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Many of the symbols listed here are not presently in use. The Naval Vessel Register maintains an online database of U.S. Navy ships. 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.
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.
List of United States Navy vice admirals on active duty before 1960; List of United States Navy vice admirals since 2020; List of active United States naval aircraft; List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons; List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons; List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons (VF)
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.
During World War II, the United States Navy purchased two Great Lakes side-wheel paddle steamers and converted them into freshwater aircraft carrier training ships. Both vessels were designated with the hull classification symbol IX and lacked hangar decks , elevators or armaments .
The United States Navy, with its larger fleet, uses the numeric part of the hull classification number (a system analogous to pennant numbers). Deck codes used by contemporary major British naval warships include: HMS Albion — AN; HMS Bulwark — BK; HMS Dauntless — DT; HMS Ocean — O; HMS Ark Royal — R; HMS Invincible — N; HMS ...
The U.S. Navy has operated a number of vessels important to both United States and world naval history: USS Constitution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides", is the only surviving vessel of the original six frigates authorized by Congress in the Naval Act of 1794, which established the United States Navy.
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