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List of current ships of the United States Navy This is a list of current ships of the United States Navy . There are approximately 430 ships believed to be in active service with the United States Navy , on reserve , or under construction , based on public reports compiled in this list . The U . S . Navy is the largest in the world ; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined . This list includes both U . S . Navy owned and leased ships ; both ships that are formally commissioned and other ships that are used by the U . S . Navy without the ceremony of commissioning . In addition , some planned ships are listed further below . Ships denoted with the prefix " USS " are commissioned ships . Prior to commissioning , ships are designated with the prefix " PCU " , for " Pre - Commissioning Unit " . US Navy support ships are often non - commissioned ships operated by and organized within Military Sealift Command . Those denoted " USNS " are owned by the US Navy ; those denoted by " MV " are chartered . There exist a number of former US Navy ships which are museum ships , some of which may be US government owned . One of these , the , a three - masted tall ship , is kept as a commissioned ship of the US Navy ( and hence is listed here ) , as a special commemoration for that ship alone . Current ships include commissioned warships that are in active service and also warships that are in the later stages of construction or that are undergoing sea trials but which have not yet gone through the ceremony of ship commissioning . Ships in early stages of construction ( keel not yet laid down ) are not included . Also included as current ships are support ships ( usually denoted USNS ) and leased ships ( usually denoted MV ) that are never commissioned but which are part of the effective force of the U . S . Navy . Commissioned : 247 , Non - Commissioned : 92 , Support : 33 , Ready Reserve : 51 . Grand Total : 423 < br > Support . Ready Reserve Force ships . Ready Reserve Force ships are maintained by the United States Maritime Administration and are part of the United States Navy ship inventory . If activated , these ships would be operated by Military Sealift Command . Planned ships . The following ships have been planned but are believed not to have keels laid down , hence have not reached current ship status .
USS Abarenda ( IX - 131 ) The second USS " Abarenda " ( IX - 131 ) was a storage tanker , one of many miscellaneous - class Navy vessel manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II . In anticipation of her acquisition by the Navy , SS " Acme " — a tanker built for the United States Shipping Board in 1916 at San Francisco by the Union Iron Works — was renamed " Abarenda " on 3 November 1943 and simultaneously classified IX - 131 . She was purchased by the Navy on 26 February 1944 and commissioned on 18 April 1944 , Lieutenant commander Benjamin F . Langland , USCGR , in command . " Abarenda " was assigned to Service Squadron 10 as a floating storage tanker . She served at Manus in the Admiralty Islands until 20 February 1945 when she headed for the Philippines . The tanker arrived at Leyte on 13 March and , for the remainder of the War , dispensed fuel to the warships of the 3d / 5th Fleet . Following the end of World War II , " Abarenda " fueled the ships supporting the occupation forces in the Far East and continued that duty until 28 February 1946 at which time she was decommissioned in the Philippines . Returned to the War Shipping Administration ( WSA ) that day , she was berthed with that organization ' s reserve fleet at Subic Bay . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 20 March 1946 and she resumed the name SS " Acme " while in the WSA reserve fleet . On 3 March 1948 she was sold to the Asia Development Corporation for scrapping .
5 " / 54 caliber Mark 42 gun The Mark 42 5 " / 54 caliber gun ( 127mm ) is a naval gun ( naval artillery ) mount used by the United States Navy and other countries . It consisted of the Mark 18 gun and Mark 42 gun mount . United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fires a projectile in diameter , and the barrel is 54 caliber s long ( barrel length is 5 " × 54 = 270 " or 6 . 9 meters . ) In the 1950s a gun with more range and a faster rate of fire than the 5 " / 38 caliber gun used in World War II was needed . Because of this reason , the gun was created concurrently with the 3 " / 70 Mark 26 gun for different usages . The 5 " / 54 Mk 42 is an automatic , dual - purpose ( air / surface target ) gun mount . It is usually controlled remotely from the Mk 68 Gun Fire Control System , or locally from the mount at the One Man Control ( OMC ) station . The self - loading gun mount weighs about including two drums under the mount holding 40 rounds of semi - fixed case type ammunition . The gun fires projectiles at a velocity of . Maximum rate of fire is 40 rounds per minute . Magazine capacity is 599 rounds per mount . The Mark 42 mount originally was equipped for two on - mount gunners , one surface and one antiaircraft , but the antiaircraft gunner position was scrapped later on when the increasing speed of naval aircraft made manual aiming of antiaircraft weapons impractical . The Mark 45 lightweight ( ) gun mount began replacing the Mk 42 mount in 1971 for easier maintenance and improved reliability in new naval construction for the United States Navy .
Humanitarian Service Medal The Humanitarian Service Medal ( HSM ) is a military service medal of the United States Armed Forces which was created on January 19 , 1977 by President Gerald Ford under . This medal is awarded to any member of the United States military ( including Reserve and National Guard members ) who distinguish themselves by meritorious participation in specified military acts or operations of a humanitarian nature . Criteria . This medal is presented as an individual service medal . The activities for which the Humanitarian Service Medal may be authorized are designated by the United States Department of Defense . Such activities include natural disaster relief , evacuation of non - combatants from a hostile area , or humanitarian support to refugees . This medal may not be awarded for services rendered in domestic disturbances involving law enforcement , equal rights demonstrations , or protection of property . This medal may also not be presented if either the Armed Forces Service Medal or Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal was presented for the same period of service . The Humanitarian Service Medal is retroactive to April 1 , 1975 . Multiple awards of the medal are authorized with service stars denoting additional awards . The Department of the Army awards the Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service for similar service by Army civilian employees , as well as private American and foreign citizens . Appearance . Centered on the obverse of the medal within a circle , is a right hand pointing diagonally upward with open palm , ( to symbolize a giving or helping hand ) . At the top of the reverse of the medal is the inscription , " For Humanitarian Service " in three lines . Below this is an oak branch , with three leaves and three acorns , and below this , around the outside edge of the medal , is the inscription , " United States Armed Forces " .
Sergey Perets Captain Sergey Vladimirovich Perets ( , September 28 , 1969 — August 16 , 2002 ) was a Russia n police officer who was killed during the Second Chechen War in 2002 and was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation . Early life . Perets was born in Kostroma in 1969 . In December 1991 , Perets joined the Russian Ground Forces , followed by working in the transport arm of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ( MVD ) before being transferred to Cherepovets . As a police officer . He was assigned to the militsiya in Cherepovets , the MVD ' s police arm due to his military experience . He worked as a traffic policeman ( the GAI agency ) for four years , until 1998 when he was assigned as the commander of a motorised platoon of militia near Vologda . Chechnya . From 1998 until 2002 , he conducted seven tours of duty in Chechnya as a militiaman in the first and second wars there . His final tour of duty commenced on July 25 , 2002 in the early stages of the Second Chechen War . He was noted as the most experienced captain in the motorised police units . Fatal incident . On August 16 , 2002 , Perets ' unit received intelligence that a unit of riot police from Omsk were under attack in the village of Shalazhi . Perets ' s unit , composing of three armoured personnel carrier s headed there , and upon arriving in the village they opened fire upon militants in the village . However , the degree of returning fire forced the convoy to stop and fight . During the battle , Perets ' APC was cut off from the others and he and his men fought for three hours during which Perets received a wound from shrapnel from a hand grenade but carried on regardless . He dragged one of his men who was injured into cover . Thanks to Perets ' command , the rebels failed to inflict serious damage on the convoy . While running from cover to the APC , he was shot in the head by a sniper and killed instantly . Several minutes after Perets ' death , the other APCs rejoined them and the militants scattered , with five killed and seven captured . Two MVD troops were injured in the battle , amongst them the soldier whom Perets dragged to safety . He was buried in Cherepovets .
Hanriot H . 43 The Hanriot H . 43 was a military utility aircraft produced in France in the late 1920s and early 1930s which was primarily used by the " Aéronautique Militaire " as a trainer . While Hanriot had spent most of the 1920s manufacturing further and further developments of the HD . 14 that had flown in 1920 , the H . 43 was an entirely new design . It was a conventional single - bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span and a fuselage of fabric - covered metal tube . Accommodation for the pilot and passenger was in tandem , open cockpits and the main units of the fixed , tailskid undercarriage were linked by a cross - axle . Two prototypes in 1927 were followed by the LH . 431 in 1928 , a much - modified version that dispensed with the sweepback used on both the upper and lower wings of the H . 43 , had a new tail fin and added metal covering to the sides of the fuselage . This was ordered into production by the " Aéronautique Militaire " , which ordered 50 examples . These were slightly different again from the LH . 431 prototype , having divided main undercarriage units , wings of slightly greater area , and redesigned interplane struts . Over the next six years , the Army would purchase nearly 150 examples for a variety of support roles including training , liaison , observation , and as an air ambulance . At the Fall of France in 1940 , 75 of these aircraft remained in service . H . 43 variants were also operated by civil flying schools in France , as well as 12 examples purchased for the military of Peru
Junjung Junjung ( various spellings , including " Jung - jung " , " gungun " also " dyoung - dyoung " etc . ) is the name for the royal war drum of the Serer people in Senegal and the Gambia . It was played on the way to the battlefield , on special State occasions as well as on Serer religious ceremonies . It is also the progenitor of the music of the same name found in the Caribbean .
SS Kyokusei Maru SS " Kyokusei Maru " was a transport ship of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II . Built by J . Coughlan & Sons , Vancouver and launched in June 1920 , as " Margaret Coughlan " for the Western Canada Steamship Company . She was renamed " Chilcop " in 1924 , " Shun Hwa " in 1936 , and " Kyokusei Maru " in 1938 . She left Rabaul , New Britain on 1 March 1943 , as part of " Operation 81 " , carrying a cargo 1 , 200 troops of the 115th Infantry Regiment , equipment , fuel , landing craft and ammunition for Lae , New Guinea . The convoy was attacked by aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces and Royal Australian Air Force from 2 March 1943 , known as the Battle of the Bismarck Sea . " Kyokusei Maru " was bombed by B - 17 s of the 64th Bombardment Squadron on 2 March and sank at , the first ship in the Japanese convoy sunk during the battle . The destroyers " Yukikaze " and " Asagumo " plucked 950 survivors from the water . The two destroyers landed the survivors at Lae .
11th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 11th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 11th Michigan Cavalry was organized at Kalamazoo and Detroit , Michigan October 10 - December 10 , 1863 . Among its ranks was future Michigan politician and author Elroy M . Avery . The Regiment was part of General George Stoneman ' s campaign into eastern Tennessee , western Virginia , North Carolina , and South Carolina in 1865 . The 11th Michigan Cavalry was one of three in the Second Brigade of Brig . Gen . Simeon Brown of St . Clair . Engagements : In Kentucky : Hazel Green , McCormick ’ s Farm , Morristown , State Creek , Mt . Sterling , Cynthiana , June 8 – 9 , Point Burnside , June 30 , 1864 . In Tennessee : Clinch River , Nov . 28 ; Cobb ’ s Ford , Dec . 2 : Bristol , Dec . 13 ; Paperville , Dec . 13 , 1864 . In Virginia : Abingdon , Dec . 15 ; Wytheville lead mines , Mt . Airey , Marion iron works , Seven Miles Ford , Mount Sterling , Sept . 17 ; Saltville I , October 1 – 3 , 1864 , Union defeat . ( Saltville Massacre ) ; Sandy Mountain , Marion , December 17 – 18 , 1864 ; Saltville II , December 18 – 21 , 1864 , destroyed salt works ; After Saltville , returned to Knoxville ; arrived Dec . 28 , 1864 ; Departed Knoxville , March 16 – 21 , 1865 ; Morristown , March 24 ; Jonesboro , March 25 . Crossing into North Carolina and heading south , they conducted a series of raids on sites manufacturing goods vital to Lee ’ s troops — Boone , March 28 – 29 destroyed Patterson yarn mill below Blowing Rock ; Yadkin River ; Wilkesboro , March 30 ; Jonesville , April 1 ; Mount Airy , April 2 ; Christiansburg , VA , April 3 ; Danbury , April 9 destroying the Moratock Iron Works ; Salisbury , April 12 ( Destroyed prison ) ; Statesville , April 13 – 16 ( Taylorsville , April 14 ) ; April 14 , Lincoln assassination ; Morganton , April 17 – 19 ; Marion , April 20 ; Swannanoa Gap , ( the Army was blocked there and went around to Howard ’ s Gap ) April 20 ; Hendersonville , April 24 ; Asheville , April 25 – 28 ; Marshall , April 26 ; Ward ’ s Farm ; Left Brevard , pushing through Saluda Gap in the Blue Ridge , they entered South Carolina , looking for Jefferson Davis . Caesar ’ s Head , April 30 ; Pickensville , Anderson ’ s Court House . The regiment was consolidated with the 8th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on July 20 , 1865 . Mustered out at Nashville Tennessee on September 22 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . Company H enlisted men , 106 . Total regimental enrollment 1 , 579 . The regiment suffered 4 officers and 24 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 114 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 142 fatalities . For complete roster see * 11th Michigan Cavalry Commanders . Regiment : Company H :
Sheik Abd - Al - Rahman Sheik Abd - Al - Rahman ( died June 7 , 2006 ) , also Shaykh Abd Al - Rahman or Sheik Abd Al - Rahman , was the spiritual advisor to al - Qaeda in Iraq until his death in June 2006 . Death . Abd - Al - Rahman was killed on June 7 , 2006 while attending a meeting in an isolated safehouse approximately 8 km ( 5 mi ) north of Baqubah , along with al - Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al - Zarqawi . At 14 : 15 GMT two United States Air Force F - 16 C jets identified the house and the lead jet dropped two 500 - pound ( 230 kg ) guided bombs , a laser - guided GBU - 12 and GPS - guided GBU - 38 on the building located at . The United States had tracked al - Zarqawi ' s movements leading up to his meeting at the safehouse .
Akō Castle History . This Akō castle is not to be confused with an earlier fortification located to the north . When the present castle was constructed , it took 13 years to complete the 12 gates and 10 " yagura " , or towers . Also , the castle was built on the seashore , and at the time of its construction , one could set sail from docks located in the castle . The construction was done under the surveillance of Asano Naganao , who became the lord of the region in 1615 . During the Meiji Restoration , Akō Castle was partly dismantled , along with many other castles . However , several buildings have since been re - constructed , following the end of the Second World War .
Regiment Botha Regiment Botha is an infantry regiment of the South African Army . As a reserve unit , it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit . The Regiment was named after General Louis Botha , the first prime minister of South Africa . History . The regiment was formed in Ermelo , Mpumalanga on 1 April 1934 , as part of an expansion of the Army ' s infantry branch . A second battalion was formed on the outbreak of World War II in 1939 . The first battalion did not serve in the war , but the second fought in the North Africa campaign in 1941 and 1942 as part of the 1st Infantry Division . In 1943 , it was temporarily amalgamated with Regiment President Steyn . The two battalions separated after the war , and in 1951 the second battalion was renamed Regiment Christiaan Beyers . From 1960 to 1966 , Regiment Botha was called " Regiment Pongola " .
Marine Commando Regiment The creation of a Canadian Marine Commando Regiment ( MCR ) was proposed as part of the 2006 Canada First Defence Strategy . It was speculated that the unit would be based at Canadian Forces Base Comox , and have an initial strength of approximately 250 members . As of 2010 , there has been no further movement toward establishing a Canadian Marine Commando Regiment . Background . The concept of a mobile combined ( air , sea , and land ) force was originally conceived in 1994 , but due to reduced operating budgets during the 1989 – 2002 period , the Canadian Forces simply did not have the budget to develop a new branch at that time . Following the events of September 11 , 2001 , as well as the brief 2006 Lebanon War during which many Canadian passport - holders were evacuated , the idea was once again revived in the form of the Marine Commando Regiment , as well as the Canadian Special Operations Regiment ( separate from the MCR ) . In November 2006 , the Royal 22 Régiment participated in the Integrated Tactical Effects Experiment ( ITEE ) , a three week training exercise with the United States Marine Corps . In 2008 , Princess Patricia ' s Canadian Light Infantry participated in similar training during RIMPAC with the United States Marine Corps and the Royal Australian Navy .
Vosper 73 ft motor torpedo boat The Vosper 73 foot motor torpedo boat was a mid - twentieth century British military boat design by Vospers . At long they were considered small boats compared to longer designs such as the Fairmile Type D . The design came about from a requirement that British Motor Torpedo Boat s should be better able to fight small craft , which was the job of Motor Gun Boat s . To this end Vospers built on their existing 70 foot designs . The Type I was introduced in 1943 and the Type II before the end of the Second World War . The boats carried four 18 - inch torpedo tubes as their major offensive armament along with Oerlikon 20 mm cannon and some defensive armament ( Vickers K machine gun s ) for protection against enemy aircraft . The Type II gave up two torpedo tubes , but gained a 6 - pounder gun which displaced the twin Oerlikon to the aft deck . This made it more capable of performing the Motor Gun Boat role .
Fifth Carrier Division Additional campaigns in which the 5th Carrier Division took part included the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Indian Ocean raid of 1942 . The division experienced success with its aircraft sinking one British carrier and two British cruisers , as well as the American carrier the USS " Lexington " . During the Coral Sea battle , " Shōkaku " was damaged and needed extensive repairs , and both carriers ' aviation units took heavy losses , taking the division out of action for several months . As a result , the division was not present at the Battle of Midway . After the Japanese defeat at Midway , " Shōkaku " and " Zuikaku " , along with carrier " Zuihō " , were redesignated as the First Carrier Division and the Fifth Carrier Division was permanently dissolved . Fate . After the 5th was dissolved , " Shōkaku " and " Zuikaku " would fight on for several years , but neither would survive the war . " Shōkaku " was sunk by the American submarine during the Battle of the Philippine Sea . Explosions due to aviation fuel ( avgas ) accelerated the sinking , and she took over 1 , 000 men with her . " Zuikaku " would fight on until the Battle of Leyte Gulf when , as flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy with Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa on board , she was attacked and sunk by US carrier aircraft , taking 800 men with her , along with the light carrier " Zuiho " . Ozawa survived and transferred his flag to the light cruiser . By that point in the war , the Japanese Navy was hampered by a lack of fuel and experienced pilots , and thus the battle would be one - sided .