List of active United States military watercraft

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

• – 9 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

• – 8 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

References