List of equipment of the United States Navy
The equipment of the United States Navy have been subdivided into: watercraft, aircraft, munitions, vehicles, and small arms.
Surface ships
Commissioned surface ships and submarines (arranged by class and displacement)
Class | Image | Individual ships | Notes |
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Aircraft carriers (11) | |||
Gerald R. Ford | USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) | 10 planned, 1 in service, and 2 under construction. | |
Nimitz | USS Nimitz (CVN-68) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) USS George Washington (CVN-73) USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) | 10 carriers of the Nimitz class are in service. | |
Amphibious assault ships (9) | |||
America | USS America (LHA-6) USS Tripoli (LHA-7) | 11 planned | |
Wasp | USS Wasp (LHD-1) USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) USS Boxer (LHD-4) USS Bataan (LHD-5) USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) | 7(in service) | |
Amphibious Command Ships (2) | |||
Blue Ridge | USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) | USS Blue Ridge is the oldest deployed ship in the navy. | |
Amphibious transport docks (12) | |||
San Antonio | USS San Antonio (LPD-17) USS New Orleans (LPD-18) USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) USS Green Bay (LPD-20) USS New York (LPD-21) USS San Diego (LPD-22) USS Anchorage (LPD-23) USS Arlington (LPD-24) USS Somerset (LPD-25) USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26) USS Portland (LPD-27) USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) | 26 in service | |
Dock landing ships (10) | |||
Harpers Ferry | USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) | 4 (In service) | |
Whidbey Island | USS Germantown (LSD-42) USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) USS Comstock (LSD-45) USS Tortuga (LSD-46) USS Rushmore (LSD-47) USS Ashland (LSD-48) | 6 (In service) | |
Cruisers (13) | |||
Ticonderoga | USS Antietam (CG-54) USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) USS Princeton (CG-59) USS Normandy (CG-60) USS Robert Smalls (CG-62) USS Cowpens (CG-63) USS Gettysburg (CG-64) USS Chosin (CG-65) USS Shiloh (CG-67) USS Vicksburg (CG-69) USS Lake Erie (CG-70) USS Cape St. George (CG-71) | 13 (In service) | |
Destroyers (72) | |||
Arleigh Burke | USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) USS John Finn (DDG-113) USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114) USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) | 92 in service | |
Zumwalt | USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) | 3 Planned | |
Frigate (3) | |||
Constellation | USS Constellation (FFG-62) USS Congress (FFG-63) USS Chesapeake (FFG-64) | 20 planned | |
Littoral combat ships / Corvettes (23) | |||
Freedom | USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) USS Wichita (LCS-13) USS Billings (LCS-15) USS Indianapolis (LCS-17) USS St. Louis (LCS-19) USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21) USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) USS Marinette (LCS-25) | 16 planned | |
Independence | USS Jackson (LCS-6) USS Montgomery (LCS-8) USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) USS Omaha (LCS-12) USS Manchester (LCS-14) USS Tulsa (LCS-16) USS Charleston (LCS-18) USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) USS Kansas City (LCS-22) USS Oakland (LCS-24) USS Mobile (LCS-26) USS Savannah (LCS-28) USS Canberra (LCS-30) USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) USS Augusta (LCS-34) | 19 planned | |
Expeditionary Mobile Base (3) | |||
Lewis B. Puller | USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB-4) USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) | 6 planned | |
Mine countermeasure ships (8) | |||
Avenger | USS Sentry (MCM-3) USS Devastator (MCM-6) USS Patriot (MCM-7) USS Pioneer (MCM-9) USS Warrior (MCM-10) USS Gladiator (MCM-11) USS Dextrous (MCM-13) USS Chief (MCM-14) | ||
Submarine Tender (2) | |||
Emory S. Land | USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) USS Frank Cable (AS-40) | ||
Technological research ship (1) | |||
Banner | USS Pueblo (AGER-2) | Captured and currently possessed by North Korea | |
Original six frigates (1) | |||
Classic Frigate | USS Constitution | The oldest commissioned vessel in the US Navy |
Small boats
Boat | Image | Armament | Notes |
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Mk 5 SOC | M2 Browning .50 cal Heavy Machine Gun and M240 General Purpose Machine Gun | Transportable by Lockheed C-5 Galaxy only | |
SOC-R | GAU-17 minigun, M2 Browning .50 cal Heavy Machine Gun, M240 General Purpose Machine Gun, and 40mm Mk 19 grenade launcher | Transportable by CH-47, C-130, and larger aircraft | |
RHIB | M2 Browning .50 cal Heavy Machine Gun, M240 General Purpose Machine Gun, and M249 light machine gun |
Submarines
Class | Image | Individual boats | Notes |
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Ballistic missile submarine (14) | |||
Ohio | USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730) USS Alabama (SSBN-731) USS Alaska (SSBN-732) USS Nevada (SSBN-733) USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) USS Maryland (SSBN-738) USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) USS Maine (SSBN-741) USS Wyoming (SSBN-742) USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) | ||
Cruise missile submarine (4) | |||
Ohio | USS Ohio (SSGN-726) USS Michigan (SSGN-727) USS Florida (SSGN-728) USS Georgia (SSGN-729) | ||
Attack (51) | |||
Los Angeles | USS Chicago (SSN-721) USS Key West (SSN-722) USS Helena (SSN-725) USS Newport News (SSN-750) USS San Juan (SSN-751) USS Pasadena (SSN-752) USS Albany (SSN-753) USS Topeka (SSN-754) USS Scranton (SSN-756) USS Alexandria (SSN-757) USS Asheville (SSN-758) USS Jefferson City (SSN-759) USS Annapolis (SSN-760) USS Springfield (SSN-761) USS Columbus (SSN-762) USS Santa Fe (SSN-763) USS Boise (SSN-764) USS Montpelier (SSN-765) USS Charlotte (SSN-766) USS Hampton (SSN-767) USS Hartford (SSN-768) USS Toledo (SSN-769) USS Tucson (SSN-770) USS Columbia (SSN-771) USS Greeneville (SSN-772) USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) | ||
Seawolf | USS Seawolf (SSN-21) USS Connecticut (SSN-22) USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) | ||
Virginia | USS Virginia (SSN-774) USS Texas (SSN-775) USS Hawaii (SSN-776) USS North Carolina (SSN-777) USS New Hampshire (SSN-778) USS New Mexico (SSN-779) USS Missouri (SSN-780) USS California (SSN-781) USS Mississippi (SSN-782) USS Minnesota (SSN-783) USS North Dakota (SSN-784) USS John Warner (SSN-785) USS Illinois (SSN-786) USS Washington (SSN-787) USS Colorado (SSN-788) USS Indiana (SSN-789) USS South Dakota (SSN-790) USS Delaware (SSN-791) USS Vermont (SSN-792) USS Oregon (SSN-793) USS Montana (SSN-794) USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) | Total 66 planned[1] (Including Current fleet) | |
Submersibles | |||
Mk VIII SDV | |||
SWCS SDV | 4 planned for active service | ||
Deep Drone 8000 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle | |||
Deep-submergence rescue vehicle |
Aircraft
Aircraft | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Combat Aircraft | |||||||
F/A-18 Super Hornet | United States | Multirole | F/A-18E/F | 421[2] | 76 on order[2] | ||
F-35 Lightning II | United States | Multirole | F-35C | 30[2] | 16+188 on order[2] | ||
Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence | |||||||
E-2 Hawkeye | United States | Carrier capable airborne early warning | E-2C/D | 97[3] | 27 on order[3] | ||
EP-3 ARIES II | United States | Signals Intelligence | EP-3E | 12[3] | |||
E-6 Mercury | United States | Airborne command and control | E-6B | 16[3] | |||
EA-18 Growler | United States | Electronic warfare | EA-18G | 152[3] | |||
Maritime Patrol | |||||||
P-3 Orion | United States | Maritime patrol | P-3C | 28[3] | To be replaced by the P-8 Poseidon.[4] | ||
P-8 Poseidon | United States | Maritime patrol | P-8A | 112[3] | 18 on order[3] | ||
Tanker | |||||||
KC-130 Hercules | United States | Aerial refueling/transport | KC-130T | 10[3] | |||
Transport | |||||||
C-2 Greyhound | United States | Carrier based transport | C-2A | 33[3] | Planned to be Replaced with V-22 Osprey | ||
C-12 Huron | United States | Transport | UC-12 | 13[3] | |||
C-20 Grey Ghost | United States | Transport | C-20G | 3[3] | |||
C-26 Metroliner | United States | Transport | C-26D | 8[3] | |||
C-38 Courier | Israel | Transport | C-38A | 2[3] | |||
C-40 Clipper | United States | Transport | C-40A | 17[3] | |||
C-130 Hercules | United States | Transport | C-130T | 17[3] | |||
C-130J Super Hercules | United States | Transport | C-130J | 1[3] | |||
Rotorcraft | |||||||
V-22 Osprey | United States | Tiltrotor | CMV-22B | 12[3] | 49 on order[3] Gradual replacement for the C-2 Greyhound[5] | ||
MH-53 Sea Dragon | United States | Multi-mission helicopter | MH-53E | 29[3] | |||
HH-60 Rescue Hawk | United States | Search and rescue helicopter | HH-60H | 8[3] | |||
MH-60 Seahawk | United States | Anti-submarine warfare helicopter | MH-60R MH-60S | 561[3] | |||
SH-60 Seahawk | United States | Anti-submarine warfare helicopter | SH-60B SH-60F | 189[3] | |||
Trainer Aircraft | |||||||
TH-57 Sea Ranger | United States | Training helicopter | TH-57B TH-57C | 115[3] | |||
UH-72 Lakota | Multinational | Training helicopter | UH-72A | 5[3] | |||
TH-73 Thrasher | Italy / United States | Training helicopter | TH-73A | 3[3] | 128 on order[3] | ||
U-1 Otter | Canada | Trainer | U-1B | 1[3] | Otter NU-1B is the oldest aircraft in the U.S. Navy, in service at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Md.[6] | ||
U-6 Beaver | Canada | Trainer | U-6A | 2[3] | |||
F-5 Tiger II | United States | Adversary trainer | F-5F F-5N | 31[3] | |||
F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | Adversary trainer | F-16A F-16B | 14[3] | |||
F/A-18 Hornet | United States | Trainer | F/A-18A/B/C/D/E/F | 183[3] | Operated by reserve, training and development squadrons in a role described as "non-deployable".[7][8] While the F/A-18C is possessed by the Navy Reserve Strike fighter squadron VFA-204, due to their unsuitability in combat situations in regards to their lack of modern avionics, communications equipment and weapons integration, they are used solely as an adversary/aggressor trainer.[9][10] | ||
T-6 Texan II | United States | Trainer | T-6A T-6B T-6C | 293[3] | 29 on order | ||
T-34 Mentor | United States | Trainer | T-34C | 13[3] | |||
T-38 Talon | United States | Supersonic jet trainer | T-38A | 10[3] | |||
T-44 Pegasus | United States | Multi-engine trainer | T-44A | 56[3] | |||
T-45 Goshawk | United Kingdom / United States | Carrier based trainer | T-45C | 191[3] | |||
Unmanned Aerial Systems | |||||||
MQ-4C Triton | United States | Surveillance & patrol aircraft | MQ-4 | 30 | |||
MQ-8 Fire Scout | United States | UAV helicopter | MQ-8A MQ-8B | 30 | |||
MQ-8C Fire Scout | United States | UAV helicopter | MQ-8C | 19 | [11] | ||
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray | United States | UAV Aerial refueling | MQ-25 T1 | 1 | 72 planned | [12] |
Munitions
Name | Image | Type | Versions | Name | Image | Type | Versions |
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MK84 | General-purpose bomb | AIM-7 | Medium-range, semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile | AIM-7A, AIM-7B, AIM-7C, AIM-7D, AIM-7E, AIM-7E2, AIM-7F, AIM-7M, AIM-7P, and RIM-7M | |||
CBU-78 | Air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines | CBU-78/B | AIM-9 | Short-range air-to-air missile | AIM-9D, AIM-9G, AIM-9H, AIM-9L, AIM-9M, AIM-9R, and AIM-9X | ||
MK83 | General-purpose bomb | BLU-110 | AIM-120 | Medium-range, active radar homing air-to-air missile | AIM-120A, AIM-120B, AIM-120C, AIM-120C-4/5/6/7, AIM-120D | ||
CBU-100 | Cluster bomb | MK82 | General-purpose bomb | BLU-111/B, BLU-111A/B, BLU-126/B | |||
AGM-65 | Guided air-to-surface missile | AGM-65A/B, AGM-65D, AGM-65E, AGM-65F/G, AGM-65H, AGM-65J, and AGM-65K | AGM-84 | Anti-ship missile | AGM-84, RGM-84, and UGM-84 | ||
AGM-88 | Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile | AGM-88E AARGM | AGM-154 | Glide bomb | AGM-154A, AGM-154B, AGM-154C | ||
AGM-114 | Guided air-to-surface missile | AGM-114B, AGM-114K, AGM-114M | BGM-109 | cruise missile | BGM-109C, BGM-109D, RGM-109E, UGM-109E | ||
RIM-116 | Close-in weapons system | RIM-116A, RIM-116B | UGM-133 | SLBM | UGM-133 Trident II | ||
RIM-162 | Surface-to-air missile | RIM-162 ESSM | RIM-66 | Surface-to-air missile | RIM-66K, RIM-66L, RIM-66M | ||
RIM-174A Standard ERAM | Surface-to-air missile | RIM-174A Block IA, RIM-174A Block IB | RIM-161 | Anti-ballistic missile | RIM-161C |
Land vehicles
In addition to the vehicles listed here, the Navy Seabees operate a number of unlisted trucks and construction vehicles.
Name | Image | Type | Notes |
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M939 | Utility vehicle | Used primarily by Expeditionary Forces | |
FMTV | Utility vehicle | Used primarily by Expeditionary Forces | |
MTVR | 6x6 tactical truck | Used by Navy Seabees | |
HMMWV | Light utility vehicle | Used primarily by Expeditionary Forces. To be replaced by M-ATV and JLTV. | |
Oshkosh M-ATV | MRAP, LUV | To replace HMMWV, used by Navy Special Warfare and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams. | |
Oshkosh JLTV | light multi-role vehicle/light tactical vehicle and MRAP | To replace HMMWV, used by Navy Special Warfare teams | |
Buffalo | MRAP | Used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Navy Seabees | |
Cougar | MRAP and IFV | H (4x4) / HE (6x6) variants both used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Navy Seabees | |
LARC-V | amphibious vehicle | Used by amphibious naval beach units | |
DPV | Patrol vehicle | to be replaced by ALSV | |
ALSV | Special Attack Vehicle | Replacing DPV | |
IFAV | LUV | ||
LSSV | Multi-purpose vehicle | Used by Navy Special Warfare teams for various missions |
Small arms
Individual equipment
Model | Image | Type | Variants | Details | ||
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Uniform equipment | ||||||
NWU combat uniform | battledress | Type III (woodland), Type II (desert), and Type I (canceled) | standard issue Naval issue combat uniform | |||
MARPAT | Camouflage pattern | Desert, Woodland, Winter, Urban (prototype) | Limited-issue for certain positions | |||
Advanced Bomb Suit | bomb suit | Used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams | ||||
Interceptor Body Armor | ballistic vest | U.S. Woodland, Coyote Tan, Desert camouflage or "Chocolate Chip" uniform, and Universal Camouflage Pattern | May be replaced by Combat Integrated Releasable Armor System or various ballistic vests like the Improved Modular Tactical Vest and Improved Scalable Plate Carrier used by the U.S. Marine Corps | |||
Combat Integrated Releasable Armor System | modular ballistic vest | Replaces the Full Spectrum Battle Equipment Amphibious Assault Vest | ||||
Enhanced Combat Helmet | Combat helmet | Replaces Advanced Combat Helmet and Lightweight Helmet | ||||
See also
- Equipment of the United States Armed Forces
- Equipment of the United States Air Force
- Equipment of the United States Army
- Equipment of the United States Coast Guard
- Equipment of the United States Marine Corps
- List of active United States military aircraft
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