US Navy Ships

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This comprehensive guide to major classes of US Navy ships includes currently operational classes, new classes under development, and classes that have been retired since the end of the Cold War.

Introduction
Boats for Beginners

Aircraft Carriers Where are the Carriers? CV-9 Essex CV-41 Midway CVA-58 United States CV-59 Forrestal CV-63 Kitty Hawk CV-67 John F. Kennedy CVN-65 Enterprise CVN-68 Nimitz CVN-77 George H. W. Bush CVX-78	Surface Warfare Arsenal Ship BB-61 Iowa CGN-9 Long Beach CG-16 Leahy CGN-25 Bainbridge CG-26 Belknap CGN-35 Truxtun CGN-36 California CGN-38 Virginia CG-47 Ticonderoga CG-21 DD-963 Spruance DDG-993 Kidd DDG-2 Charles F. Adams DDG-37 Farragut DDG-51 Arleigh Burke DD-21 Zumwalt FF-1037 Bronstein FF-1052 Knox FF-1098 Glover FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry NFR-90 PHM-1 Pegasus Sea Shadow	Submarines SSN-585 Skipjack SSN-594 Permit SSN-637 Sturgeon SSN-640 Benjamin Franklin SSN-671 Narwhal SSN-685 Glenard P. Lipscomb SSN-687 Richard B. Russell SSN-688 Los Angeles SSN-21 Seawolf SSN-774 Virginia NSSN SSN- FAS SSBN-598 George Washington SSBN-608 Ethan Allen SSBN-616 Lafayette SSBN-640 Benjamin Franklin SSBN-726 Ohio SSGN-726 Ohio DSRV LSV Submarine Tenders AS-19 Proteus AS-31 Hunley AS-33 Simon Lake AS-36 L.Y. Spear AS-39 Emory Land ASR-7 Chanticleer ASR-21 Pigeon
Command AGF-3 La Salle AGF-11 Coronado LCC-19 Blue Ridge JCC(X)
Amphibious Assault LPH-2 Iwo Jima LHA-1 Tarawa LHD-1 Wasp LHX Sea Base	Amphibious LPD-1 Raleigh LPD-4 Austin LPD-17 San Antonio LSD-36 Anchorage LSD-41 Whidbey Island LSD-49 Harpers Ferry LST-1179 Newport LKA-113 Charleston	Mine Warfare MCS-12 Inchon MCM-1 Avenger MHC-51 Osprey MSO-422 Aggressive MSO-508 Acme
Sealift T-ACS 4 Gopher State T-AH 19 Mercy T-AK 1005 Austral Rainbow T-AK 2049 Green Valley T-AK 2062 American Cormorant T-AK 3000 Hague T-AK 3005 Kocak T-AK 3008 Bobo T-AK 3015 Martin T-AK 4296 Bennett T-AK 5029 Cape Jacob T-AK 5089 Titus T-AK 9301 Buffalo Soldier T-AK 9655 Green Ridge T-AKR 287 Algol T-AKR 295 Shughart T-AKR 296 Gordon T-AKR 300 Bob Hope Sea Base T-AKR Cape-class RO/RO T-AKR 9025 Strong Virginian T-AOT 181 Potomac T-AOT 5075 American Osprey T-AVB 3 Wright HSS NDRF RRF MSP VISA	Landing Craft LCM LCU LCAC Special Operations PC- 1 Cyclone PC-14 Tornado Mark V SOC RHIB SDV DDS Craft and Boats Army Watercraft	Auxiliary ADC-X AE-21 Suribachi T-AE-26 Kilauea T-AFS 1 Mars T-AFS 8 Sirius AO-51 Ashtabula AO-177 Cimarron T-AO-187 Henry Kaiser AOE-1 Sacramento AOE-6 Supply AOR-1 Wichita AD-37 Samuel Gompers AD-41 Yellowstone AR-5 Vulcan ARS-38 Bolster ARS-50 Safeguard T-ATF-166 Powhatan ATS-1 Edenton T-AGM-9 Gen. H.H. Arnold T-AGM-19 Vanguard T-AGM-22 Range Sentinel Other Auxiliaries USS Constitution
	Intelligence SSN-683 Parche AGSS 555 Dolphin NR-1 DSV T-AGM-23 Observation Island T-AGOS-1 Stalwart T-AGOS-19 Victorious T-AGOS-23 Impeccable T-AGOS-10 Invincible T-ARC-7 Zeus T-AGS 26 Silas Bent T-AGS 45 Waters T-AGS 51 John McDonnell T-AGS 60 Pathfinder

Sources and Resources

US Navy Shipboard Combat Systems
US Navy Propulsion Systems
NUWC -- The Vision for Undersea Warfare Superiority Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Strategic Plan July 1998
NUWC Science and Technology 1997
US Navy Ship Names
FY96 Active Navy Ships [200kb]
Annual Ship Operating Costs
Naval Ships Technical Manuals
ISR Glossary of Terms

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Introduction
Boats for Beginners

Aircraft Carriers

Where are the Carriers?

Surface Warfare

Submarines

Command

Amphibious Assault

Amphibious

Mine Warfare

Sealift

Landing Craft

Special Operations

Craft and Boats

Army Watercraft

Auxiliary

Other Auxiliaries

USS Constitution

Intelligence

Sources and Resources

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