United States Navy/Catalogs/Ship classes

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Active and planned

Aircraft carrier

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) [r]: First nuclear-propelled aircraft carrier of the United States Navy ^[e]
Nimitz-class [r]: Main class, in the United States Navy, of large aircraft carriers with nuclear propulsion ^[e]
Gerald R. Ford-class [r]: Also called the CVN-21 and CVN(X) class, ten-ship class of advanced aircraft carriers, the lead ship under construction and to be commissioned in 2015 to replace USS Enterprise (CVN-65); extensive use of automation and electrically powered systems to decrease crew size while increasing capacity and survivability over earlier ships ^[e]

Cruiser

Ticonderoga-class [r]: Modern United States Navy cruisers usually serving as carrier or amphibious escorts, but capable of independent action including long-range strike, anti-air/anti-ballistic missile/anti-satellite warfare, naval gunfire support, and antisubmarine warfare. ^[e]

Destroyer

Ocean Escort

Oliver Hazard Perry-class [r]: Limited-capability ocean escorts in the U.S. and other navies, designated "frigates" ^[e]

Submarine

Los Angeles-class [r]: The primary class of attack submarines in the United States Navy, built in three groups of which early models are being retired; to be replaced by the Virginia-class ^[e]
Seawolf-class [r]: A class of advanced attack submarines of the United States Navy, optimized for Cold War requirements as a replacement for the Los Angeles-class; production capped and replacement shifted to the Virginia-class ^[e]
Virginia-class [r]: As of 2011, latest attack submarine class of the United States Navy, smaller than Seawolf-class for cost and to give better littoral warfare capabilities; port-swappable mission modules to optimize for surveillance, special operations ^[e]
Ohio-class [r]: The sole operational class of U.S. ballistic missile submarines, firing the Trident D5; some have been converted for special operations and cruise missile launch ^[e]

Amphibious warfare

San Antonio-class [r]: Used in amphibious warfare, a class of Landing Platform Dock ships of the United States Navy, with some in commission and some under construction; they displace 24,900 tons and will replace the Austin-class (LPD-4) ^[e]
Wasp-class [r]: The largest amphibious warfare ships in the United States Navy, which carry a Marine Expeditionary Unit and supporting aircraft ^[e]

Littoral and special

Osprey-class [r]: A class of twelve mine countermeasures vessels built for the United States Navy ^[e]
Avenger-class [r]: Built between 1987 and 1994, United States Navy vessels for mine countermeasures including remote survey and destruction, as well as conventional minesweeping; fiberglass hull; to be replaced by Littoral Combat Ships ^[e]
Littoral Combat Ship [r]: Lighter than a U.S. destroyer or frigate, (but heavier than a corvette or fast attack craft) relatively low-cost United States Navy warship type, capable of ocean crossings but optimized for coastal operations including mine warfare (MIW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASW). ^[e]
- Independence (littoral combat ship)-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Freedom-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

Historic

Aircraft carriers

USS Langley (CV-1) [r]: First aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, but intended as an experiment rather than for operational use; provided auxiliary services early in WWII, was damaged by Japanese aircraft in February 1942, and scuttled ^[e]
Lexington-class [r]: A two-ship class of aircraft carriers, the first built by the United States Navy for operations rather than experimentation; converted from cancelled battlecruiser hulls ^[e]
Yorktown-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
Essex-class [r]: Ordered in 1940 and beginning delivery in 1943, originally twenty-four ship class was the backbone of U.S. WWII aircraft carrier operation, continuing in a secondary role well into the Cold War; planned later ships built to Ticonderoga (carrier)-class design; many went through postwar SCB-27 and SCB-125 conversion into Oriskany-class ^[e]
Ticonderoga (carrier)-class [r]: Improved variant of the WWII Essex-class aircraft carriers, with a lengthened hull ^[e]
Oriskany-class [r]: The second major upgrade of United States Navy Essex- and Ticonderoga-class aircraft carriers; rebuilding program also known as the SCB-27 modernization program; most ships redesignated CVA (attack carrier) vice CV ^[e]
Forrestal-class [r]: Originally planned as an eight-ship "supercarrier" class, the first large aircraft carrier built with angled decks and other features specifically intended to operate jet aircraft; improved last four became Kitty Hawk-class ^[e]
Kitty Hawk-class [r]: Four-ship class of conventionally powered "supercarriers" derived from the Forrestal-class; significant variation among its ships to the point at which some analysts refer to multiple single-ship classes ^[e]

Battleships

Montana-class [r]: A cancelled class of U.S. battleships, slower and more heavily gunned and armored than the Iowa-class ^[e]
Iowa-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
South Dakota-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

Cruisers and destroyer leaders

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Alaska-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

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Light and AA

Cold War

During the Cold War, the U.S. Navy went through numerous renamings of cruiser-like ship types, eventually stabilizing in 1975, but having gone through calling them "frigates" much larger than today's ocean escort frigates, and destroyer leaders. Burke-class destroyers operational today are as large, or larger, than several of these classes.

Destroyers

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Second World War

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Cruisers and destroyer leaders

First World War and Interwar

Heavy

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Second World War

Large

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Light and AA

Cold War

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