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Navy Warships of the World

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There are a total of 335 Navy Warships of the World in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order. Flag images indicative of country of origin.

1992
11M NSW RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat)
The Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) was developed in the late 1960's and was originally conceived of for the role of life boats. ...

1987
Admiral Gorshkov (Baku CVHG-103)
The Admiral Gorshkov (formerly the "Baku" CVHG-103) was a late-Cold War-era aircraft carrier serving the Soviet Navy for a ti...

1991
Admiral Kuznetsov (CV Project 1143-5/6)
Due to historical and political considerations carrier development got off to a slow start in the Soviet Union. The debate o...

1866
Affondatore
The Affondatore was an ironclad vessel serving the Italian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. She led a short life on the seas, e...

1913
Andrea Doria
The Andrea Doria was one of two battleships in the Andrea Doria-class serving the Italian Navy in the 20th century. Construct...

1941
Aquila
The Aquila (meaning "Eagle") was a proposed aircraft carrier whose construction began in 1941 but was never completed due to ...

1951
ARA General Belgrano (C-4)
The Argentine Navy ARA General Belgrano (C-4) warship was originally built as the American USS Phoenix (CL-46), the fifth of ...

1915
ARA Moreno
Around 1910, the nations of South America were in a naval arms race with each participant bent on outdoing a potential enemy....

1868
Arapiles
Arapiles was a frigate-turned-ironclad appearing in the middle to late 1860s and serving with the Spanish Navy. Construction ...

1939
Archimede (1939)
The Archimede was a diesel-electric powered attack submarine serving the Regia Marina of Italy during World War 2. She was bo...

1982
ARM Cuauhtemoc (BE01)
In 1970, the Mexican Navy acquired funds to have a ship built for training the cadets of the Mexican Naval Academy. Unlike th...

1870
Armide
...

1969
Armored Troop Carrier (ATC)
The United States Navy, much like the French Navy before it during the First Indochina War, saw the importance of controlling...

1969
Assault Support Patrol Boat (ASPB) (Alpha Boat)
The Assault Support Patrol Boat (ASPB) - otherwise known as "Alpha Boats" - were the dedicated destroyers and minesweepers of...

1866
Barroso (1866)
From 1864 to 1870, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay (the "Triple Alliance") were at war with neighboring Paraguay to form the "P...

2008
Barroso (V34)
Barroso V34 is a Brazilian medium-sized military naval corvette and represents the only member of her Barroso-class to date (...

1867
Basileus Georgios (1867)
In the latter half of the 1800s, the world was a rapidly changing radical place, particularly in Europe due the expanding ind...

1907
B-class (USA)
If the A-class of submarines were the beginnings of the submariner program for the United States Navy then the B-class could ...

1927
Bearn
The French aircraft carrier Bearn was based on the hull of the Normandie-class of French battleships and was designed as an e...

1932
Bell Poule (A650)
The schooner Belle Poule (A650) was built and launched in 1932 as a brown and blue water training vessel for the French Navy ...

1905
Benedetto Brin
Italian naval engineer and future politician Benedetto Brin (1833-1898) spearheaded a vast resurgence in Italian naval prowes...

2013
Bengbu (582) (Type 056)
The nation of China has increased her military spending by 11% from her 2011 budget. For the first time in its history duri...

1915
Bretagne (1915)
The Bretagne battleship served the French Navy throughout the bulk of World War 1 and operated throughout the inter-war years...

1775
Bushnell Turtle (1775)
The Turtle was the world's first submarine to ever be used in warfare. It was designed and built in Connecticut in 1775 by Da...

1400
Carrack
In the 15th Century, Western Europeans were consistently venturing further into Atlantic waters for empirical conquest and ec...

2008
Cavour (550)
The Conte di Cavour (550) is one of two actively serving Italian Navy aircraft carriers (alongside the smaller Giuseppe Garib...

1997
CCG Willow (WLB-202)
The United States Coast Guard is the smallest of the five American military service branches, numbering some 42,000 men and w...

2001
Charles de Gaulle (R 91)
The Charles de Gaulle (R 91) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the French Navy. She stands as ...

1991
Combat Boat 90 (CB90) / Stridsbat 90H
The Swedish shipbuilder, Dockstavarvet, has produced a state-of-the-art vessel in the Combat Boat 90 (CB90/CB90H). The vessel...

1964
Command and Communications Boat (CCB)
Not since the Civil War of 1861 had America found a need for a "brown water navy" - that is, a naval force charged with comba...

1862
CSS Alabama
When war broke out between the States on April 12th, 1861, the South moved to send representatives throughout Europe in the h...

1864
CSS Albemarle
The Ironclad Ram CSS Albemarle was surely not the first nor the biggest ironclad of her time. Nor did she carry the most cann...

1863
CSS H.L. Hunley
The CSS H. L. Hunley was the first submarine in history to sink an enemy ship while submerged, this occurring on February 17t...

1862
CSS Louisiana
The CSS Louisiana was constructed by the Confederate States of America as a deterrent to Union naval forces attempting to con...

1862

1863

1864
CSS Shenandoah
The Confederate Naval Department turned to James Dunwoody Bulloch - the Confederate States of America's agent in England - on...

1862
CSS Virginia (USS Merrimack)
CSS Virginia was a 4,500-ton steam screw propelled ironclad ram warship of 12 guns. She was rebuilt in 1862 by the Confedera...

2009
CVH Hyuga DDH-181
Japan is a nation of 6,852 islands located in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk to the nort...

1941
ELCO PT Boat (Patrol Torpedo)
Prior to (and during) World War 2, the United States Navy (USN) contracted out to three primary manufacturers for the constru...

2007
F470 Zodiac CRRC (Combat Rubber Raiding Craft)
It comes to specialized vehicles such as the Zodiac Marine & Pool F470 Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC) to allow specialize...

2008
FGS Braunschweig (F260)
After World War 2 many navies of the world began trending towards construction of smaller warships. The cost of building larg...

1960
FGS Schleswig-Holstein (D-182)
The Schleswig-Holstein (D182) a Hamburg class destroyer launched in 1960 and was the first German warship class to be built a...

1984
Frunze (Admiral Lazarev)
The Frunze battlecruiser was a product of the Cold War, part of the Kirov-class of cruisers. Though serving in her intended r...

2009
FS Chevalier Paul (D621)
The FS Chevalier Paul (D621) is a modern multirole missile destroyer frigate of the French Navy (Marine Nationale). The vesse...

2008

2005
FS Mistral (L9013)
The FS Mistral is one of the primary amphibious assault ships of the French Navy (also categorized as a "Command and Projecti...

1940
FS Richelieu
In 1935, the keel was laid down for what would become the newest and largest battleship-class ever to be constructed by Franc...

1985
Giuseppe Garibaldi (551)
The Giuseppe Garibaldi is a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier in active service with the Italian Navy. She is designed ...

1931
Gorizia
The Italian Navy, the "Regia Marina", designed the Zara-class as light cruisers due to the Washington Naval Treaty, a 1922 tr...

1938
Graf Zeppelin (Flugzeugtrager A)
Nazi Germanys first and only carriers were proposed as part of the Z plan for the buildup of the fleet. The Kriegsmarine neve...

2005
Haikou (171)
The Haikou (171) is a modern missile destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy (Chinese Navy), part of the Type 052C-cla...

1994
Harbin (112)
The Chinese Navy relies on a plethora of ships to stock its burgeoning surface fleet intended for coastal patrolling and enfo...

2007
HDMS Absalon (L16)
The HDMS Absalon (L16) class and her sister ship, the HDMS Esbern Snare, are the two largest vessels ever built for the Royal...

1941
Higgins Boat LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)
Since the first boat was used to assault enemy-held shores in ancient warfare, the amphibious assault has been a key tool in ...

1942
Higgins PT Boat (Patrol Torpedo)
The American side of the PT boat ("Patrol Torpedo") wars of World War 2 are primarily remembered through the exploits of the ...

1942
HIJMS RO-100 (Kaisho / Type KS)
Development and production of the RO-100 series (sometimes referred to as "Kaisho" or "small" or simply Type "KS") of Japanes...

1913

1967
HMAS Brisbane (D 41)
The HMAS Brisbane was a Perth-class guided missile destroyer built by the United States as a modified Charles F. Adams-class ...

2004


2000
HMCS Victoria (SSK-876)
The Upholder-class were the last class of diesel boats built for the Royal Navy for a couple of reasons. Firstly, they were c...

1908
HMS Agamemnon
The HMS Agamemnon was the prize of the British Royal Navy and the last of her pre-dreadnought battleships produced. Because s...

1867
HMS Agincourt (1865)
The HMS Agincourt was an ironclad vessel of the British Royal Navy, serving from 1865 through to 1909. The ship was a hybrid ...

1913
HMS Agincourt (1913)
The HMS Agincourt of 1913 is perhaps the best known Agincourt of all the ships taking on the name for the Royal Navy. The ...

1587
HMS Ark Royal (1587)
In 1586 an English galleon was ordered by Sir Walter Raleigh from the shipbuilder R. Chapman located in Depford England. As...

1981
HMS Ark Royal (R07)
The Ark Royal (originally to be called the HMS Indomitable) represented a fitting addition to British naval power at the end ...

2010
HMS Astute (S119)
The HMS Astute (S119) is the lead ship of the new "Astute-class" of nuclear-attack submarines in service with the British Roy...

1913

1941
HMS Audacity (D10)
The British navy has always produced ships that were on the leading edge of naval technology - the HMS Victory and HMS Dreadn...

1915

1939
HMS Belfast (C35)
Due to Germany rearming in the 1930's Britain began to increase ships in her steel fortress. HMS Belfast and her sister ship...

1878

1907

1915
HMS Ben-my-Chree
The HMS Ben-my-Chree served the Royal Navy through the middle years of World War 1, operating as a seaplane carrier. Original...

1915

1971
HMS Conqueror (S48)
HMS Conqueror nicknamed the "Conks" was a Churchill-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine that served in the Royal Navy from ...

1871

2009
HMS Daring (D32)
The HMS Daring (D43) represents the lead ship of her six-strong class of surface fighting vessels of the British Royal Navy -...

1873
HMS Devastation (1873)
In the late 1870's, Sir Edward J. Reed (1830-1906), the British Admiralty's Director of Naval Construction (DNC), was develop...

1906
HMS Dreadnought
When she was commissioned in 1906, HMS Dreadnought was the dominant battleship class of her era. Dreadnought was anointed th...

1852
HMS Duke of Wellington
HMS Duke of Wellington was a hybrid ship of sorts, initially operating under sail power but eventually giving way to the adve...

1941

1959

1920
HMS Hood (51)
The HMS Hood stood as the pride and joy of the British Royal Navy for over two decades. She was constructed towards the end o...

1982

1980

1905
HMS King Edward VII
The HMS King Edward VII battleship of the British Royal Navy was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on March 8th, 1902, and beca...

1998

1941
HMS Prince of Wales (53)
The HMS Prince of Wales served the British Navy for a few short years in World War 2 taking part in the damaging that would l...

2018
HMS Prince of Wales (R09)
The HMS Prince of Wales (R09) has been ordered as the second ship in the Queen Elizabeth-class of aircraft carriers to stock ...

2016

1940
HMS Upholder (P37)
Ordered in 1936 the HMS Upholder (P37) was the seventh U-class submarine built by the Vickers Armstrong company for the Royal...

1946
HMS Vanguard (23)
HMS Vanguard (23) a British Battleship was being built late into World War 2 and when the war in Europe ended come May of 194...

1994
HMS Vanguard (S28)
The HMS Vanguard (S28) is similar in operational scope to the nuclear-powered, missile-laden American Ohio-class breed of boa...

1941
HMS Victorious (R38)
The HMS Victorious was the result of the growing British naval arms movement amidst rising tensions in Europe being spearhead...

1765
HMS Victory (1765)
As fate would have it in 1758, the same year of Lord Nelson's birth the Board of Admiralty ordered twelve new ships of the li...

1861
HMS Warrior (1860)
After 1815, the British Royal Navy took on the role of "World's Policeman" by - with some help from American Navy ships like ...

1915
HMS Warspite (03)
HMS Warspite (03) was a Dreadnought Battleship of the Queen Elizabeth-class in service with the British Royal Navy. The hull...

1943
HMS X-class / X-craft (Series)
The British naval fleet had to keep their battleships and carriers near or in home waters to protect the vital shipping lanes...

2006
HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310)
When the Norwegian Navy required a new, ultra-modern frigate for its inventory, the Fridtjof Nansen-class of surface fighting...

2003
HSV-2 Swift
The United States Navy has a "blue water dominance" of support and warships over all navies in the world. In recent years th...

1942
Huckins PT Boat (Patrol Torpedo)
The United States Navy undertook an all-new endeavor in the late 1930s to built a PT force from scratch. With the rise of Hit...

1927
IJN Akagi
The IJN Akagi was born from a battlecruiser class design consisting of the Akagi and the Amagi. These cruisers were under con...

1900
IJN Asahi
The IJN Asahi was a pre-dreadnought battleship vessel in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She saw extensive combat in...

1945
IJN Ha-201 (Type STS)
As the Allied noose tightened evermore so around the Japanese mainland by the midway point of the war in the Pacific, there w...

1915

1914
IJN Hiei
...

1939
IJN Hiryu
...

1940
IJN I-15
The most numerous of all the World War II Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) submarine classes was the B1-Type, nicknamed the "I-15...

1944
IJN I-400 (STo / Sen-Toku)
At the time of their completion, the I-400 class of submarines serving the Imperial Japanese Navy were the largest submarines...

1944
IJN I-58
The last Japanese submarine built in the B-3 type series family became the I-58. She was laid down on December 26th, 1942, la...

1915

1913
IJN Kongo
In 1911 the Imperial Japanese Diet (Teikoku-gikai) passed funds to support the Naval Emergency Expansion Bill that authorized...

1902
IJN Mikasa
In the First Sino-Japanese War (1894 - 1895), Japan clashed with China over the domination of Manchuria and Korea. The princi...

1935

1944

1941
IJN Shokaku
The Shokaku (or "Flying Crane") was the lead ship of a two-strong Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) aircraft carrier class, this i...

1941
IJN Yamato
As the KMS Bismarck was to the Atlantic Theater so too was the IJN Yamato to the Pacific Theater. Undoubtedly the most powerf...

1941
IJN Zuikaku
The Japanese fleet carrier Zuikaku ("Lucky Crane") and her sister ship, Shokaku ("Happy Crane") were a two-strong class of mo...

1970
INS Dabur (PC 860)
The INS Dabur (PC 860) was the lead ship in her class. Classified as a patrol craft, the system saw the first dozen vessels c...

1991
INS Hetz / Nirit Sa'ar 4.5
An Israeli Naval Ship (INS), the Hetz/Nirit-class Sa'ar 4.5 is a missile boat that was launched sometime in 1991. The Hetz - ...

2010

2013
INS Vikramaditya
The INS Vikramaditya is a new Indian Navy aircraft carrier based on the since disbanded Soviet-era Kiev-class. The former Rus...

2019
INS Vikrant
The INS Vikrant is the first indigenous aircraft carrier design being undertaken by the nation of India. It is one of two pla...

1961

1989
INS Viraat (R22)
The INS Viraat (R22) ("Viraat" meaning "Giant") is a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the In...

2020
INS Vishal
The INS Vishal ("Immense") is the second of two new indigenous Indian Navy carrier designs currently under construction (2012...

1971
IRIN Alvand (F-71)
The Iranian ship IRIN Alvand (F-71) is a light frigate that was originally built in Great Britain as the Vosper Mark V-class....

2010
IRIN Jamaran (76)
Little is known in the West of the lead ship in the Jamaran-class of guided missile frigates serving the Iranian Navy (formal...

1984
IRIN Kharg (431)
By the 1990's, the Islamic Republic of Iran made the conscious decision and effort to locally build as many of her own ships ...

1964
Jeanne d'Arc (R 97)
The Jeanne d'Arc (R 97) can be classified as an "aircraft" carrier in the general sense through her design is such that she p...

1980
JS Shirane (DDH-143)
The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) contracted for two "helicopter destroyers" to replace the previous JS Haruna...

1927
Juan Sebastian Elcano
The Juan Sebastian de Elcano is a tall, four-masted, fully-rigged, steel-hulled barquentine ship used by the Royal Spanish Na...

1994
K-141 Kursk
In the 1980's the East and West had been in a high-tech duel. While America built up her military forces, the Communist Sovie...

1944
Kaiten
The Kaiten (meaning "Reverse Destiny" or "Change the World") was based on the Japanese Navy Type 93 torpedo and was a top sec...

1972
Kiev (Project 1143 Krechyet)
The Kiev Class was a larger version of the Moskva Class and her design was a bold step in achieving a through-deck carrier. L...

1982
Kilo-class
The Kilo-class submarine was laid down by the Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering and officially commissioned in 198...

1936
KMS Admiral Graf Spee
The Admiral Graf Spee was a pre-World War 2 vessel of the Deutschland-class of German warships. She was designed and built du...

1939
KMS Admiral Hipper
The Admiral Hipper was classified as a "heavy cruiser" type vessel and commissioned in April 1939, this prior to World War 2 ...

1934
KMS Admiral Scheer
Admiral Scheer was the second of the three Deutschland class heavy cruisers ordered and funded by the Reichsmarine of the Wei...

1940
KMS Bismarck
The KMS Bismarck is undoubtedly one of the most famous sea-going vessels of the 20th Century. The Germany super battleship wa...

1933
KMS Deutschland / Lutzow
KMS Deutschland (later becoming the KMS Lutzow) was the lead ship of her class first ordered in 1928 and serving in the Germa...

1939
KMS Scharnhorst
After World War 1 the British Royal Navy continued to guard its trade routes with a powerful fleet of cruisers. To deal with ...

1941
KMS Tirpitz
By 1935, Germany - now under the firm control of Adolph Hitler - backed out of the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was put i...

1996
La Fayette (F710)
Since the age of sail France has been on the cutting edge, designing warships like the Napoleon I, the first warship ever to ...

1860
La Gloire (1860)
France unnerved neighboring Britain when they unveiled their all-wood, steam-powered screw propulsion battleship - the 90-gun...

2004

1987
LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion)
The World War 2 Normandy invasion of Europe by Allied forces on June 6th, 1944, was comprised of thousands of ships of all ty...

1997
Le Triomphant (S616)
The Le Triomphant (S616) (translating to "The Triumphant") is a modern French Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine develo...

2012
Liaoning (16)
While at one point aircraft carriers were shunned by the Chinese as a "Western capitalistic venture", the nation has recently...

1939
Maiale (Pig)
In 1935, it had become painfully obvious to Italian authorities that the Italian Navy maintained a weak position in the Medit...

1937
Montcalm
Commissioned in 1937, the light cruiser Montcalm was the second of six ships of the La Galissonniere-class as built in France...

1967
Moskva (Project 1123 Kondor)
In the 1960's the range of Polaris Submarine missiles were known to the Soviets and it was apparent that western SSBN's would...

2000
NAe Sao Paulo
The NAe Sao Paulo is a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier and the flagship of the Brazilian Navy. She was the property o...

1852
Napoleon I
The screw propeller was first used on a military vessel in 1852 by the French with the introduction of the Napoleon a 90-gun ...

1966
PACV / ACV (Pac-Vee / Monster)
The PACV ("Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle") was a patrol hovercraft made notable by its involvement in the Vietnam War under the ...

1995
Patrol Boat Mark V Special Operations Craft (SOC)
The Mark V SOC (Special Operations Craft) primarily serves the United States Navy's Navy SEALs special forces group as a high...

1990
PBL (Patrol Boat, Light)
The PBL (or "Patrol Boat, Light") is another of the United States Navy's type of small-class surface vessels built on speed a...

1966
PBR (Patrol Boat, Riverine)
One of the most intriguing of the United States Navy's crafts during the Vietnam War arguably was the PBR (or "Patrol Boat, R...

1965
PCF (Patrol Craft, Fast) (Swift Boat)
The PCF (Patrol Craft, Fast) vessels - or better known as "Swift Boats" - were a product of the Sewart Seacraft company which...

1988
Principe de Asturias (R 11)
The Principe de Asturias is a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier in service with the Spanish Navy and is of all Spanish ...

1988
RFA Argus (A135)
The RFA Argus was built as the Contender Bezant by the Cantiere Navale Company in Italy and launched on November 28th, 1980. ...

1981
RFS Dmitri Donskoi (TK-208) / (Typhoon / Akula)
By the time of the 1970s, the West was firmly entrenched in a "Cold War" with the Soviet Union to the east. The Soviet Union ...

1989
ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772)
ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772), a Pohang-class corvette - a small, maneuverable and armed warship - served as part of the South Korea...

2008
RSS Steadfast (70)
The RSS Steadfast (70) is a highly advanced and modern navy frigate in service with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). Cer...

1997
RTN Chakri Naruebet (CVS-911)
The RTN (Royal Thai Navy) HMTS (His Majesty's Thai Ship) Chakri Naruebet (911) is Thailand's first and only aircraft carrier ...

2016

1952

2007
SAS Mendi (F148)
The SAS Mendi (F148)is a corvette/frigate vessel of the four-strong "Valour-class" belonging to the South African Navy. Her s...

1932
Schnellboot (S-Boot)
The history of the German Navy "S- Boot" began with the World War 1 "Treaty of Versailles" written in June of 1919 to prevent...


1975
SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Mk VIII
The SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) MK VIII was developed in 1975 by United States UDT (Underwater Demolition Team) / SEAL (SEa, ...

1905
Slava
The word "Slava" itself translates to "Glory" in Russian and her representative vessel was the last of the Borodino-class bat...

1917
SM U-106
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1910
SM U-9
World War 1 allowed the "submarine" - essentially an undersea warship - to become as deadly a new weapon as the biplane and t...

1917
SMS Baden
The German Navy attempted to keep pace with the British Royal Navy prior to World War 1 (1914-1918) through five major Naval ...

1912

1911

1915
SMS Mowe
In the city of Sarajevo in 1914, Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Serbian nationalists sp...

1908
SMS Schleswig-Holstein
The SMS Schleswig-Holstein was a storied vessel of the German Navy that managed to survive all of World War 1 and fight on th...

1864
Sphynx / Staerkodder / CSS Stonewall / Kotetsu / Azuma
In December of 1863, the Confederate States of America contacted the L'Arman ship building firm in Bordeaux, France to constr...

1942
SS John W. Brown B4611
The SS John W. Brown (B-4611) was a "Liberty" ship launched at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland, on Se...

1961
Storozhevoi Korabl (Project 159)
The modern frigates are a class of ship built to hunt submarines. The Petya vessel was the name assigned by NATO for a clas...

1973
Storozhevoy (Project 1135)
Storozhevoy was a 1135 Burevestnik-class ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) frigate built in 1973 for the Soviet Navy. This series...

1934

2006

1999

1974
Type 091 (Han)
The Han was the first nuclear-powered submarine designed and built by the People's Liberation Army - Navy (PLAN) of China. T...

1987
Type 092 (Daqingyu)
One oft-overlooked facet of the Chinese military is its underwater force consisting of a variety of attack submarines. China,...

2008
Type 094
...

1971
Type 209
...

2005
Type 212A
Germany today is ranked ninth in the world in terms of defense spending though with a much more moderate budget as compared w...

1936

1938
Type IX U-Boat
The German Kriegsmarine paid a heavy price for their actions in World War 2, with most of her Type IX class being lost to the...

1936
Type VII U-Boat
Type VII u-boats made up a large part of the u-boat fighting force in the Atlantic. This class of fighting ship helped the Ge...

1944
Type XXI U-Boat
The Type XXI series of German U-boats were a revolutionary design of fighting boats brought about in 1944. Their type was des...

1944
Type XXIII U-Boat
The Kriegsmarine Type XXIII were developed as smallish coastal submarines to operate in the shallow waters between England an...

1944
Type XXVII Seehund (Seal)
The Seehund (or "Seal") was the most successful of the several Nazi Kriegsmarine attempts to perfect a "midget" submarine. Mi...

1936
U-boat U-25 (Type IA)
Following World War 1 (1914-1918), the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 developed the Treaty of Versailles to formally restrict...

1988
USAV GEN Frank S. Besson, Jr. (LSV-1)
Today, up to 90% of all supplies delivered to US forces are by waterborne logistics. Army watercraft help provide Army and j...

1946
USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)
German leader Adolf Hitler was pressing the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) to increase the number of naval officers for his impen...

1987
USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)
The USNS Comfort is one of two hospital ships in the Mercy-class maintained by the United States Navy. Hospital ships in ser...

1985
USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51)
The USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51) is a Safeguard-class salvage ship constructed by Peterson Builders in 1983 at Sturgeon Bay, Wiscons...

1998
USNS Henson (T-ASG-63)
The USNS Henson is an oceanographic survey ship owned by the United States Navy and is used to collect data for the purpose o...

2008
USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5)
The Lewis and Clark-class of dry cargo/ammunition ship is the newest class of the Combat Logistics Force (CLF) for the United...

1989
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) became the fifth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in operation with the United ...

1774
USS Alfred (1774)
The Alfred became a 30 gun man-of-war (20 x 9-pounder cannons and 10 x 6-pounder cannons, both smoothbore) for the burgeoning...

1782
USS America (1782)
On November 9th, 1776, the Continental Congress authorized the construction and purchase of three 74-gun ships. The first of...

1965
USS America (CV-66)
The USS America (CV-66 though initially designated as CVA-66) was a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier that served the U...

2013
USS America (LHA-6)
The USS America is slated to replace the Tarawa-class of ships and achieve operational capability in 2013. As the lead ship i...

1943
USS Appalachian (AGC-1)
The USS Appalachian was an amphibious support ship in service with the United States Navy during the course of World War 2. H...

1915
USS Arizona (BB-39)
The USS Arizona was in service as early as 1914 and saw action alongside British friendlies in World War 1. The battleship wa...

1991
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
The USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) is the first in the Arleigh Burke-class of guided missile destroyers, systems that offer up a ...

1944
USS Attu (CVE-102)
The USS Attu was an escort aircraft carrier serving with the United States Navy in World War 2. She operated primarily in the...

1987
USS Avenger (MCM-1)
The USS Avenger (MCM-1) is categorized in the United States Navy as a mine countermeasures vessel. She is the lead ship of he...

1903
USS Bainbridge (DD-1)
This destroyer ship class was named USS Bainbridge (DD-1), commonly called a torpedo boat destroyer, and was the first destr...

1765
USS Bonhomme Richard (1765)
The Duc de Duras, a 900 ton merchant ship built in France for the French East India Company in 1765, transported freight betw...

1943
USS Bowfin (SS-287)
The USS Bowfin earned herself a grand reputation for her sea-going prowess in the Second World War. The vessel accounted for ...

1859

1862
USS Cairo (1861)
USS Cairo (1861) was a City class ironclad gunboat constructed for the United States Department of War by James B. Eads and C...

1943
USS Canberra (CA-70)
The USS Canberra was a United States naval warship that was put into action in the middle years of World War 2 and survived l...

1982
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
The USS Carl Vinson is one of ten Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers operated by the United States Navy with the ...

1995
USS Cole (DDG-67)
The USS Cole is perhaps best known for the dastardly Al-Qaeda attack that left 17 US sailors dead back on October 12th, 2000....

1797
USS Constitution
The USS Constitution was a product of changing times in America's policy. Fresh off of their independence war decades earlier...

1993
USS Cyclone (PC-1)
The USS Cyclone (PC 1) was developed as a coastal patrol craft for use with special forces operatives. Though a promising des...

1948
USS Des Moines (CA-134)
The Navy's last all gun heavy cruiser was the Des Moines class built by Bethlehem Steel Company Fore River, Quincy, Massachus...

1940
USS Dixmude (A-609)
The French escort carrier Dixmude A-609 was built in the United States in 1939 first named as the Rio Parana - a river in Sou...

1977
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is the second of ten vessels in the Nimitz-class group of American nuclear-powered aircraft carr...

1977
USS Elliot (DD-967)
The USS Elliot was one of the 31 Spruance-class destroyers no longer in service with the United States Navy. One of her final...

1938
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
The original "Big E", the USS Enterprise of World War 2 fame, became one of the most storied vessels of the war. By far a sup...

1961
USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
This modernized version of the World War 2-era aircraft carrier became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the worl...

1961
USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) (SSN-608)
The USS Ethan Allen represented the lead ship of her five-strong Ethan Allen-class ballistic missile submarines during the Co...

1945
USS Fall River (CA-131)
From the age of sail onwards, navies from around the world needed a class of warship to fit that special bill somewhere betwe...

1971
USS Flint (AR-32 / T-AE-32)
The USS FLINT (AE-32), a Kilauea-class ammunition/cargo replenishment ship, was commissioned on November 20, 1971. She was t...

1985

2008
USS Freedom (LCS-1)
The United States Navy saw the need for a fleet of small, multipurpose corvette type warships to operate in the littoral or c...

1941
USS Gato (SS-212)
The USS Gato (SS-212) was the lead ship of the large Gato-class submarine fleet which numbered 77 boats and, along with the B...

1992
USS George Washington (CVN-73)
The USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy. She represen...

1959

2015
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
The USS Gerald Ford is the newest full-sized aircraft carrier to be contracted by the United States Navy. The vessel represen...

1958
USS Growler (SSG-577)
USS Growler (SSG-577), a submarine powered by conventional diesel engines, carried nuclear cruise missiles and was built and ...

1942
USS Grunion (SS-216)
The USS Grunion (SS 216) is best known for her mysterious dissappearance. Until recently, little was known of the last wherea...

1998
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
The USS Harry S. Truman is another in the long line of Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the Uni...

1897
USS Holland (SS-1)
The Holland series of submarines was the first step towards building the new-face United States Navy. The Holland was born ou...

1943

1941
USS Hornet (CV-8)
When launched, the USS Hornet (CV-8) became the seventh ship in United States naval history to carry the "Hornet" name. She f...

1932
USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
USS Indianapolis was the second ship built as an 8 inch 9,800 ton Portland-class heavy cruiser. The vessel was constructed at...

1943
USS Intrepid (CV-11)
The USS Intrepid served the United States Navy throughout World War 2 and beyond. The vessel was designed from the new Essex-...

1943
USS Iowa (BB-61)
The USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship of the massive and powerful Iowa-class battleships of World War 2. She was followed by...

2001
USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)
The LHD-7 is the second ship of this type to have the name of the famous island battle of World War 2, "Iwo Jima". The LHD is...

1944

1995
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
The USS John C. Stennis is the fifth in the line of 10 Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the Uni...

1920

1968
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
The USS John F. Kennedy was part of the Kitty Hawk-class of conventionally-powered vessels in service with the United States ...

2020

1993
USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)
The USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) is a guided missile destroyer currently in service with the United States Navy and is the th...

1945

1987
USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
From the 15th Century onwards, the "frigate" was a warship built for speed and maneuverability. In World War 2, the frigate ...

1862

1961
USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63 / CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk traveled the world in support of US military actions and relations building, undergoing countless exercises an...

1963

1944
USS Laffey (DD-724)
The USS Laffey (DD-724), a United States Navy Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for seaman Bartlett Laffey who was a...

1922
USS Langley (CV-1) (AV-3)
The USS Langley (CV-1) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier. The hull of the Langley had seen prior years of...

1918
USS Lapwing (AM-1)
Leading up to 1917, the United States Navy had used sloops and tugs to locate and destroy enemy mines in harbors and on the s...

1927
USS Lexington (CV-2)
The USS Lexington (CV-2) and the USS Saratoga (CV-3) both served the United States Navy well in the inter-war years, supplyin...

1943
USS Ling (SS-297)
The Ling (SS-297) is a late model Balao-class and was the result of an improved Gato-class submarine of which 77 were produce...

1944

1943

1976
USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)
The nuclear-powered USS Los Angeles (SSN-668) attack submarine represented the largest group of vessels constructed for the U...

2016

1921

1942

2015

1945

1934
USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
The USS Minneapolis was purchased and constructed before America had become embroiled in World War 2. She was the third ship ...

1944
USS Missouri (BB-63)
The USS Missouri (BB-63) is one of the most storied American warships ever constructed. Few can lay claim to having fought in...

1862
USS Monitor (1862)
Northern spies reported to the US War Department that the Merrimack was being rebuilt as an ironclad. Then Secretary of the ...

1940
USS Montana (BB-67)
To counter the growing threats posed by Japanese warships, particularly the mighty IJN Yamato battleship - considered by most...

1955
USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
The USS Nautilus was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first vessel to complete a submerged voy...

1942
USS New Jersey (BB-62)
Designed and operated in the early 1940's, the USS New Jersey saw extensive combat actions in the Pacific Theater of War assi...

2009
USS New York (LPD-21)
The USS New York represents the fifth vessel in the San-Antonio class and the sixth ship to be named after the great American...

1975
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
One of the most recognizable American Navy names of World War 2 became the name of one of the most identifiable aircraft carr...

1941

1981
USS Ohio (SSGN-726 / SSBN-726)
The Soviet Union and the West were involved in a high stakes game of cat and mouse throughout the Cold War decades. For every...

1962
USS Okinawa (LPH-3)
The historical beginning of the LPH ship - "Landing Platform Helicopter" was in World War 2 in the Pacific Theater of war whe...

1977
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
The USS Oliver Hazard Perry was the first guided missile frigate of her Oliver Hazard Perry-class of warships. Designed and c...

1895
USS Olympia (C-6)
Olympia C-6 was laid down in June 1891 at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California. She was launched in November of 1...

1993
USS Osprey (MHC-51)
The USS Osprey (MHC 51) represented the lead ship in her Osprey-class consisting of a total of twelve vessles. The class was ...

1962

1938
USS Phoenix (CL-46)
USS Phoenix (CL-46), was number five of seven built of the Brooklyn-class light cruisers and was commissioned on 10/03/1938. ...

1944
USS Piranha (SS-389)
Key to victory in the Pacific Theater during World War 2 was control of the vital waterways between the various islands makin...

1971
USS Ponce (AFSB-1)
The USS Ponce (AFSB-1) (formally designated as LPD-15) was built as an amphibious transport dock vessel which combines assets...

1934
USS Ranger (CV-4)
The USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first aircraft carrier for the US Navy to be specifically designed and built from the keel up. ...

1957

2003
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
The USS Ronald Reagan is the ninth vessel in the ten-strong Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers beginning with the...

2000
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
The USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is an Arleigh Burke-class of guided-missile destroyers in service with the United States Navy and ...

1944
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. The hull of the Robert...

2006
USS San Antonio (LPD-17)
The USS San Antonio represents the lead ship in her 9-strong San Antonio-class of 21st Century amphibious transport dock ship...

1942
USS San Diego (CL-53) (CLAA-53)
By the time World War 2 had ended in 1945, the USS San Diego (CL-53) would become the second-most decorated ship in the histo...

1927
USS Saratoga (CV-3)
USS Saratoga (CV-3) was identical to her sister (and lead ship of the class) the USS Lexington (CV-2). "Sara" was actually co...

1956
USS Saratoga (CV-60)
The crew called her Sara and she was ordered as a "Large Aircraft Carrier" the fifth ship in the United states Navy to have t...

1960
USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a United States nuclear submarine of the "Skipjack" Class. Scorpion was made by the Electric Boa...

1997
USS Seawolf (SSN-21)
The USS Seawolf was designed and developed during the Cold War though by the time she was made available, the Cold War was al...

1943
USS Serpens (AK-97)
USS Serpens was the 18th Crater class freighter cargo ship constructed for use by the United States Navy in World War II by t...

1910
USS South Carolina (BB-26)
USS South Carolina (BB-26) was the lead ship of her class, being categorized as a "1st class dreadnought battleship". She was...

1942
USS South Dakota (BB-57)
USS South Dakota was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at the Camden, NJ dock works and launched on June 7, 1941...

1975
USS Spruance (DD-963)
By 1965 the United States Navy was ready to choose a new destroyer to replace the Gearing and Sumner class destroyers. Both c...

2011
USS Spruance (DDG-111)
The USS Spruance (DDG-111) is one of the latest in the long line of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers numbering 62-strong. Speci...

1976
USS Tarawa (LHA-1)
The USS Tarawa is an amphibious assault ship charged with supporting amphibious operations for the United States Navy and Mar...

1895
USS Texas (1895)
The first USS Texas was America's first battleship. The US Navy needed battleships to protect her shores and to be seen as a ...

1914

1986
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is a Nimitz class carrier and was the 4th ship of 10 built. As a class they currently a...

1961

1983
USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)
The USS Ticonderoga missile cruisers were developed from the Spruance-class family of ships designed and built during the 197...

1959

1960
USS Tullibee (SSN-597)
USS Tullibee (SSN-597), then a "state-of-the-art" construction of the early 1960s, and was the smallest nuclear-powered attac...

1797
USS United States (1797)
The Congressional Act to Provide Naval Armament (known as the Naval Act of 1794) was passed by the United States Congress on ...

2004
USS Virginia (SSN-774)
The USS Virginia (SSN-774) is a modern, nuclear-powered attack submarine in service with the United States Navy. The vessel i...

1941
USS Washington (BB-56)
The USS Washington (BB-56) was part of the United States Navy's two-strong North Carolina-class of battleships commissioned i...

1775
USS Wasp (1775)
The short-lived eight-gun schooner USS Wasp was born as a two-masted merchantman known as the "Scorpion". The Continental Con...

1940
USS Wasp (CV-7)
The USS Wasp (CV-7) was a conventionally aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy during World War 2. She was ...

1989
USS Wasp (LHD-1)
Vessels of the "Landing Helicopter Dock" (LHD) amphibious assault ship program of the US Navy are named after former USN wars...

1969
USS Wichita (AOR-1)
The USS Wichita was a replenishment oiler and operated in support of fleet operations during her time. She was the second shi...

2011
USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)
The Arleigh Burke-class of guided missile destroyers is one of the largest United States Navy (USN) surface fighting ship gro...

1944
USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
Though numbered before the USS Missouri (BB 63), the USS Wisconsin (BB 64) actually completed construction before her sister ...

1840
USS Yorktown (1840)
In 1815, the entire United States naval force consisted of 18 warships - the USS Independence, a 90-gun ship-of-the-line, 5 f...

1943

1937
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
The United States Navy resurrected the "Yorktown" name several times during its history and the USS Yorktown (CV-5) was anoth...

1889
USS Yorktown (PG-1)
The USS Yorktown (PG-1), or "Patrol Gunboat" (also recognized as a "third class" cruiser) was the lead ship of her Yorktown-c...

2015
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)
The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) - named after former US Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Elmo R. "Bud" Zumwalt, Jr - was bo...

2013
Yuri Dolgoruky (K-535)
For 2013, the Russian Navy is continuing its programs that will see all-new nuclear-attack submarines, missile-minded frigate...

1937
Z17 Diether von Roeder
The 1936 Type Diether von Roeder destroyer was a trim looking ship with a clipper bow and long forecastle fitting a low-profi...

1937
Z4 Richard Beitzen
The Zerstorer (Destroyer) Type 1934 class was the first group of destroyers built in Germany after the end World War 1. The Z...

1988
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