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The 1975 ship reclassification of cruisers, frigates, and ocean escorts brought U.S. Navy classifications into line with other nations' classifications, and eliminated the perceived "cruiser gap" with the Soviet Navy. If a ship's hull classification symbol has "T-" preceding it, that symbolizes that it is a ship of the Military Sealift Command ...
Ship class articles have titles that are hyphenated. A typical ship-class article name has the form: <class name>-class <ship type> When a ship class is named for a member of the class, the class name is italicized. For these classes use {}. Classes not named for a member of the class are not italicized, in which case use {}.
If a U.S. Navy ship's hull classification symbol begins with "T-", it is part of the Military Sealift Command, has a primarily civilian crew, and is a United States Naval Ship (USNS) in non-commissioned service – as opposed to a commissioned United States Ship (USS) with an all-military crew.
Consider using one of the ship-class templates, {} and {}, to help with formatting and to link the entry to the class article title. If you do not choose to use these templates, remember to add a hyphen (-) between the name of the class and the word "class" when the class name is followed by a ship type.
The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes in service currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.
This template provides a wikilink to a ship's page, with label options Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Prefix 1 Fleet identifier Example HMS, Japanese battleship String optional Name 2 Ship's name Example Bismarck, Belgrano String optional ID 3 Hull number, launch year, or pennant number Example H75, 1975, String optional Format 4 Formats label (parts ...
This is a typing short cut for linking to Philippine Navy ship articles named in the format "RPS Deep Six (AWOL-99)". Since ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[RPS Deep Six (AWOL-99)|RPS ''Deep Six'' (AWOL-99)]].
From left to right: the service dress blue rating badge for a special warfare operator first class and a boatswain's mate second class. United States Navy ratings are general enlisted occupations used by the U.S. Navy since the 18th century, which denote the specific skills and abilities of the sailor.