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USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of China Navy (27 C, 43 P) Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Thai Navy (2 C, 12 P) Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (4 P)
The Naval Vessel Register (NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy. It contains information on ships and service craft that make up the official inventory of the Navy from the time a vessel is authorized through its life cycle and disposal. It also includes ships that have been ...
Pages in category "Lists of ships of the United States Navy" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Navy plans to begin in 2026 the construction of a class of oilers "that is smaller than a full-sized oiler" because "the Navy wants to begin shifting to a new, more distributed fleet architecture (i.e., mix of ships) that is intended to...[avoid] a situation in which an adversary could defeat U.S. naval forces by concentrating its attacks ...
List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), [ 1 ] although it does not include early vessels.
At the start of the Cold War, the first supercarriers, the United States class, were canceled due to the Truman administration's policy of shrinking the United States Navy and in particular, the Navy's air assets. The policy was revised after a public outcry and Congressional hearings sparked by the Revolt of the Admirals. [citation needed]
This is a list of ships of the line of the United States Navy. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched. These ships were maintained on the stocks, sometimes for decades, in case of an urgent need. [1] [2] [3]