There have been 3 Naval ships named for Kentucky:
- , a , sailed with the Great White Fleet.
- , an , was under construction in 1947 when she was cancelled.
- , an "Trident" submarine.
There have also been 9 Naval ships named for cities in Kentucky
- , a side wheel steamer, purchased by the Union during the American Civil War
- , a troop transport ship sunk by the German submarine in 1918
- , a built during World War II
- , a timberclad gunboat in commission from 1861 to 1865
- was an ironclad steamboat used during the Civil War.
- USS Louisville was the American Line steamship St. Louis renamed and used in 1918 as a troop transport.
- was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1931 and active in World War II, sustaining several kamikaze hits.
- is a nuclear attack submarine commissioned in 1986.
- , a commissioned in 1905