List of currently active United States military watercraft
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has numerous types of
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, operated by the
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Military Sealift Command Military Sealift Command (MSC) is an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy. Military Sealift Command has the responsibility for providing sealift and ocean transportation for all US ...
, as well as the
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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

* – 26 active * – 3 active * – 21 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

* – 17 active


Destroyers

* – 70 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 * – 12 active


Mine countermeasures ships

* – 8 active


Patrol boats

* – 5 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 * – 15 active


Crane ships

* – 3 active * – 3 active


Expeditionary transfer dock

* ** Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD) – 2 active ** Expeditionary Mobile Base (ESB) – 3 active (2 commissioned)


High speed vessels

* – 9 active ;Stand-alone vessels; * ''Sea Fighter'' (FSF-1) – active * – active *
HST-2 ''HST-2'', formerly named USNS ''Puerto Rico'' and ''Alakai'', is a vessel owned by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command. She was originally Hawaii Superferry's first high-speed ferry. The vessel was later chartered by Bay Ferries L ...
(unnamed) – leased to civilian ferry service


Hospital ships

* – 2 active


Landing craft

*
Landing Craft Air Cushion The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a class of air-cushioned landing craft (hovercraft) used by the United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel from sh ...
– 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

* – 4 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 The Rigid Raider (RRC) is a series of fast raiding and assault craft made by RTK Marine, a subsidiary of Halmatic, part of BAE Systems Surface Ships. They are primarily in service with two branches of the British Armed Forces: The Royal Navy (in ...
*
Mark V Special Operations Craft The Mark V SOC (Special Operations Craft) was a marine security, patrol, and special forces insertion boat used by the United States Navy and manufactured by VT Halter Marine Inc (Gulfport, Mississippi). It was introduced into service with the ...
* Special Operations Craft - Riverine (SOC-R) *
Mark VI Patrol Boat The Mark VI is a class of patrol boat in service with the United States Navy, designed to patrol riverine and littoral waters. The first two Mark VI boats were delivered to Coastal Riverine Group TWO in September 2015. Two boats were forward depl ...
* Coastal Command Boat (CCB) * Combatant Craft Assault (CCA) * Combatant Craft Medium (CCM) * Combatant Craft Heavy (CCH)


Swimmer delivery vehicles

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Swimmer Delivery Vehicle A diver propulsion vehicle (DPV), also known as an underwater propulsion vehicle, sea scooter, underwater scooter, or swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV) by armed forces, is an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers to increase range under ...
(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 The 47-foot MLB is the standard lifeboat of the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The 47′ MLB is the successor to the 44′ MLB. At Station Chatham where the new 47-foot boat would draw too much to get over the bar, the 42-foot Near Shore L ...
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 The 25 ft (8 m) Transportable Port Security Boat (TPSB): (AKA The Guardian) is a twin outboard motor, open deck, all weather, high performance, moderately-armed platform capable of operating in inner harbor/near shore environments in ligh ...
*
Over the horizon boat Over may refer to: Places *Over, Cambridgeshire, England * Over, Cheshire, England * Over, South Gloucestershire, England *Over, Tewkesbury, near Gloucester, England **Over Bridge * Over, Seevetal, Germany Music Albums * ''Over'' (album), by P ...
* Short Range Prosecutor 10


Icebreakers

* 9 active * 1 active ;Stand-alone vessels; * *


Tenders

* USCG seagoing buoy tender *
USCG coastal buoy tender The United States Coast Guard commissioned a new Keeper class of coastal buoy tenders in the 1990s that are 175 feet (53 m) in length and named after lighthouse keepers. Keeper-class cutters serve the Coast Guard in a variety of missions and a ...
* USCG inland buoy tender *
USCG inland construction tender An inland construction tender is a type of ship used to build and service shore structures such as piers and buoy trestles. It is also used to maintain buoys and aids to navigation. Less frequently, they may be used for law enforcement, environmen ...


Support craft (US Army)


Logistics support vessel

* ''General Frank S. Besson''-class logistics support vessel – 8


Landing craft

*
Runnymede class large landing craft The ''Runnymede''-class large landing craft are powered watercraft in the United States Army. They replaced older USN-design landing craft, and are a typical Landing Craft Utility design with a bow ramp and large aft superstructure. They transpor ...
– 35 *
Landing Craft Mechanized The landing craft mechanized (LCM) is a landing craft designed for carrying vehicles. They came to prominence during the Second World War when they were used to land troops or tanks during Allied amphibious assaults. Variants There was no ...
**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

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