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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
This is a list of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy. Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P]. Ships in the inactive category include only ships in the inactive reserve, ships which have been disposed from US service have no listed status.
S. List of Military Sealift Command ships; List of ships of the line of the United States Navy; List of sloops of war of the United States Navy; List of steam frigates of the United States Navy
Ship Class and type Fate Other notes 9 March United States Navy: Louisville [1] Los Angeles-class submarine: 27 March United States Navy: Fort McHenry [2] Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship: 1 July French Navy: Var [3] Durance-class tanker: 29 July United States Navy: Independence [4] Independence-class littoral combat ship: 4 August Royal ...
United States Navy: The decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate was sunk as a target off Hawaii. [118] Lake Conroe Queen United States: The double-decked stern wheel paddlewheel excursion/party boat turned on its side and sank partially above water in shallow water in high waves in a storm on Lake Conroe, Texas. All 53 ...