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The following is a list of museum ships of the United States military, specifically the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard. It represents a subset of the list of museum ships comprising museum ships located worldwide.
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 ...
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.
A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), while others have been struck from the register.
Retired after a brief service; LCT class. INS Gush Etsion / Prato. Purchased in Italy; Commissioned in July 1948; Retired in 1957; LCI class. INS Ramat Rachel (P-51), INS Nitsanim (P-53) Commissioned in December 1948 / January 1949; Retired in late 1950s; INS Bat-Sheva (P-57) Purchased in 1968-69; Retired in the 1990s, sunk during a missile ...
The United States Navy built nearly 1,200 tank landing ships, classified as "Landing Ship, Tank" or "LST", from the World War II-era up through the early 1970s. [47] The Newport class , which entered service in 1969, would be the last class built and the only class capable of exceeding 20 knots.
HS Averof today (2006) as a museum ship in its original paint scheme. Georgios Averof (1909 – today) – A Pisa-class armored cruiser (the only ship of this type still in existence), she served as the flagship of the Hellenic Royal Navy during the Balkan Wars, World War I and World War II, now a floating museum at Palaio Faliro.
Galatea, a barque that was a training ship for the Spanish Navy between 1922 and 1982, is preserved at Glasgow, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. A replica of the officers′ cabin of the armoured frigate Numancia opened to the public on 7 September 1946 at the Pazo de García Flórez in Pontevedra , Spain.