List of currently active United States military watercraft
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The United States military has numerous types of watercraft, operated by the Navy, including Naval Special Warfare Command and Military Sealift Command, as well as the Coast Guard, Army and Air Force
Commissioned ships (USN)
editAircraft carriers
edit- Nimitz class – 10 active
- Gerald R. Ford class – 1 active
Amphibious assault ships
edit- Wasp class – 7 active
- America class – 2 active
Amphibious command ships
edit- Blue Ridge class – 2 active
Amphibious transport docks
edit- San Antonio class – 12 active
Attack submarines
edit- Los Angeles class – 24 active
- Seawolf class – 3 active
- Virginia class – 22 active
Ballistic missile submarines
edit- Ohio class – 14 active
Classic frigate
edit- USS Constitution – oldest commissioned ship in USN, an 'Original Six' frigate, circa. 1797. Not counted as part of the deployed combat fleet.
Cruisers
edit- Ticonderoga class – 13 active
Destroyers
edit- Arleigh Burke class – 73 active
- Zumwalt class – 2 active
Dock landing ships
edit- Whidbey Island class – 6 active
- Harpers Ferry class – 4 active
Expeditionary mobile base
edit- (sub-variant of the expeditionary transfer dock)
Guided missile submarines
edit- Ohio class – 4 active
Littoral combat ships
edit- Freedom class – 8 active
- Independence class – 15 active
Mine countermeasures ships
edit- Avenger class – 8 active
Submarine tenders
edit- Emory S. Land class – 2 active
Technical research ship
edit- USS Pueblo (AGER-2) – currently[when?] held captive by North Korea. Still in commission, but not counted as part of the deployed combat fleet.
Non-commissioned ships (MSC)
edit(List includes "Support" and "Ready Reserve Force" ships)
Cable repair ships
edit- Zeus class – 1 active
Cargo and replenishment ships
edit- 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
Crane ships
edit- Gopher State class – 3 active
- Keystone State class – 3 active
Expeditionary transfer dock
edit- Montford Point class
- Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD) – 2 active
- Expeditionary Mobile Base (ESB) – 3 active (2 commissioned)
High speed vessels
edit- Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport – 9 active
- Stand-alone vessels;
- Sea Fighter (FSF-1) – active
- USNS Guam (HST-1) – active
- HST-2 (unnamed) – leased to civilian ferry service[1][2]
Hospital ships
edit- Mercy class – 2 active
Landing craft
edit- Landing Craft Air Cushion – 74 active
- Landing Craft Utility 1610, 1627 and 1646 – 32 active
Salvage ships
edit- Safeguard class – 2 active
Surveillance, intelligence and survey vessels
edit- Howard O. Lorenzen-class instrumentation ship – 1 active
- Impeccable-class ocean surveillance ship – 1 active
- Pathfinder-class survey ship – 6 active
- Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship – 2 active
- Victorious-class ocean surveillance ship – 4 active
Tug boats
edit- Powhatan-class fleet ocean tug – 4 active
- Natick-class large harbor tug – 8 active
- Valiant-class harbor tug – 6 active
Special Warfare and Coastal Riverine Force (NSW)
editSurface craft
edit- Combat Rubber Raiding Craft
- Small unit riverine craft
- Riverine Command Boat
- Rigid Raider
- Mark V Special Operations Craft
- Special Operations Craft - Riverine (SOC-R)
- Mark VI Patrol Boat
- Coastal Command Boat (CCB)
- Combatant Craft Assault (CCA)[3]
- Combatant Craft Medium (CCM)[4][5]
- Combatant Craft Heavy (CCH)[6][7]
Swimmer delivery vehicles
editCutters (USCG)
editPatrol ships
edit- Legend-class National Security Cutter, Large 8
- USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39)
- Famous-class Medium Endurance Cutter 13
- Reliance-class Medium Endurance Cutter 14
- Sentinel-class cutter 38
Patrol boats
edit- Island-class patrol boat 30
- Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat 73
- 47-foot Motor Lifeboat 117
- Response boat-medium 48
- USCG Utility Boat 156
- USCG Long Range Interceptor 10
- Defender class Response boat-small 300[8]
- USCG transportable port security boat
- Over the horizon boat
- Short Range Prosecutor 10
Icebreakers
edit- Bay-class icebreaking tug 9 active
- Polar class 1 active
- Stand-alone vessels;
Tenders
editSupport craft (US Army)
editLogistics support vessel
editLanding craft
edit- Runnymede class large landing craft – 35
- Landing Craft Mechanized
- LCM-8, Mod 1 - 34
- LCM-8, Mod 2 - 6
Tug boats
editSupport craft (USAF)
editTug boats
edit- Rising Star tugboat (Thule AFB harbor)
Recovery craft
edit- 82nd ATRS drone recovery watercraft (x3 120 ft recovery vessels, x2 smaller boats)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "US Navy to lease high-speed transport to Bay Ferries". 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Refit Completed on Leased U.S. Navy Fast Ferry".
- ^ "Navy's stealthy Combatant Craft Assault boats operating in Middle Eastern waters". 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Meet the new CCM Mk1 naval special warfare craft of the US Special Forces".
- ^ "Combatant Craft Medium (CCM)".
- ^ "Internal Server Error" (PDF).
- ^ "SOF looks to next generation Combatant Craft Heavy - Shephard Media".
- ^ "USCG: About Us - Aircraft & Cutters". www.uscg.mil. Archived from the original on 2007-05-18.