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)
Aircraft carriers
– 10 active – 1 active
Amphibious assault ships
– 7 active – 2 active
Amphibious command ships – 2 active
Amphibious transport docks – 12 active
Attack submarines
– 23 active – 3 active – 24 active
Ballistic missile submarines – 14 active
Classic frigate – oldest commissioned ship in USN, an 'Original Six' frigate, circa. 1797. Not counted as part of the deployed combat fleet.
Cruisers
– 6 active
Destroyers – 74 active – 2 active
Dock landing ships – 6 active – 4 active
Expeditionary mobile base (sub-variant of the expeditionary transfer dock)
USS
Guided missile submarines – 4 active
Littoral combat ships – 10 active – 16 active
Mine countermeasures ships – 4 active
Submarine tenders – 2 active
Technical research ship – currently held captive by North Korea. Still in commission, but not counted as part of the deployed combat fleet.
Non-commissioned ships (MSC)
(List includes "Support" and "Ready Reserve Force" ships)
Cable repair ships – 1 active
Cargo and replenishment ships
– 8 active – 7 active – 3 active – 2 active – 2 active – 14 active – 14 active
Crane ships – 3 active – 3 active
Expeditionary transfer dock
Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD) – 2 active Expeditionary Mobile Base (ESB) – 5 active
High speed vessels – 11 active Stand-alone vessels; Sea Fighter (FSF-1) – active – active HST-2 (unnamed) – leased to civilian ferry service
Hospital ships
– 2 active
Landing craft
Landing Craft Air Cushion – 74 active Landing Craft Utility 1610, 1627 and 1646 – 32 active
Salvage ships – 2 active
Surveillance, intelligence and survey vessels – 1 active – 1 active – 6 active – 2 active – 4 active
Tug boats – 1 active – 8 active – 6 active
Special Warfare and Coastal Riverine Force (NSW)
Surface craft
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) Combatant Craft Medium (CCM) Combatant Craft Heavy (CCH)
Swimmer delivery vehicles Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (Mk 8) Surface-Planing Wet Submersible
Cutters (USCG)
Patrol ships Legend-class National Security Cutter, Large 8
Famous-class Medium Endurance Cutter 13 Reliance-class Medium Endurance Cutter 14 38
Patrol boats 30 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 USCG transportable port security boat Over the horizon boat Short Range Prosecutor 10
Icebreakers 9 active 1 active Stand-alone vessels;
Tenders USCG seagoing buoy tender USCG coastal buoy tender USCG inland buoy tender USCG inland construction tender
Support craft (US Army)
Logistics support vessel General Frank S. Besson-class logistics support vessel – 8
Landing craft Runnymede class large landing craft – 35 Landing Craft Mechanized LCM-8, Mod 1 - 34 LCM-8, Mod 2 - 6
Tug boats – 6
Support craft (USAF)
Tug boats Rising Star tugboat (Thule AFB harbor)
Recovery craft 82nd ATRS drone recovery watercraft (x3 120 ft recovery vessels, x2 smaller boats)
See also Currently active military equipment by country
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