• Nancang replenishment ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 37,000 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in commission

• Ness class stores ship (AFS 8)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 16,800 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission, former Royal Navy ships

• Stromboli class replenishment ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 8,700 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Supply class
  Supply class fast combat support ship
  The Supply class fast combat support ships is a class of four United States Navy supply ships used to refuel, rearm, and restock ships in the United States Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.-Ships:-General characteristics:...
  
   fast combat replenishment ship (AOE 6)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 50,000 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in commission

Tankers and oilers

• Amsterdam
  HNLMS Amsterdam (A836)
  HNLMS Amsterdam is one of two replenishment ships serving with the Royal Netherlands Navy. The Amsterdam entered service in 1995....
  
   fleet oiler
  • Displacement: 17,000 tons
  • Operator: , 1 in service

• Alyay class fleet oiler (Project 160)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 7,225 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Boris Chilikin class fleet oiler (Project 1559)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 22,460 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Chesapeake class transport tanker (AOT 5084)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 65,000 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Dubna class fleet oiler
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 11,140 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Durance class
  Durance class tanker
  The Durance class is a series of multi-product replenishment oilers, originally designed and built for service in the French Navy. Besides the five ships built for the French Navy, a sixth was built for the Royal Australian Navy, while the lead ship of the class currently serves with the Argentine...
  
   replenishment oiler
  • Builder: /
  • Displacement: 17,900 tons
  • Operators:
    • : 4 in service
    • : 1 in service, former Durance
    • : 1 in service as HMAS Success (built in Australia)

• Fulin class coastal tanker
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,200 tons
  • Operator: : 19 in service

• Fuqing class fleet oiler
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 21,740 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Fuzhou class coastal tanker
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,200 tons
  • Operator: : 32 in service

• Gus W. Darnell class transport tanker (AOT 1125)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 40,000 tons
  • Operator: : 5 in commission

• Henry J. Kaiser class
  Henry J. Kaiser class oiler
  The Henry J. Kaiser class is an American class of eighteen fleet replenishment oilers which began construction in August 1984. The class comprises fifteen oilers which are operated by Military Sealift Command to provide underway replenishment of fuel to United States Navy combat ships and jet fuel...
  
   fleet oiler
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 42,000 tons
  • Operator: : 13 in commission

• Jinyou class coastal tanker
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,800 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Khobi class coastal tanker
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,525 tons
  • Operators:
    • : 1 delivered in 1959

• Leizhou class coastal tanker
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 900 tons
  • Operator: : 9 in service

• Olekma class fleet oiler
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 6,440 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Panarea class Gasoline tanker
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 863 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Rhön class tanker
  Rhön class tanker
  The Type 704A Rhön class tankers are replenishment oiler used by the German Navy to provide underway replenishment for its ships at sea.-Ship list:Originally the ships were built for Libya as Okene and Okapi...
  
  
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 14,169 tons
  • Operator: , 2 in service

• Rover class tanker
  Rover class tanker
  The Rover class is a ship class of "Small Fleet Tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. They are tasked with the support of naval warships by the replenishment at sea with fuel oils and with limited supplies of other naval stores...
  
  
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 11,500 tons (loaded)
  • Operators:
    • 
      Indonesian Navy
      Military of Indonesia
      The Indonesian National Armed Forces in 2009 comprises approximately 432,129 personnel including the Army , Navy including the Indonesian Marine Corps and the Air Force ....
      
      , 1 in service
    • , 1 in service
    • (
      
      Royal Fleet Auxiliary
      Royal Fleet Auxiliary
      The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...
      
      ), 2 in service

• Shengli class coastal tanker
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,940 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• HMAS Sirius
  HMAS Sirius
  HMAS Sirius is a commercial tanker purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and converted into a fleet replenishment vessel to replace . Launched in South Korea on 2004, and converted in Western Australia, Sirius was commissioned in 2006; three years before a purpose-built vessel would have, and at...
  
   replenishment tanker
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 25,000 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Uda class fleet oiler (Project 577)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 7,160 tons
  • Operator: : 5 in service

• Vyaz'ma fleet oiler
  • Displacement: 8,900 tons
  • Operator:

• Walchensee class tanker
  Walchensee class tanker
  The Walchensee class tanker is a series of four small coastal tankers, built by Lindenau-Werft in Kiel for the German Navy to transport fuel and fresh water between depots and to units near coasts or in harbour....
  
  
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,191 tons
  • Operator: , 2 in service

• Wave Knight class tanker
  Wave Knight class tanker
  The Wave class tankers are Royal Fleet Auxiliary "Fast Fleet Tankers" tasked with providing fuel, food, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world. There are two ships in the class, RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler. The ships were ordered to replace the ageing Ol-class...
  
  
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 34,500 tons
  • Operator: , (
    
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...
    
    ), 2 in service

• Zuiderkruis
  HNLMS Zuiderkruis (A832)
  HNLMS Zuiderkruis is one of two replenishment ships serving with the Royal Netherlands Navy. The Zuiderkruis entered service in 1975 and is to be decommissioned at the end of 2011.-External links:*...
  
   fleet oiler
  • Displacement: 16,900 tons
  • Operator: , 1 in service

Tenders

• Elbe class
  Elbe class replenishment ship
  The Type 404 Elbe class replenishment ships of the German Navy were built to support its squadrons of Fast Attack Craft, submarines and minesweeper/hunters, as such they are usually referred to as tenders....
  
   (Type 404) Tender
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,586 tons
  • Operator : 6 in service

• Class A Balsam class
  USCG Seagoing Buoy Tender
  The Seagoing Buoy Tender is a type of U.S. Coast Guard cutter originally designed to service aids to navigation, throughout the waters of the United States, and wherever U.S. shipping interests require. The Coast Guard has maintained a fleet of seagoing buoy tenders dating back to its origins in...
  
   buoy tender
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,025 tons
  • Operators:
    • : 1 delivered in 1997 from the US Coast Guard
    • : 5 in commission

• Dajiang class submarine tender and salvage ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 10,087 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Dazhou class submersible support ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,100 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Emory S. Land class submarine tender/repair ship (AS 39)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 22,900 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Godetia minecraft tender
  • Displacement: 2,500 tons
  • Operator:

• Jules Verne fleet tender
  • Displacement: 10,250 tons
  • Operator:

• Juniper class buoy tender (WLB 201)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,000 tons
  • Operator: : 16 in commission

• Keeper class
  USCG Seagoing Buoy Tender
  The Seagoing Buoy Tender is a type of U.S. Coast Guard cutter originally designed to service aids to navigation, throughout the waters of the United States, and wherever U.S. shipping interests require. The Coast Guard has maintained a fleet of seagoing buoy tenders dating back to its origins in...
  
   buoy tender
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 840 tons
  • Operator: : 14 in commission

• Lubin class small craft support ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 880 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service of 3 built

• Malina class submarine tender (Project 2020)
  • Builder: /
  • Displacement: 13,900 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Urga class
  Ugra class submarine tender
  The Ugra class was the NATO reporting name for a group of submarine tenders built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1960s. One extra ship the INS Amba was built for the Indian Navy to a modified design. The Soviet designation was Project 1886 The ships were intended to provide afloat support,...
  
   submarine tender (Project 1886.1)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 9,650 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Rhin class tender
  • Displacement: 2,445 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Vis small craft command and support ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 680 tons
  • Operator:

• Vulcain class diving tender
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 490 tons
  • Operator:

Service vessels

• Alagez submarine salvage and rescue ship (Project 537)
  • Displacement: 14,300 tons
  • Operator:

• Amur class repair ship (Project 304)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 5,500 tons
  • Operator: : 11 in service

• Anteo submarine rescue ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,120 tons
  • Operator:

• Anvil class inland construction tender (WLIC 75301)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 145 tons
  • Operator: : 8 in service

• Bereza class degaussing ship (Project 130)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,050 tons
  • Operators:
    • : 17 in service
    • : 1 in service

• Bottsand class
  Bottsand class oil recovery ship
  The Bottsand class oil recovery ships of the German Navy are intended for seawater pollution control. The twin hull ships feature a bow which can be opened by 65 degrees. This creates an area of more than 40 m² to collect oil-polluted seawater. The water is pumped into the ship's 790 m³ tank,...
  
   (Type 738) oil recovery ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 650 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Dalang class submarine rescue ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,000 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service, plus 1 modified for electronic surveillance

• Diamond State class crane ship (ACS 7)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 31,500 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Diligence fleet repair ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 10,765 tons
  • Operator: , (
    
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...
    
    ), 1 in service

• Garonne class small repair ship
  • Displacement: 2,320 tons
  • Operator:

• Gasconade class river buoy tender (WLR 75401)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 141 tons
  • Operator: : 9 in commission

• Gopher State class
  Gopher State class crane ship
  The Gopher State-class crane ships of the United States Navy are a class of auxiliary vessels. The lead ship of the class is named in honor of the state of Minnesota....
  
   crane ship (ACS 4)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 25,000 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission

• Green Mountain State class crane ship (ACS 9)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 31,500 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Hudong class rescue ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 5,000 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Kashtan submersible support ship
  • Displacement: 5,250 tons
  • Operator:

• Keystone State class crane ship (ACS 1)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 31,500 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission

• Kommuna submersible support ship
  • Displacement: 2,450 tons
  • Operator:

• Mühlhausen
  German naval ship Mühlhausen
  Mühlhausen was a naval ship in service with the German Navy. The ship was launched June 30, 1966 at the Burmester Werft in Bremen with the name Walther von Ledebur. She was a prototype of a new class of ocean-going minesweepers, which however was not accepted by the Bundesmarine...
  
   diver support ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 854 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Oskol class repair ship (Project 300/301/303)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,700 tons
  • Operator: : 8 in service

• Ouachita class buoy tender (WLR 65501)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 143 tons
  • Operator: : 6 in service

• Pamlico class inland construction tender (WLIC 800)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 416 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in commission

• Pelym class degaussing ship (Project 1799)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,200 tons
  • Operator: : 17 in service

• Pionier Moskvyy class submersible support ship (Project 05360)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 7,960 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Ticino class Water Transport
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,968 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Westerwald class transport ship
  Westerwald class transport ship
  The Westerwald class transport ships are used by the German Navy to carry ammunition and other matériel.-Ships:...
  
  
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,042 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Yanbai class degaussing ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 750 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Youdian class cable ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,550 tons
  • Operator: : 9 in service, including 3 modified as buoy tenders

• Youzhong class cable ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 750 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Zeus cable ship (ARC 7)
  • Displacement: 15,000 tons
  • Operator:

Tugs

• Abeille Flandre class large salvage tug
  • Displacement: 3,800 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Alcyon class ocean tug and buoy tender
  • Displacement: 1,500 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Atlante class ocean tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 750 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Bay class icebreaking tug (WTGB 101)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 660 tons
  • Operator: : 9 in commission

• Barentshav class
  NoCGV Barentshav
  The NoCGV Barentshav is a large offshore patrol vessel of the Norwegian Coast Guard, and is their first liquefied natural gas powered vessel...
  
   offshore patrol vessel
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,200 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Belier class coastal tug
  • Displacement: 800 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Capstan class (65 Foot) harbor tug (WYTL 65601)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 72 tons
  • Operator: : 10 in commission

• Chamois class coastal tug and logistical support ship
  • Displacement: 505 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Ciclope class ocean tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 660 tons
  • Operator: : 6 in service

• Chieftain anchor handling tug supply vessel
  Anchor handling tug supply vessel
  Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels are mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, anchor them up and, in a few cases, serve as an Emergency Rescue and Recovery Vessel ....
  
  
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,028 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Daozha class salvage tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,000 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Dinghai class fleet tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,470 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Fehmarn class (Type 720) salvage tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,310 tons
  • Operator:

• Goliat class ocean tug (Project 733)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 890 tons
  • Operator: : 25 in service

• Goryn class fleet tug (Project 563)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,200 tons
  • Operator: : 9 in service

• Gromovoy class ocean tug
  • Builder: /
  • Displacement: 890 tons
  • Operator: : 17 in service

• Helgoland class
  Helgoland class tug
  The Type 720 Helgoland class tugs are large seagoing salvage tugs used by the German Navy. After the decommissioning of Helgoland, the class is now referred to as Fehmarn Klasse in the German Navy. As with other auxiliary ship classes in Germany, these tugboats are manned by a civilian crew...
  
   large sea-going tug
  • Builder:
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Hujiu class ocean tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 750 tons
  • Operator: : 8 in service

• Ingul class salvage tug (Project 1452/1453)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,000 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Iva class fire rescue tug (Project B-99)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,300 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Katun class fire tug (Project 1893/1993)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,200 tons
  • Operator: : 13 in service

• Lütje Horn class (Type 725) harbour tug
  • Builder:
  • Operator: : 6 in service

• MB-330 class ocean tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,180 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Neftegaz class salvage tug (Project B-92)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,000 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Porto class harbour tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 412 tons
  • Operator: : 11 in service

• Powhatan class fleet tug (ATF 168)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,260 tons
  • Operator: : 5 in commission

• Prut class salvage tug (Project 527M)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,330 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Rari class supply tug
  • Displacement: 1,550 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Roslavl class ocean tug (Project A-202)
  • Builder: /
  • Displacement: 625 tons
  • Operators:
    • : 11 in service
    • : 4 in service

• Safeguard class salvage tug (ARS 50)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,300 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in commission

• Sleipner class harbour tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 300 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Sliva class salvage tug (Project 712)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,000 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Sorum class fleet tug (Project 745)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,656 tons
  • Operator: : 22 in service

• Sylt class (Type 724) large harbour tug
  • Builder:
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Tenace class ocean tug
  • Displacement: 1,400 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Tuzhong class salvage tug
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,600 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Wangerooge class tug
  Wangerooge class tug
  The Type 722 Wangerooge class seagoing tugboats are used for rescue and salvage operation by the German Navy. They are also used for towing targets and retrieving training torpedoes...
  
  
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 798 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Wustrow class (Type 414) harbour tug
  • Builder:
  • Operator: : 2 in service

Icebreakers

• Eisvogel class icebreaker
  Eisvogel class icebreaker
  The Eisvogel class icebreakers was a two ship class built for the German Navy by the Hitzler Werft shipyard of Lauenburg/Elbe....
  
  
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 560 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• HMS Endurance
  HMS Endurance (A171)
  MV Polar Circle was built in Norway in 1990, chartered by the Royal Navy as HMS Polar Circle, and finally purchased as HMS Endurance. She is a former Antarctic ice patrol ship, and is a class 1A1 icebreaker...
  
   ice patrol ship (A171)
  • Displacement: 6,100 tons
  • Operator:

• Healy
  USCGC Healy (WAGB-20)
  USCGC Healy is a research icebreaker put into commission in 1999 by the United States Coast Guard.-Construction:Healy was constructed by Avondale Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana and named in honor of Captain "Hell Roaring" Michael A. Healy U.S.R.C.S. Her keel was laid on September 16, 1996...
  
   polar icebreaker (WAGB 20)
  • Displacement: 16,400 tons
  • Operator:

• Mackinaw
  USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)
  USCGC Mackinaw is a vessel built as a heavy icebreaker for operations on the North American Great Lakes for the United States Coast Guard. IMO number: 9271054...
  
   lake icebreaker (WLBB-30)
  • Displacement: 3,500 tons
  • Operator:

• Polar class
  USCG Polar Class Icebreaker
  USCG Polar-capable heavy icebreakers consist of three vessels, USCGC Polar Star , USCGC Polar Sea , and USCGC Healy . Polar Star and Polar Sea comprise the Polar class, while Healy is a larger, more modern design and constitutes an entirely different polar-capable icebreaker class...
  
   polar icebreaker (WAGB 10)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 13,600 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Svalbard
  NoCGV Svalbard
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   polar icebreaker/offshore patrol vessel
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 6,500 tons
  • Operator:

Surveillance and intelligence vessels

• Alpinist class electronic surveillance ships (Project 503M)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,140 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Bougainville electronic surveillance ship
  • Displacement: 10,250 tons
  • Operator:

• Beidiao electronic surveillance ship
  • Displacement: 2,500 tons
  • Operator:

• Elettra electronic surveillance ship
  • Builder
  • Displacement: 3,180 tons
  • Operator: , NATO

• Impeccable
  USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23)
  USNS Impeccable is an Impeccable-class ocean surveillance ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 2001 and assigned to Military Sealift Command’s Special Missions Program.-Construction:...
  
   Ocean Surveillance Ship (T-AGOS-23)
  • Displacement: 5,368 tons
  • Operator:

• Lira class
  Balzam class intelligence ship
  The Balzam class is the NATO reporting name for a class of Intelligence collection ships built for the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. These ships are also known as the Lira class. The Soviet designation was Project 1826.-Design and role:...
  
   electronic surveillance ship (Project 1826)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,900 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Monge missile tracking ship
  • Displacement: 21,040 tons
  • Operator:

• Observation Island
  USNS Observation Island (T-AGM-23)
  USNS Observation Island , also known as ex-MA-28, ex-YAG-57, ex-E-AG-154, Empire State Mariner, is the historic naval vessel that in 1969 launched the first Poseidon Fleet Ballstic Missile ever successfully deployed from a vessel at sea, earning the ship and crew the Meritorious Unit Commendation...
  
   Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
  Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
  Missile Range Instrumentation Ships, Range Ships, or Tracking Ships, are ships equipped with antennas and electronics to support the launching and tracking of missiles and rockets...
  
   (T-AGM-23)
  • Displacement: 17,000 tons
  • Operator:

• Oste class (Type 423)
  Oste class fleet service ship
  Type 423 Oste class are purpose built SIGINT/ELINT and reconnaissance ships of the German Navy. Officially designated as fleet service ships, they replaced the Type 422 class....
  
   electronic surveillance ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,200 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Primor'ye class
  Primor'ye class surveillance ship
  The Primor'ye class are a group of Intelligence collection ships built for the Soviet Navy. Two ships are operated by the Russian Navy. The Soviet designation was Project 394B.-Design and role:...
  
   electronic surveillance ship (Project 394B)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,340 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Stalwart class Ocean Surveillance Ship (T-AGOS-1)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,285 tons
  • Operator: :

• Victorious class Ocean Surveillance Ship (T-AGOS-19)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,370 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in commission

• Vishnaya class electronic surveillance ship (Project 864)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,470 tons
  • Operator: : 7 in service

• Waters navigation research and missile tracking ship (AGS 45)
  • Displacement: 12,000 tons
  • Operator:

• Yanha class icebreaker and electronic surveillance ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,200 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Yuanwang class missile tracking and space event support ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 21,000 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

Research and scientific vessels

• Alliance class research ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,466 tons
  • Operator: , NATO

• Baldur class coastal survey ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 50 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in commission

• Belgica coastal research ship
  • Displacement: 835 tons
  • Operator:

• Echo class survey ship
  • Builder
  • Displacement: 3,470 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Hayes acoustic trials ship (AG 195)
  • Displacement: 4,000 tons
  • Operator:

• Helmsand class trial and fleet service ships (Type 748)
  • Builder:
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• John McDonnell class coastal survey ship (AGS 51)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,000 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• La Perouse class survey ship
  • Displacement: 980 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Leonardo research ship
  • Builder
  • Displacement: 337 tons
  • Operator:

• Magnaghi oceanographic research ship
  • Builder
  • Displacement: 1,744 tons
  • Operator:

• Marjata research ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 5,300 tons
  • Operator:

• Melville class oceanographic research/survey ship (AGOR 14)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,670 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Moma class survey ship (Project 861)
  • Builder: /
  • Displacement: 1,600 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Ninfe class oceanographic research ship
  • Builder
  • Displacement: 415 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in service

• Pathfinder class oceanographic research/survey ship (AGS 60)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,750 tons
  • Operator: : 6 in commission

• Planet class
  Planet class research ship
  The Type 751 Planet of the German Navy is the most modern naval research ship within NATO. It was built as SWATH design in order to reduce the hull volume and to increase the ship's stability - particularly in high seas and at high speed....
  
   (Type 751) research ship (SWATH vessel)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,500 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• HMS Scott
  HMS Scott (H131)
  HMS Scott is an ocean survey vessel of the Royal Navy, and the only vessel of her class. She is the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name, and the second to be named after the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott. She was ordered to replace the survey ship HMS Hecla.-Construction:She was...
  
   ocean survey vessel
  • Builder
  • Displacement: 13,500 tons
  • Operator: 1 in service

• Shijian class research ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,000 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Shuguang class research ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,400 tons
  • Operator: : 8 in service

• Thomas G. Thompson class oceanographic research/survey ship (AGOR 23)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,250 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission

• Wilhelm Pullwer class trial boat (Type 741)
  • Builder:
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Valerian Uryvayav class survey ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,050 tons
  • Operators:
    • : 1 delivered in 1991 for training and coastal survey

• Xiangyanghong class research ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 10,000 tons
  • Operator: : 12 in service in various configurations

• Yanlai class survey ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,100 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

• Yanlun class research ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,000 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in service

• Yannan class research ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,750 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in service

Logistical support ships

• 1st Lt Harry L. Martin Marine Corps prepositioning ship (AK 3015)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 51,531 tons
  • Operator:
• Algol class fast vehicle cargo ship (AKR 287)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 55,355 tons
  • Operator: : 8 in commission
• Bob Hope class
  Bob Hope class vehicle cargo ship
  The Bob Hope class vehicle cargo ship is a class of vehicle cargo ships, used for prepositioning of Army vehicles. The lead ship of this class is USNS Bob Hope ....
  
   army vehicle prepositioning ship (AKR 300)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 62,000 tons
  • Operator: : 7 in commission
• Bobo class Marine Corps prepositioning ship (AK 3008)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 46,000 tons
  • Operator: : 5 in commission
• Cape Ann class general cargo ship (AK 5009)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 20,110 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in commission
• Cape Breton class general cargo ship (AK 5056)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 21,000 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in commission
• Cape Ducato class
  Cape Ducato class vehicle cargo ship
  The Cape Ducato class are five roll-on/roll-off vehicle cargo ships of the United States Navy used to rapidly transport US military unit equipment such as tanks, helicopters, wheeled vehicles and other heavy equipment, to support deployed forces worldwide.Built by Eriksbergs MV AB of Sweden and...
  
   roll-on/roll-off vehicle cargo ship (AKR 5051)
  • Builder: /
  • Displacement: 34,790 tons
  • Operator: : 5 in commission
• Cape Fear class barge carrier (AK 5061)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 44,250 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission
• Cape Flattery class barge carrier (AK 5070)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 62,300 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission
• Cape Girardeau class container/bulk cargo ship (AK 2039)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 32,000 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission
• Cape Hudson class vehicle cargo ship (AKR 5066)
  • Builder: /
  • Displacement: 51,000 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission
• Cape Island class vehicle cargo ship (AKR 10)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 33,900 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in commission
• Cape John class general cargo ship (AK 5022)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 23,000 tons
  • Operator: : 4 in commission
• Cape Knox class vehicle cargo ship (AKR 5082)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 29,200 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission
• Cape Lambert class vehicle cargo ship (AKR 5077)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 30,360 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Cape Rise class vehicle cargo ship (AKR 9678)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 32,000 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission

• Cape Texas class vehicle cargo ship (AKR 112)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 24,550 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission

• Cape Vincent class vehicle cargo ship (AKR 9666)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 28,200 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Cape Washington class vehicle cargo ship (AKR 9961)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 53,600 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Etna class Logistics Support Vessel
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 13,400 tons
  • Operator:
    • : 1 in service
    • : 1 in service

• General Frank S. Besson, Jr. class
  General Frank S. Besson, Jr. class Logistics Support Vessel
  The General Frank S. Besson class Logistics Support Vessels are the largest powered watercraft in the United States Army, and are designed to give the Army a global strategic capability to deliver its vehicles and cargo.-Design:...
  
   Logistics Support Vessel (LSV-1)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,199 long tons
  • Operator:
    • : 8 in commission
    • : 2 in commission

• Gordon class army prepositioning ship (AKR 296)
  • Builder: /
  • Displacement: 65,000 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Green Wave polar logistics ship (AK 2050)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 9,500 tons
  • Operator:

• GySgt Fred W. Stockham army prepositioning ship (AKR 3017)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 55,500 tons
  • Operator:

• Hauge class Marine Corps prepositioning ship (AK 3000)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 44,000 tons
  • Operator: : 5 in commission

• Honqui class coastal freighter
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 1,950 tons
  • Operator: : 7 in service

• Kocak class Marine Corps prepositioning ship (AK 3005)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 51,612 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission

• LCpl Roy M. Wheat Marine Corps prepositioning ship (AK 3016)
  • Builder: /
  • Displacement: 50,570 tons
  • Operator:

• Page class container ship (AKR 4496)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 74,500 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Qiongsha class troop ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,150 tons
  • Operator: : 4 troop ship and 2 hospital ship versions in service

• Shughart class army prepositioning ship (AKR 295)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 54,300 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

• Titus class container/vehicle cargo ship (AK 5089)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 48,000 tons
  • Operator: : 3 in commission

• Valkyrien
  HNoMS Valkyrien (1994-present)
  HNoMS Valkyrien has the pennant number A535 and is the present support vessel for the Royal Norwegian Navy Coastal Combat Flotilla. Valkyrien was built as a civilian supply vessel in 1981. She was bought by the RNoN in 1994. Command was assumed on 4 February 1994. The ship has a strengthened hull...
  
   support ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 3,000 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Watson class
  Watson class vehicle cargo ship
  The Watson class vehicle cargo ship is a class of vehicle cargo ships, used for prepositioning of Army vehicles. The class comprises eight of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program.The lead ship of...
  
   army prepositioning ship (AKR 310)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 62,600 tons
  • Operator: : 8 in commission

• Wright class aviation logistics ship (AVB 3)
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 23,800 tons
  • Operator: : 2 in commission

Training ships

See :Category:School ships

• Amerigo Vespucci
  Amerigo Vespucci (ship)
  The Amerigo Vespucci is a tall ship of the Marina Militare, named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Its home port is Livorno, Italy; It is still in use as a school ship....
  
   Tall ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 4,146 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Argus
  RFA Argus (A135)
  RFA Argus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, part of the Royal Navy. Italian-built, Argus was formerly the container ship MV Contender Bezant. The ship was requisitioned in 1982 for service in the Falklands War and purchased outright in 1984 for use as an Aviation Training Ship, replacing RFA...
  
   Aviation training ship
  • Builder
  • Displacement 28,081 tons
  • Operator: , (
    
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...
    
    ), 1 in service

• Eagle
  USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)
  The is a barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in American military service, the other being the USS Constitution....
  
  
  • Builder:  Germany
  • Operator:

• Gorch Fock
  Gorch Fock (1958)
  The Gorch Fock is a tall ship of the German Navy . She is the second ship of that name and a sister ship of the Gorch Fock built in 1933. Both ships are named in honor of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the pseudonym "Gorch Fock" and died in the battle of Jutland/Skagerrak in 1916...
  
   Tall ship
  • Builder:
  • Displacement: 2,006 tons
  • Operator: : 1 in service

• Horten training ship
  • Displacement: 2,535 tons
  • Operator:

• Juan Sebatián de Elcano Tall ship
  • Displacement: 3,673 tons
  • Operator: Spanish Navy
    Spanish Navy
    The Spanish Navy is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces, one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Armada is responsible for notable achievements in world history such as the discovery of Americas, the first world circumnavigation, and the discovery of a maritime path...
    
    

• Shiyan training ship
  • Displacement: 6,000 tons
  • Operator:

• Zhenghe training ship
  • Displacement: 4,500 tons
  • Operator:

• Type 82
  Type 82 destroyer
  The Type 82 or Bristol-class destroyer was to be a class of four Royal Navy warships intended as area air-defence destroyers to replace the County-class destroyers, and to serve as escorts to the planned CVA-01 aircraft carriers...
  
   training ship
  • Builder
  • Displacement: 6,000 tons
  • Operator: 1 in service

See also

• List of naval ship classes in service
• List of submarine classes in service