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]
• CVN-21-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

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

• Burke-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Zumwalt-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

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]: 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

• 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]

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]
• 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]

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]: The last class of battleships deployed by any navy; these were United States Navy vessels launched during WWII and played a role in anti-air warfare and naval gunfire support; later conversions kept them in use as missile-launching platforms; all 4 retired ^[e]
• South Dakota-class [r]: A four-ship class of 35,000 ton U.S. Navy battleship begun just before the Second World War; more compact and better protected than the preceding North Carolina-class, but had the same main battery of nine 16"-45 caliber MK 6 naval guns in triple turrets ^[e]

Cruisers

First World War and Interwar

• Pensacola-class [r]: First post-WWI class of U.S. Navy heavy cruisers; 1925 design built in 1929-1930; treaty-limited at 9100 tons and lightly gunned, although had the range for Pacific operations ^[e]
• New Orleans-class [r]: 10,136 ton U.S. heavy cruisers designed, based on serious analysis of other countries' cruisers and a refinement of the Portland-class, built 1934-1937; well-armored although three were sunk in Battle of Savo Island ^[e]

Second World War

• Cleveland-class [r]: Built in 1942-1945 to a 1938 design, large (11,700 ton) U.S. Navy light cruisers based on a major upgrade of the Brooklyn-class; some converted to Independence (carrier)-class light carriers ^[e]
• Fargo-class [r]: Two-ship class of U.S. Navy light cruisers, derived from the Cleveland-class with better superstructure layout for antiaircraft coverage ^[e]
• Wichita-class [r]: Completed in 1939, a 10,600 ton single-ship heavy cruiser class of the United States Navy, design was essentially an upgunned, uparmored Brooklyn-class (light cruiser) that was the basis for the successful Baltimore-class, although the actual ship was a modified Northampton-class heavy cruiser ^[e]
• Baltimore-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Oregon City-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

Cold War

• Boston-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Albany-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Des Moines-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• USS Long Beach (CGN-9) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Belknap-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Bainbridge-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Truxtun-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

Destroyers

First World War

• Clemson-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wickes-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Caldwell-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

Interwar & Second World War

• Farragut-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gridley-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Bagley-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Benson-Gleaves-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mahan-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sims-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Benham-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Porter-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Somers-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fletcher-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Allen M. Sumner-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gearing-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

Cold War

• Adams-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Spruance-class destroyer [r]: Add brief definition or description

Submarines

• George Washington-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sturgeon-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Permit-class [r]: Add brief definition or description