US Navy Ships Resources

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"Old Navy"

• Continental Navy (1775-1785)
• Disarmament (1785-1794)
• Establishment (1794-1812)
• War of 1812 (1812-1815)
• Continental Expansion (1815-1861)
• American Civil War (1861-1865) Union Navy in the Civil War
• Decline of the Navy (1865-1882)

"New Navy"

• Rebuilding (1882-1898)
• Spanish-American War (1898)
• Rise of the Modern Navy (1898-1914)
• World War I (1914-1918)
• Inter-war entrenchment and expansion (1918-1941)
• World War II (1941-1945)
• Cold War (1945-1991)
  • Korean War 1950-1953
  • Vietnam War 1955-1975
• Post-Cold War (1991-present)

Classes of Ship

• AC
• AD United States Navy Destroyer Tenders
• AE United States Navy Ammunition Ships
• AF United States Navy Store Ships
• AGC United States Navy Amphibious Force Command Ships
• AK United States Navy Cargo Ships
• AKA United States Navy Attack Cargo Ships
• AKV Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry
• AM Category:United States Navy Minesweepers
• AO United States Navy Fleet Oilers
• AP United States Navy Transport Ships
• APA United States Navy Attack Transports
• APD United States Navy High Speed Transports
• AR Auxiliary Repair Ships (AR)
• ARL Auxiliary Repair Light (ARL)
• AS United States Navy Submarine Tenders
• AV United States Navy Seaplane Tenders
• AVD Destroyer-Seaplane Tenders
• BB United States Navy Battleships

Fpa

• Cruisers
  • CA United States Navy Heavy Cruisers
  • CG United States Navy Guided Missile Cruisers
  • CL United States Navy Light Cruisers
  • ACR United States Navy Armored Cruisers

• Mine layer/ Sweeper
  • CM United States Navy Minelayers
  • DM United States Navy Robert H. Smith Class Destroyer Minelayers

• United States Navy Aircraft Carriers
  • CV Aircraft Carrier (Fleet carrier)
  • CVA Attack Aircraft Carrier
  • CVE United States Navy Escort Aircraft Carriers
  • CVHE Helicopter Carrier
  • CVL United States Navy Light Aircraft Carriers
  • CVN Nuclear Aircraft Carrier
  • CVS Anti-submarine Aircraft Carrier

• Destroyer
  • DD United States Navy Destroyers
  • DE United States Navy Destroyer Escorts
  • DDG United States Navy Guided Missile Destroyers
  • DLG United States Navy Destroyer Leader Frigates

• Amphibious Warfare
  • LHA Landing Helicopter Assault
  • LPD Landing Platform Dock
  • LPH United States Navy Landing Platform Helicopter Ships
  • LSD Landing Ship Dock
  • LSM United States Navy Landing Ships Medium
  • LST United States Navy Tank Landing Ships

• PC Patrol Craft, Submarine Chaser
• PCE United States Navy Patrol Class Escorts
• PF United States Navy Patrol Frigates

• Submarine
  • SS Submarine
  • SSA Attack Submarine
  • SSN United States Navy Nuclear Submarines
  • SSBN Ballistic Missile Submarine