List of currently active United States military watercraft
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Aircraft Carriers
- Nimitz class aircraft carrierNimitz class aircraft carrierThe Nimitz-class supercarriers are a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. With an overall length of and full-load displacements of over 100,000 long tons, they are the largest capital ships in the world...
10 - Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carrier
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65)USS Enterprise (CVN-65)USS Enterprise , formerly CVA-65, is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth US naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed the "Big E". At , she is the longest naval vessel in the world...
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Amphibious Warfare Helicopter Carrier
- America class amphibious assault ship (12 Planned)
- Tarawa class amphibious assault shipTarawa class amphibious assault shipThe Tarawa class is a ship class of amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy . Five ships were built by Ingalls Shipbuilding between 1971 and 1980; another four ships were planned, but later cancelled...
1 - Wasp class amphibious assault shipWasp class amphibious assault shipThe Wasp class is a class of Landing Helicopter Dock amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy. Based on the Tarawa class, with modifications to operate more advanced aircraft and landing craft, the Wasp class is capable of transporting almost the full strength of a United States...
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Amphibious Transport Dock
- Austin class amphibious transport dockAustin class amphibious transport dockThe Austin class of amphibious transport dock followed theRaleigh class and was followed by the San Antonio classes. Note that some sources consider Cleveland and Trenton ships to be a part of the Austin class, but the Naval Vessel Registry lists them as a separate class.- Ships :-Cleveland...
2 - San Antonio class amphibious transport dockSan Antonio class amphibious transport dockThe San Antonio class is the United States Navy's new primary class of amphibious transport dock in the beginning of the 21st century...
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Dock Landing Ship
- Whidbey Island class dock landing shipWhidbey Island class dock landing shipThe Whidbey Island class dock landing ship is a dock landing ship of the United States Navy. Introduced to fleet service in 1985, this class of ship features a massive well deck for the transport of four LCAC hovercraft for landing Marines....
8 - Harpers Ferry class dock landing shipHarpers Ferry class dock landing shipThe Harpers Ferry class of the United States Navy is a class of dock landing ships completed in the early 1990s. Modified from the Whidbey Island class, it loses landing craft capacity for more cargo space, making it closer to an amphibious transport dock type, but was not designated as such. ...
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Landing Craft
- Landing Craft Air Cushion 74
- Landing Craft UtilityLanding Craft UtilityThe Landing Craft Utility is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore. They are capable of transporting tracked or wheeled vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers....
- LCM-8LCM-8The LCM-8 is a river boat and mechanized landing craft used by the United States Navy and Army during the Vietnam War and subsequent operations. They are currently used by governments and private organizations throughout the world. The acronym stands for "Landing Craft Mechanized, Mark 8...
Special Warfare
- CRRC
- SURCSmall unit riverine craftThe small unit riverine craft 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....
- Marine Rigid Raider Rigid RaiderThe Rigid Raider is a series of fast patrol/assault boat made by RTK Marine, a subsidiary of Halmatic . They are in service with many armed forces, including the Royal Marines, the SBS and Royal Engineers...
- Mark V Special Operations Craft
Swimmer Delivery Vehicles
- Surface-Planing Wet Submersible 1
- Advanced SEAL Delivery SystemAdvanced SEAL Delivery SystemAdvanced SEAL Delivery System was a midget submarine operated by the United States Navy and United States Special Operations Command that is designed to provide stealthy submerged transportation for special operations forces from the decks of nuclear submarines for primary use as an insertion...
6 - Swimmer Delivery Vehicle, Mk 8 10
Replenishment ships
- Kilauea class ammunition shipKilauea class ammunition shipThe 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...
3 - Mars class combat stores shipMars class combat stores shipThe 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...
3 - Fast combat support ship supply classFast combat support shipThe fast combat support ship is the United States Navy's largest combat logistics ship, designed as an oiler, ammunition and supply ship. All fast combat support ships currently in service are operated by Military Sealift Command . The AOE has the speed and armament to keep up with carrier battle...
4 - Lewis and Clark class dry cargo shipLewis and Clark class dry cargo shipThe 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...
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Transport Ships
- Watson class vehicle cargo shipWatson class vehicle cargo shipThe 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...
8 - Bob hope class vehicle cargo shipBob Hope class vehicle cargo shipThe 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 ....
7 - USNS T-AKR 295 Shughart class cargo ship 3
- USNS T-AKR 296 Gordon class 2
- USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat (T-AK 3016)
Tenders
- USCG Seagoing Buoy TenderUSCG Seagoing Buoy TenderThe 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...
- USCG Coastal Buoy TenderUSCG Coastal Buoy TenderThe United States Coast Guard commissioned a new Keeper-class of coastal buoy tenders in the 1990s that are 175 feet in length and named after Lighthouse keepers.Keeper Class cutters serve the Coast Guard in a variety of missions...
- USCG Inland Buoy TenderUSCG Inland Buoy TenderThere are two classes of USCG Inland Buoy Tenders.The 100-foot Class Inland Buoy Tenders consists of the following boats:*USCGC Bluebell ; Portland, Oregon, *USCGC Buckthorn ; Sault Ste...
- Emory S. Land class submarine tenderEmory S. Land class submarine tenderThe Emory S. Land class submarine tender is a class of three submarine tenders in the United States Navy. is the lead ship in the class, the others are and ....
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Icebreakers
- USCG Polar Class IcebreakerUSCG Polar Class IcebreakerUSCG 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...
- USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)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...
1 - USCG Icebreaking TugUSCG Icebreaking TugThe USCG Bay-class icebreaking tug is a class of icebreaking tugs of the United States Coast Guard, with hull numbers WTGB 101 through to WTGB 109.They can proceed through fresh water ice up to thick, and break ice up to thick, through ramming...
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Surveillance and intelligence vessels
- USNS Observation Island (T-AGM-23)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...
1 - Stalwart class tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ships 2
- USNS Invincible (T-AGM-24)USNS Invincible (T-AGM-24)USNS Invincible , also known as ex-AGOS 10 , is one of two Missile Range Instrumentation Ships operated by the Military Sealift Command. One of the radars it carries is the Cobra Gemini dual band, X band and S band, radar....
1 - USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM-25)USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM-25)USNS Howard O. Lorenzen is a future Missile Range Instrumentation Ship under construction by VT Halter Marine Inc. of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The keel was laid during a ceremony on August 13, 2008....
Misc.
- Gopher State class crane shipGopher State class crane shipThe 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....
3 - Henry J. Kaiser class oilerHenry J. Kaiser class oilerThe 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...
14 - Mercy class hospital shipMercy class hospital shipThe 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...
2 - USS ConstitutionUSS ConstitutionUSS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the world's oldest floating commissioned naval vessel...
1 - MV Westpac Express (HSV-4676)MV Westpac Express (HSV-4676)MV Westpac Express is a high-speed catamaran built in 2001 by Austal Ltd. of Henderson, Western Australia. Chartered for the Marine Corps Logistics Prepositioning Ship Program by Military Sealift Command , the ship provided extensive logistics support to "Exercise Cobra Gold 2002". Cobra Gold...
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- Safeguard class 1
- US Army Tug: LT Class 1
Cruisers
- Ticonderoga class cruiserTiconderoga class cruiserThe Ticonderoga class of missile cruisers is a class of warships in the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in FY 1978. The class uses phased-array radar and was originally planned as a class of destroyers...
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Corvettes
- Freedom class littoral combat shipFreedom class littoral combat shipThe Freedom class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy.The Freedom class was proposed by Lockheed Martin as a contender for USN plans to build a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone...
1(10 Planned) - Independence class littoral combat shipIndependence class littoral combat shipThe Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy.The hull design evolved from a project at Austal to design a 40 knot cruise ship...
1(10 Planned) - Cyclone class patrol shipCyclone class patrol shipThe Cyclone class patrol ships are a class of United States Navy coastal patrol boats. Most of these ships were launched between 1992 and 1994....
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Patrol Ships
- Hamilton class cutterHamilton class cutterThe Hamilton class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the National Security Cutter, aside from the Polar Ice Breakers. The hull classification symbol is prefixed WHEC...
12 - National Security CutterNational Security CutterThe United States Coast Guard National Security Cutter , also known as the Legend class and Maritime Security Cutter, Large, is one design among several new cutter designs developed as part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program....
3(+5) - Marine Protector cutter 71
- Offshore Patrol CutterOffshore Patrol CutterThe United States Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter isone design among several new cutter designs developed as part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program....
(25 planned) - USCGC Alex Haley
- Famous class cutter 13
- Reliance class cutter 14
- USCGC Acushnet
Patrol Craft
- Fast Response CutterFast Response CutterThe Sentinel class Cutter, previously known as the Fast Response Cutter, is part of the United States Coast Guard's Deepwater program.At it is similar to, but larger than the 123-foot extended Island Class Cutters, like the USCGC Matagorda...
(58 planned) - Guardian 85ft class 5
- Island class cutter 49
Patrol Boats
- Marine Protector class 73
- 25ft Transportable Security Boat 44
- 27ft Workskiff class 9
- 34ft Dauntless class 36
- 27ft Commander RAM Class 19
- 2680 Coastal Runner class 2
- 32ft Inshore Boat class 3
- 27ft Inshore Boat class 22
- 24ft Harbor Security boats 58
- Raider class harbor security boats 4
Mine Warfare
- Avenger class mine countermeasures shipAvenger class mine countermeasures shipAvenger-class mine countermeasures ships are a class of 14 ships constructed by the United States Navy 1987–1994. The ships are designed to clear mines from vital waterways. The ships have the hull designator MCM.-Background:In the early 1980s, the U.S...
14 - HSV-2 SwiftHSV-2 SwiftHSV-2 Swift is a non-commissioned, hybrid catamaran originally leased by the United States Navy as a mine countermeasures and sea basing test platform. She is now privately owned and operated by Sealift Inc. and charted to Military Sealift Command. She is primarily used for fleet support and...
- MHS-1 Swath 1 explosive ordnance disposal boat
SSN
- Virginia class submarineVirginia class submarineThe Virginia class is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. The submarines are designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions...
7(30 Planned) - Seawolf class submarineSeawolf class submarineThe Seawolf class is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. The class was the intended successor to the , ordered at the end of the Cold War in 1989. At one time, an intended fleet of 29 submarines was to be built over a ten-year period, later...
3 - Los Angeles class submarineLos Angeles class submarineThe Los Angeles class, sometimes called the LA class or the 688 class, is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines that forms the backbone of the United States submarine fleet. With 43 submarines on active duty and 19 retired, the Los Angeles class is the most numerous nuclear powered...
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