United States Navy

The United States Navy is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for Naval operations.

Official website: http://www.navy.mil

The US Navy uses a letter based Hull classification symbol to designate a vessel's type.

Notable Ships of the US Navy

Aircraft Carriers

• USS Hornet

• USS John C. Stennis

• USS Kitty Hawk

• USS George Washington - sixth ship of the Nimitz class

Battleships

• USS Arizona - Pennsylvania class battleship, sunk at Pearl Harbor

Cruisers

• USS Indianapolis - heavy cruiser, sunk by Japanese submarine

Frigates

• Oliver Hazard Perry class

• • USS Reuben James - launched February 8, 1985

Destroyers

• USS Reuben James - first US ship sunk in WWII

• USS Cole - badly damaged by an attack in Aden, Yemen

Submarines

• USS Greeneville

• USS Thresher - sunk in an accident in 1963

• USS Scorpion - lost in an accident in 1968

• USS Ohio - first boat in the Ohio class, launched 1979

• USS George Washington - first fleet ballistic missile submarine

• USS Memphis

• USS City of Corpus Christi

• Benjamin Franklin class

• Sturgeon class

• Seawolf class

• Virginia class

• NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft

Others

• USS Liberty - intelligence vessel badly damaged by the Israelis

• USS Peleliu - amphibious assault ship

Early Vessels

• USS Constitution - "Old Ironsides," oldest commissioned warship afloat

• USS Monitor - first US ironclad warship

• USS Merrimac - a wooden warship rebuilt by the Confederates as the ironclad CSS Virginia

Weapons Systems

• Trident missile

• Poseidon missile

• Naval Space Surveillance System

Notable members of the US Navy

• John Paul Jones - commander during the American Revolution

• Matthew Perry - Commodore who forced the opening of Japan

• George Bush - US President, youngest Naval Aviator in World War II

• John F. Kennedy - US President, PT Boat commander in World War II

• John Young - Apollo astronaut

• Wilson Flagg - retired Admiral, killed in Sept 11 attack

• Vern Clark - current Chief of Naval Operations

See also:

• Ship-Submarine recycling program

• United States armed forces

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