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AIRCRAFT CARRIER AMPHIBIOUS Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear-Propulsion) Amphibious Assault Ship Gerald R. Ford Class CVN America Class LHA USS Gerald R Ford CVN-78 USS America LHA-6 John F Kennedy CVN-79 Tripoli LHA-7 Enterprise CVN-80 Bougainville LHA-8 Nimitz Class CVN INNOVATION Wasp Class LHD USS Nimitz CVN-68 USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 USS Harry S Truman CVN-75 USS Wasp LHD-1 USS Bataan LHD-5 USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69 USS George Washington CVN-73 USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 USS Essex LHD-2 USS Bonhomme Richard LHD-6 USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 USS John C Stennis CVN-74 USS George HW Bush CVN-77 ACROSS THE FLEET USS Kearsarge LHD-3 USS Iwo Jima LHD-7 USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 USS Boxer LHD-4 USS Makin Island LHD-8 SUBMARINE SURFACE COMBATANT Submarine (Nuclear-Powered) Amphibious Transport Dock Guided Missile Cruiser Los Angeles Class SSN San Antonio Class LPD USS Bremerton SSN-698 USS Helena SSN-725 USS Asheville SSN-758 USS Montpelier SSN-765 USS San Antonio LPD-17 USS Anchorage LPD-23 USS John P Murtha LPD-26 Ticonderoga Class CG USS Jacksonville SSN-699 USS Newport News SSN-750 USS Jefferson City SSN-759 USS Charlotte SSN-766 USS New Orleans LPD-18 USS Arlington LPD-24 Portland LPD-27 USS Bunker Hill CG-52 USS Monterey CG-61 USS Cowpens CG-63 USS Chosin CG-65 USS Olympia SSN-717 USS San Juan SSN-751 USS Annapolis SSN-760 USS Hampton SSN-767 USS Mesa Verde LPD-19 Fort Lauderdale LPD-28 USS Mobile Bay CG-53 USS Chancellorsville CG-62 USS Gettysburg CG-64 USS Hue City CG-66 USS Providence SSN-719 USS Pasadena SSN-752 USS Springfi eld SSN-761 USS Hartford SSN-768 USS Green Bay LPD-20 USS Antietam CG-54 USS Shiloh CG-67 USS Pittsburgh SSN-720 USS Albany SSN-753 USS Columbus SSN-762 USS Toledo SSN-769 USS New York LPD-21 USS Leyte Gulf CG-55 USS Anzio CG-68 USS Chicago SSN-721 USS Topeka SSN-754 USS Santa Fe SSN-763 USS Tucson SSN-770 USS San Diego LPD-22 USS Somerset LPD-25 USS San Jacinto CG-56 USS Vicksburg CG-69 USS Key West SSN-722 USS Scranton SSN-756 USS Boise SSN-764 USS Columbia SSN-771 USS Lake Champlain CG-57 USS Lake Erie CG-70 USS Oklahoma City SSN-723 USS Alexandria SSN-757 USS Greeneville SSN-772 USS Philippine Sea CG-58 USS Cape St George CG-71 USS Louisville SSN-724 USS Cheyenne SSN-773 USS Princeton CG-59 USS Vella Gulf CG-72 USS Normandy CG-60 USS Port Royal CG-73 Seawolf Class SSN Dock Landing Ship Guided Missile Destroyer USS Seawolf SSN-21 USS Connecticut SSN-22 Zumwalt Class DDG USS Jimmy Carter SSN-23 Harpers Ferry Class LSD USS Zumwalt DDG-1000 USS Harpers Ferry LSD-49 Michael Monsoor DDG-1001 USS Carter Hall LSD-50 Lyndon B Johnson DDG-1002 Virginia Class SSN USS Oak Hill LSD-51 USS Pearl Harbor LSD-52 USS Virginia SSN-774 USS John Warner SSN-785 Delaware SSN-791 New Jersey SSN-796 USS Texas SSN-775 USS Illinois SSN-786 Vermont SSN-792 Iowa SSN-797 USS Hawaii SSN-776 USS Washington SSN-787 Oregon SSN-793 Massachusetts SSN-798 Arleigh Burke Class DDG Flight I and Flight II USS North Carolina SSN-777 Colorado SSN-788 Montana SSN-794 Idaho SSN-799 USS New Hampshire SSN-778 Indiana SSN-789 Hyman G Rickover SSN-795 Arkansas SSN-800 USS Arleigh Burke DDG-51 USS Ramage DDG-61 USS Cole DDG-67 USS Hopper DDG-70 USS New Mexico SSN-779 South Dakota SSN-790 Utah SSN-801 USS Barry DDG-52 USS Fitzgerald DDG-62 USS The Sullivans DDG-68 USS Ross DDG-71 USS Missouri SSN-780 USS John Paul Jones DDG-53 USS Stethem DDG-63 USS Milius DDG-69 USS Mahan DDG-72 USS California SSN-781 USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 USS Carney DDG-64 USS Decatur DDG-73 USS Mississippi SSN-782 USS Stout DDG-55 USS Benfold DDG-65 USS McFaul DDG-74 Whidbey Island LSD USS Minnesota SSN-783 USS John S McCain DDG-56 USS Gonzalez DDG-66 USS Donald Cook DDG-75 USS Whidbey Island LSD-41 USS Gunston Hall LSD-44 USS Tortuga LSD-46 USS North Dakota SSN-784 USS Mitscher DDG-57 USS Higgins DDG-76 USS Germantown LSD-42 USS Comstock LSD-45 USS Rushmore LSD-47 USS Laboon DDG-58 USS O’Kane DDG-77 USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 USS Ashland LSD-48 USS Russell DDG-59 USS Porter DDG-78 USS Paul Hamilton DDG-60 Ballistic Missile Submarine (Nuclear-Powered) Arleigh Burke Class DDG Flight IIA USS Oscar Austin DDG-79 USS Nitze DDG-94 USS Truxtun DDG-103 USS William P Lawrence DDG-110 Ohio Class SSBN USS Roosevelt DDG-80 USS James E Williams DDG-95 USS Sterett DDG-104 USS Spruance DDG-111 USS Henry M Jackson SSBN-730 USS Tennessee SSBN-734 USS Maryland SSBN-738 USS Rhode Island SSBN-740 USS Winston S Churchill DDG-81 USS Bainbridge DDG-96 USS Dewey DDG-105 USS Michael Murphy DDG-112 USS Alabama SSBN-731 USS Pennsylvania SSBN-735 USS Nebraska SSBN-739 USS Maine SSBN-741 USS Lassen DDG-82 USS Halsey DDG-97 USS Stockdale DDG-106 John Finn DDG-113 USS Alaska SSBN-732 USS West Virginia SSBN-736 USS Wyoming SSBN-742 USS Howard DDG-83 USS Forrest Sherman DDG-98 USS Gravely DDG-107 Ralph Johnson DDG-114 USS Nevada SSBN-733 USS Kentucky SSBN-737 USS Louisiana SSBN-743 USS Bulkeley DDG-84 USS Farragut DDG-99 USS Wayne E Meyer DDG-108 Rafael Peralta DDG-115 USS McCampbell DDG-85 USS Kidd DDG-100 USS Jason Dunham DDG-109 Thomas Hudner DDG-116 USS Shoup DDG-86 USS Gridley DDG-101 Paul Ignatius DDG-117 Command Ship USS Mason DDG-87 USS Sampson DDG-102 Daniel Inouye DDG-118 USS Preble DDG-88 Delbert D Black DDG-119 Blue Ridge Class LCC USS Mustin DDG-89 Carl M Levin DDG-120 USS Chafee DDG-90 Frank E Petersen Jr DDG-121 USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 USS Pinckney DDG-91 John Basilone DDG-122 USS Mount Whitney LCC-20 USS Momsen DDG-92 Lenah H Sutcliffe Higbee DDG-123 Columbia Class SSBN USS Chung-Hoon DDG-93 Harvey C Barnum Jr DDG-124 Columbia SSBN-826 Arleigh Burke Class DDG Flight III Jack H Lucas DDG-125 Louis H Wilson Jr DDG-126 MINE WARFARE Littoral Combat Ship Guided Missile Submarine (Nuclear-Powered) Mine Countermeasures Ship Freedom Variant Independence Variant Ohio Class SSGN Avenger Class MCM USS Freedom LCS-1 Indianapolis LCS-17 USS Independence LCS-2 Cincinnati LCS-20 USS Ohio SSGN-726 USS Sentry MCM-3 USS Gladiator MCM-11 USS Fort Worth LCS-3 St Louis LCS-19 USS Coronado LCS-4 Kansas City LCS-22 USS Michigan SSGN-727 USS Champion MCM-4 USS Ardent MCM-12 USS Milwaukee LCS-5 Minneapolis/Saint Paul LCS-21 USS Montgomery LCS-8 Oakland LCS-24 USS Florida SSGN-728 USS Devastator MCM-6 USS Dextrous MCM-13 USS Jackson LCS-6 Cooperstown LCS-23 Gabrielle Giffords LCS-10 Mobile LCS-26 USS Georgia SSGN-729 USS Patriot MCM-7 USS Chief MCM-14 USS Detroit LCS-7 Marinette LCS-25 Omaha LCS-12 USS Scout MCM-8 Little Rock LCS-9 Manchester LCS-14 USS Pioneer MCM-9 Sioux City LCS-11 Tulsa LCS-16 USS Warrior MCM-10 Wichita LCS-13 Charleston LCS-18 Billings LCS-15 AUXILIARY OTHER PATROL Submarine Tender Environmental Research Ship USS Constitution Patrol Coastal Emory S. Land Class AS AGER-2 Class Cyclone Class PC Emory S Land AS-39 USS Pueblo AGER-2 Frank Cable AS-40 USS Tempest PC-2 USS Sirocco PC-6 USS Firebolt PC-10 USS Tornado PC-14 USS Hurricane PC-3 USS Squall PC-7 USS Whirlwind PC-11 USS Monsoon PC-4 USS Zephyr PC-8 USS Thunderbolt PC-12 USS Typhoon PC-5 USS Chinook PC-9 USS Shamal PC-13 Naval Vessel Register, U.S. Navy Museum. For more information visit: www.nvr.navy.mil FY16 Ship Inactivation Schedule and FY17 Ship Inactivation Schedule 2017 SHIPS AND SUBMARINES OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY Copyright © 2017, Raytheon Company. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Advanced Media-East_4432787 (3/2017) 4000 U.S. Navy Ship Classifi cations Courtesy of Naval Vessel Register.
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