List of currently active United States military watercraft
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The following is a list of currently active United States military watercraft grouped by branch, type of watercraft and class. Current as of October, 2015.
Commissioned ships (USN)
Afloat Forward Staging Base
- USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) - 1 active
- USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB-3) - Conducting sea trials
Aircraft Carriers
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/USS_Nimitz_in_Victoria_Canada_036.jpg/250px-USS_Nimitz_in_Victoria_Canada_036.jpg)
- Template:Sclass- - 10 active
- Template:Sclass- - 0 active (2 under construction, 10 planned)
Amphibious Assault Ships
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/USS_Essex_Thailand.jpg/250px-USS_Essex_Thailand.jpg)
- Template:Sclass- - 8 active
- Template:Sclass- - 1 active (11 planned)
Amphibious Command Ships
- Blue Ridge–class - 2 active
Amphibious Transport Docks
- Template:Sclass- - 9 (12 planned)
Attack Submarines
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Defense.gov_News_Photo_960703-N-00000-001.jpg/250px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_960703-N-00000-001.jpg)
- Template:Sclass- - 39 active
- Template:Sclass- - 3 active
- Template:Sclass- - 12 active (48 planned)
Ballistic Missile Submarines
- Template:Sclass- - 14 active
Classic Frigate
- USS Constitution - oldest commissioned (non-deployed) ship in USN (an 'Original Six' frigate, circa. 1797)
Cruisers
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/USSLeyteGulfCG-55.jpg/250px-USSLeyteGulfCG-55.jpg)
- Template:Sclass- - 22 active
Destroyers
- Template:Sclass- - 62 active (76 planned)
- Template:Sclass- - 0 active (2 under construction, 1 planned)
Dock Landing Ships
- Template:Sclass- - 8 active
- Template:Sclass- - 4 active
Guided Missile Submarines
- Template:Sclass- - 4 active
Littoral Combat Ships
- Template:Sclass- - 2 active (12 planned)
- Template:Sclass- - 2 active (12 planned)
Mine Countermeasures Ships
- Template:Sclass- - 11 active
Patrol Boats
- Template:Sclass- - 13 active
Submarine Tenders
- Template:Sclass- - 2 active
Technical Research Ship
- USS Pueblo (AGER-2) - currently held 'captive' by North Korea. Still in commission, but non-deployed.
Non-Commissioned ships (MSC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/USNS_Bridge_%28T-AOE_10%29.jpg/250px-USNS_Bridge_%28T-AOE_10%29.jpg)
Cable Repair Ships
- Template:Sclass- - 1 active
Cargo & Replenishment Ships
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/USNS_Big_Horn_T-AO-198.jpg/250px-USNS_Big_Horn_T-AO-198.jpg)
- Template:Sclass- - 8 active
- Template:Sclass- - 7 active
- Template:Sclass- - 3 active
- Template:Sclass- - 2 active
- Template:Sclass- - 3 active (1 in reserve)
- Template:Sclass- - 14 active
- Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler - 15 active
Crane Ships
- Template:Sclass- - 3 active
- Template:Sclass- - 3 active
High Speed Vessels
- Template:Sclass- - 6 active (11 planned)
- MV Westpac Express (HSV-4676) - active
- Sea Fighter (FSF-1) - active
- USNS Guam (HST-1) - currently laid-up pending assignment
- USNS Puerto Rico (HST-2) - currently laid-up pending assignment
Hospital Ships
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/USNS_Comfort_Statue_of_Liberty.jpg/250px-USNS_Comfort_Statue_of_Liberty.jpg)
- Template:Sclass- - 2 active
Landing Craft
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/LCAC-55_maneuvers_to_enter_the_well_deck.jpg/250px-LCAC-55_maneuvers_to_enter_the_well_deck.jpg)
- Landing Craft Air Cushion - 74 active
- Landing Craft Utility 1610, 1627 and 1646 - 32 active
Mobile Landing Platform
- Template:Sclass- - 2 active (1 under construction, 1 planned)
Salvage Ships
- Template:Sclass- - 4 active
Surveillance, Intelligence & Survey Vessels
- Template:Sclass- - 5 active (1 under construction)
- Template:Sclass- - 4 active
- Template:Sclass- - 2 active (1 as a radar tracking ship, 1 as a training ship)
- Template:Sclass- - 1 active
- Template:Sclass- - 1 active
Tug Boats
- Template:Sclass- - 4 active
- Template:Sclass- - 8 active (1 as a non-operation training hulk)
- Template:Sclass- - 6 active
Special Warfare/Coastal Riverine Force (USNSW)
Surface Craft
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Riverine_Squadron_2_Iraq_2007.jpg/250px-Riverine_Squadron_2_Iraq_2007.jpg)
- 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)
Swimmer Delivery Vehicles
- Surface-Planing Wet Submersible
- Advanced SEAL Delivery System
- Swimmer Delivery Vehicle, Mk 8
Cutters (USCG)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/USCG_National_Security_Cutter_BERTHOLF_%28WMSL-750%29.jpeg/250px-USCG_National_Security_Cutter_BERTHOLF_%28WMSL-750%29.jpeg)
Patrol Ships
- Template:Sclass- 8
- Legend-class Maritime Security Cutter, Large 3 (+5)
- USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39)
- Famous-class Medium Endurance Cutter 13
- Reliance-class Medium Endurance Cutter 14
- Offshore Patrol Cutter (25 planned. to replace medium endurance cutters)
- Template:Sclass2- 8 (another 54 planned)
Patrol Boats
- Template:Sclass2- 41
- Template:Sclass2- 73
- 47-foot Motor Lifeboat 117
- Response boat-medium (45 ft) (170 planned)
- USCG Utility Boat (41 ft) 156
- USCG Long Range Interceptor (36 ft) 10
- Defender class Response boat-small (25 ft) 300 (another 400 planned)[1]
- USCG transportable port security boat (25 ft)
- Over the horizon boat (23 ft)
- Short Range Prosecutor (23 ft) 10
Icebreakers
Tenders
- USCG seagoing buoy tender
- USCG coastal buoy tender
- USCG inland buoy tender
- USCG inland construction tender
Support craft (US Army)
Logistics Support Vessel
Landing craft
- Runnymede class large landing craft 35 (US Army)
Tug boats
- MG Winfield Scott (LT-805) 1 (US Army)