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TheUnited States military has numerous types ofwatercraft, operated by theNavy, includingNaval Special Warfare Command andMilitary Sealift Command, as well as theCoast Guard,Army andAir Force

• Nimitz class – 10 active
• Gerald R. Ford class – 1 active

• Wasp class – 7 active
• America class – 2 active

• Blue Ridge class – 2 active

• San Antonio class – 12 active

• Los Angeles class – 23 active
• Seawolf class – 3 active
• Virginia class – 24 active

• Ohio class – 14 active

• USS Constitution – oldest commissioned ship in USN,an 'Original Six' frigate, circa. 1797. Not counted as part of the deployed combat fleet.

• Ticonderoga class – 9 active

• Arleigh Burke class – 74 active
• Zumwalt class – 2 active

• Whidbey Island class – 6 active
• Harpers Ferry class – 4 active

(sub-variant of theexpeditionary transfer dock)

• Montford Point class
  • USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3)
  • USSHershel "Woody" Williams

• Ohio class – 4 active

• Freedom class – 10 active
• Independence class – 16 active

• Avenger class – 8 active

• Emory S. Land class – 2 active

• USS Pueblo (AGER-2) – currently^[when?] held captive by North Korea. Still in commission, but not counted as part of the deployed combat fleet.

(List includes "Support" and "Ready Reserve Force" ships)

• Zeus class – 1 active

• Watson-classvehicle cargo ship – 8 active
• Bob Hope-classvehicle cargo ship – 7 active
• Shughart-classvehicle cargo ship – 3 active
• Gordon-classvehicle cargo ship – 2 active
• Supply-classfast combat support ship – 2 active
• Lewis and Clark-classdry cargo ship – 14 active
• Henry J. Kaiser-classreplenishment oiler – 14 active

• Gopher State class – 3 active
• Keystone State class – 3 active

• Montford Point class
  • Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD) – 2 active
  • Expeditionary Mobile Base (ESB) – 5 active

• Spearhead-classexpeditionary fast transport – 11 active

Stand-alone vessels;

• Sea Fighter (FSF-1) – active
• USNS Guam (HST-1) – active
• HST-2 (unnamed) – leased to civilian ferry service^[1][2]

• Mercy class – 2 active

• Landing Craft Air Cushion – 74 active
• Landing Craft Utility 1610, 1627 and 1646 – 32 active

• Safeguard class – 2 active

• Howard O. Lorenzen-classinstrumentation ship – 1 active
• Impeccable-classocean surveillance ship – 1 active
• Pathfinder-classsurvey ship – 6 active
• Stalwart-classocean surveillance ship – 2 active
• Victorious-classocean surveillance ship – 4 active

• Powhatan-classfleet ocean tug – 1 active
• Natick-classlarge harbor tug – 8 active
• Valiant-classharbor tug – 6 active

• 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)
• Combatant Craft Assault (CCA)^[3]
• Combatant Craft Medium (CCM)^[4][5]
• Combatant Craft Heavy (CCH)^[6][7]

• Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (Mk 8)
• Surface-Planing Wet Submersible

• Legend-class National Security Cutter, Large 8
• USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39)
• Famous-class Medium Endurance Cutter 13
• Reliance-class Medium Endurance Cutter 14
• Sentinel-classcutter 38

• Island-classpatrol boat 30
• Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat 73
• 47-foot Motor Lifeboat 117
• Response boat-medium 48
• USCG Utility Boat 156
• USCG Long Range Interceptor 10
• Defender class Response boat-small 300^[8]
• USCG transportable port security boat
• Over the horizon boat
• Short Range Prosecutor 10

• Bay-class icebreaking tug 9 active
• Polar class 1 active

Stand-alone vessels;

• USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)
• USCGC Healy (WAGB-20)

• USCG seagoing buoy tender
• USCG coastal buoy tender
• USCG inland buoy tender
• USCG inland construction tender

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

• Runnymede class large landing craft – 35
• Landing Craft Mechanized
  • LCM-8, Mod 1 - 34
  • LCM-8, Mod 2 - 6

• MGen. Nathanael Greene-classtugboat – 6

• Rising Star tugboat (Thule AFB harbor)

• 82nd ATRS drone recovery watercraft (x3 120 ft recovery vessels, x2 smaller boats)

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