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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 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Watson-class vehicle cargo ship – 8 active; Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship – 7 active; Shughart-class vehicle cargo ship – 3 active; Gordon-class vehicle cargo ship – 2 active; Supply-class fast combat support ship – 2 active; Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship – 14 active; Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler – 15 active
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 list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser", either publicly or in internal documentation. The Navy has 9 Ticonderoga -class cruisers in active service, as of 10 October 2024, with the last tentatively scheduled for decommissioning in 2029. [ 1 ]
The last active class of frigates in the US Navy was the Oliver Hazard Perry class, decommissioned in September 2015, leaving the navy no active frigates. [ 12 ] On 15 January 2015, U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that ships of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) classes built in the future would be re-classified as "frigates".
The second USS Seattle (AOE-3), a Sacramento-class fast combat support ship, was laid down on 1 October 1965, at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington; launched on 2 March 1968; sponsored by Mrs. William M. Allen, chairman of the board of the Children's Orthopedic Hospital Association, Seattle; and commissioned on 5 April 1969.
Prior to the 1975 ship reclassification, ships that are now classified as FF or FFG were classified as DE or DEG (destroyer escort). The Oliver Hazard Perry class has been retired from active duty in the Navy as of 2015, and use has been replaced by the Littoral Combat Ship , to be augmented by the planned Constellation class guided-missile ...
This is a list of patrol 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.