List of US Navy ship classes (Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg)

The following is a list of ship classes in the United States Navy.
This list does not include singular ships of unique designs.
== Ship classes ==
=== Sloops and Frigates (SL/SLG/FF/FFG) ===
Class name 	Built 	No. built 	Years of service	Role 	Notes
Evarts-class 	1942-1944 	105 	1943-1968 	Escort
Anti-submarine	Sloop of War
Buckley-class 	1942-1943 	154 	1943-1970 	Escort
Anti-submarine	Sloop of War
Cannon-class 	1942-1944 	116 	1943-1970 	Escort
Anti-submarine	Frigate
Edsall-class 	1942-1943 	85 	1943-1970 	Escort
Anti-submarine	Frigate, last ship decommissioned by Mexican Navy in 2015
Rudderow-class 	1943-1944 	252 	1943-1970 	Escort
Anti-submarine	Sloop of War, last ship decommissioned by Republic of China Navy in 1992
John C. Butler-class 	1943-1945 	293 	1943-1970 	Escort
Anti-submarine	Frigate
Dealey-class 	1952-1957 	13 	1954-1985 	Escort
Anti-submarine	Sloop of War
Claud Jones-class 	1956-1959 	4 	1954-1985 	Escort
Anti-submarine	Frigate
Bronstein-class 	1961-1963 	2 	1963-1990 	Escort
Anti-submarine	Frigate, both decommissioned by Republic of Korea Navy in 2017
Brooke-class 	1962-1968 	19 	1966-1989 	Anti-submarine	Frigate
Oliver Hazard Perry-class	1975-2004 	71 	1977-present 	Anti-submarine	Heavy Frigate, many in service of other Entente navies
Constellation-class 	2022-present	20 (planned)	2026-onward 	Anti-submarine	Heavy Frigate
=== Scout Frigates (FS) ===
The Scout Frigate was created in 1938 as part of the Standley Plan, a five-year reorganization plan of the US Navy that commenced on January 1, 1936, in order to create a two-ocean navy to counter both the European navies (namely the Kaiserliche Marine, Republican Navy, and Communard Navy) in the Atlantic, and the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific. Under the plan, the Scouting Fleet was renamed to "Battle Fleet, Pacific", serving as the Pacific counterpart to the Atlantic-based Battle Fleet, and a new class of Scout Frigates was designed and built to serve as the core of the new Scouting Fleet.
Class name 	Built 	No. built	Years of service	Role 	Notes
River-class	1938-1939	193 	1939-1954 	Fleet Vanguard	Ships named after rivers in the United States
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=== Destroyers (DD/DL/DDG) ===
Class name 	Built 	No. built 	Years of service	Role 	Notes
Bainbridge-class 	1899-1903 	13 	1902-1919 	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	Part of the original 16 "torpedo boat destroyers" authorized by Congress.
Truxtun-class 	1899-1902 	3 	1902-1919 	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	Part of the original 16 "torpedo boat destroyers" authorized by Congress.
Smith-class 	1908-1910 	5 	1909-1919 	Escort
Screen 	
Paulding-class 	1908-1912 	21 	1910-1931 	Escort
Screen 	
Cassin-class 	1912-1915 	4 	1913-1933 	Escort
Screen 	
Aylwin-class 	1912-1914 	4 	1913-22 	Escort
Screen 	
O'Brien-class 	1913-1915 	6 	1915-1933 	Escort
Screen 	
Tucker-class 	1914-1916 	6 	1914-1934 	Escort
Screen 	
Sampson-class 	1915-1917 	6 	1916-1922 	Escort
Screen 	
Caldwell-class 	1916-1920 	6 	1917-1937 	Escort
Screen 	
Wickes-class 	1917-1921 	111 	1918-1937 	Escort
Screen 	
Clemson-class 	1918-1922 	162 	1919-1937 	Escort
Screen 	
Farragut-class 	1932-1935 	8 	1934-1962 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Porter-class 	1933-1937 	8 	1936-1950 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Mahan-class 	1934-1937 	18 	1936-1965 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Gridley-class 	1935-1938 	4 	1937-1965 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Bagley-class 	1935-1937 	8 	1937-1965 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Somers-class 	1935-1939 	5 	1937-1966 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Benham-class 	1936-1939 	10 	1939-1966 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Sims-class 	1937-1940 	12 	1939-1966 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Gleaves-class 	1938-1943 	66 	1940-1966 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Benson-class 	1938-1943 	30 	1940-1967 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Fletcher-class 	1941-1945 	175 	1942-1971 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	Last ship decommissioned by Mexican Navy in 2001
Allen M. Sumner-class 	1943-1945 	70 (12 completed as Robert H. Smith-class minelayers)	1943-1975 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Gearing-class 	1944-1946 	152 	1945-1983 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Mitscher-class 	1949-1954 	5 	1950-1978 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	"Destroyer Leaders", two converted to guided-missile cruisers
Forrest Sherman-class 	1953-1959 	18 	1955-1988 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Farragut-class 	1957-1961 	10 	1959-1993 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Charles F. Adams-class	1958-1967 	23 	1960-1992 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	First purpose-built guided-missile destroyers
Spruance-class 	1972-1983 	31 	1975-2005 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
Kidd-class 	1978-1982 	4 	1981-1999 (USN)
2005-present (Republic of China Navy)	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	The Kidd class was based upon the Spruance class but designed as more advanced multi-purpose vessels, originally intended for the Iranian Navy.
Arleigh Burke-class 	1988-present	190 	1991-present 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	Lead ship was first destroyer to be named after living person.
Zumwalt-class 	2008-present	140 	2016-present 	Escort
Screen
Anti-Air	
=== Armored cruisers (AGR) ===
Officially these ships were e.g., "Armored Cruiser No. 1". Unofficially, top naval officers initially referred to these ships as battleships because they cost almost as much, shared many features with them, and were intended to accompany them in fleet actions; they took care to ensure that Congress never heard their opinion. The 1905 Russo-Japanese War showed armored cruisers did not perform as well as either battleships or as other cruiser types. As battleship technology advanced they were judged obsolete for their original role about the time the last U.S. armored cruiser was commissioned (this advance in part led to the development of battlecruisers as a replacement), and so they were retained for other cruiser roles despite their deficiencies. During 1912–1920 the U.S. armored cruisers had their names changed from states to cities within those states to free up the names for battleships.
Class 	Built 	No. built	Years of service	Role 	Notes
Pennsylvania-class	1901-1908	6 	1905-1936 	Ship of the line	Renamed to Pittsburgh-class to free up state names for battleships
Tennessee-class 	1903-1906	4 	1906-1946 	Ship of the line	Renamed to Memphis-class to free up state names for battleships
=== Protected and Peace Cruisers (C/PG) ===
In the pre-1920 period abbreviations were informal and not standardized; officially these ships were, e.g., "Cruiser No. 1". Only the Montgomery class were unprotected cruisers, all the rest were protected cruisers. The Navy often referred to unprotected cruisers and obsolete protected cruisers (and some large gunboats without cruiser features) as peace cruisers due to their use in major policing and diplomatic roles.
Class 	Built 	No. Built	Years of service	Role 	Notes
Cincinnati-class	1889-1894	2 	1894-1945 	Ship of the line	May also be referred to as Raleigh-class cruisers, as Raleigh was launched and commissioned prior to Cincinnati
Montgomery-class	1890-1894	3 	1893-1945 	Ship of the line	
Denver-class 	1900-1905	6 	1903-1946 	Ship of the line	
St. Louis-class 	1902-1906	3 	1903-1446 	Ship of the line	
Erie-class 	1934-1936	2 	1936-1955 	Anti-air gunboat	While classified as patrol gunboats by the Navy, the 2,000 ton displacement Erie-class gunboats were designed to fulfill the role of peace cruisers in Asia and the Caribbean as detailed in internal Navy documents.
=== Scout cruisers (CS) ===
Class name 	Built 	No. Built	Years in service	Role 	Notes
Chester-class	1905-1908	3 	1908-1945 	Fleet vanguard	
Omaha-class 	1918-1925	10 	1923-1956 	Fleet vanguard	
=== Battlecruisers (CC) ===
The United States laid down its only six battlecruisers as part of the 1917 construction program; no further classes were ordered due to a Congressional review board questioning the usefulness of battlecruisers.
Class name 	Built 	No. built	Years of service	Role 	Notes
Lexington-class	1917-1921	6 	1918-1953 	Ship of the line	
=== Light cruisers (CL) ===
Class name 	Built 	No. built	Years of service	Role 	Notes
Omaha-class 	1918-1925	10 	1923-1953 	Escort	
Brooklyn-class 	1935-1938	9 	1938-1964 	Escort
Anti-Air	"Anti-Air Cruisers" designed to protect battleships from naval bombers
Atlanta-class 	1940-1945	8 	1941-1972 	Escort
Anti-Air	"Anti-Air Cruisers" designed to protect battleships from naval bombers
Cleveland-class	1940-1958	52 	1942-1979 	Escort	3 converted to Galveston-class guided missile light cruisers 1958-1960; 3 converted to Providence-class guided missile cruisers 1959-1960
Fargo-class 	1943-1946	13 	1945-1981 	Escort	
Worcester 	1945-1947	10 	1948-1982 	Escort	
=== Heavy cruisers (CA) ===
Class name 	Built 	No. built 	Years of service	Role 	Notes
Pensacola-class 	1926-1930	2 	1929-1952 	Ship of the line	
Northampton-class	1928-1931	6 	1930-1972 	Ship of the line	
Portland-class 	1930-1932	2 (5 ordered, 3 converted to New Orleans-class)	1932-1975 	Ship of the line	
New Orleans-class	1931-1937	7 	1934-1975 	Ship of the line	
Baltimore-class 	1941-1945	14 	1943-1971 	Ship of the line	Two converted to Boston-class guided missile cruisers in mid-1950s
Oregon City-class	1944-1951	10 	1946-1980 	Ship of the line	All converted to guided-missile cruisers in early 1960s
Des Moines-class 	1945-1949	12 	1948-1992 	Ship of the line	All converted to guided-missile cruisers in early 1960s
=== Large cruisers (CB) ===
The Alaska class, along with the Dutch Design 1047 battlecruiser and the Japanese Design B-65 cruiser, were specifically to counter the heavy cruisers being built by their naval rivals. All three have been described as "super cruisers", "large cruisers" or even "unrestricted cruisers", with some advocating that they even be considered as battlecruisers. However, they were never officially classified as capital ships, as that designation was reserved for true battlecruisers and battleships. Early in its development, the class used the US battlecruiser designation CC, which had been planned for the Lexington class. However, the designation was changed to CB to reflect their new status, "large cruiser", and the practice of referring to them as battlecruisers was officially discouraged. The U.S. Navy then named the individual vessels after U.S. territories, rather than states (as was the tradition with battleships) or cities (for which cruisers were traditionally named), to symbolize the belief that these ships were supposed to play an intermediate role between heavy cruisers and fully-fledged battleships.
Class name 	Built 	No. built	Years of service	Role 	Notes
Alaska-class	1941-1944	6 	1944-1981 	Ship of the line	Reclassified as battlecruisers in 1954; converted to guided-missile battlecruisers in early 1960s
=== Guided missile cruisers (CG/CGN) ===
Following the conversion of the Baltimore and Oregon City-classes, all guided missile cruisers would be built on 'destroyer hulls'; the pre-1975 ships were originally classified as destroyers (DDG) or as destroyer leaders (DLG) and termed 'frigates' before reclassification as cruisers.
Class name 	Built 	No. built 	Years of service	Role	Notes
Leahy-class 	1959-1964 	9 	1962-1995 	Ship of the line
Anti-air
Anti-missile	
Belknap-class 	1962-1967 	9 	1964-1995 	Ship of the line
Anti-air
Anti-missile	
Long Beach-class 	1957-1971 	5 	1961-1999 	Ship of the line
Anti-air
Anti-missile	First nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers
Virginia-class 	1972-1980 	11 	1976-2004 	Ship of the line
Anti-air
Anti-missile	Nuclear-powered
Ticonderoga-class	1980-1994 	27 	1983-present 	Ship of the line
Anti-air
Anti-missile	Diesel-powered
Owl-class 	2008-present	62 (21 in service, 8 building)	2011-present 	Ship of the line
Anti-air
Anti-missile	Nuclear-powered
=== Battleships (BB/BBG/BBGN) ===
Class name 	Built 	No. built	Years of service	Role 	Notes
Indiana-class 	1891-1893	3 	1895-1919 	Ship of the line	
Kearsage-class 	1896-1900	2 	1900-1920 	Ship of the line	USS Kearsage converted into a crane ship and used until 1955
Illinois-class 	1896-1901	3 	1900-1920 	Ship of the line	
Maine-class 	1899-1904	3 	1902-1920 	Ship of the line	
Virginia-class 	1902-1907	5 	1906-1920 	Ship of the line	
Connecticut-class 	1903-1908	6 	1906-1938 	Ship of the line	
Mississippi-class 	1908-1914	2 	1908-1914 (USN)
1914-1952 (Hellenic Navy)	Ship of the line	Only sale of functional US battleships to a foreign government
South Carolina-class	1906-1908	2 	1910-1947 	Ship of the line	First American dreadnoughts; Michigan sunk at Battle of Dover
Delaware-class 	1907-1908	2 	1910-1947 	Ship of the line	North Dakota sunk at Battle of Penzance
Florida-class 	1909-1911	2 	1911-1947 	Ship of the line	Utah sunk at Pearl Harbor
Wyoming-class 	1910-1912	2 	1912-1947 	Ship of the line	Arkansas sunk during Operation Crossroads
New York-class 	1911-1914	2 	1914-1946 	Ship of the line	New York sunk at Battle of Penzance, Texas preserved
Nevada-class 	1912-1916	2 	1916-1946 	Ship of the line	First "standard battleships"; Oklahoma sunk at Pearl Harbor
Pennsylvania-class 	1912-1916	2 	1916-1946 	Ship of the line	Arizona sunk at Pearl Harbor, now a war memorial
New Mexico-class 	1915-1919	3 	1917-1956 	Ship of the line	
Tennessee-class 	1916-1921	2 	1920-1974 	Ship of the line	Both converted to guided missile battleships in 1957
Colorado-class 	1917-1923	4 	1921-1977 	Ship of the line	All converted to guided missile battleships in 1957
South Dakota-class 	1920-1924	6 	1923-1986 	Ship of the line	"Maximum battleships", all converted to guided missile dreadnoughts in 1957
Alabama-class 	1936-1938	2 	1939-1995 	Ship of the line	"Fast battleships", all converted to guided missile dreadnoughts in 1957, ostensibly holds the record for fastest construction time for battleships in American history
Nebraska-class 	1937-1941	2 	1941-1995 	Ship of the line	"Maximum battleships", all converted to guided missile battleships in 1957
Maine-class 	1939-1942	4 	1942-1995 	Ship of the line	"Maximum battleships", all converted to guided missile battleships in 1957
Iowa-class 	1940-1944	6 	1943-2008 	Ship of the line	"Fast battleships", all converted to guided missile battleships in 1957, longest-serving battleships in the US Navy
Montana-class 	1949-1954	5 	1952-2008 	Ship of the line	"Maximum battleships", all converted to guided missile battleships in 1957
Arizona-class 	1953-1958	4 	1955-2011 	Ship of the line	First battleship class to be built as guided missile battleships, final diesel-powered battleship class
California-class 	1976-1982	5 	1979-present 	Ship of the line	First nuclear-powered guided missile battleships
Liberty-class 	2007-2013	8 	2011-present 	Ship of the line	Largest-ever nuclear-powered guided missile battleships, built in response to Russian Kirov-class battleships of similar size
=== Aircraft carriers (CV/CVN) ===
Class name 	Built 	No. built 	Years of service	Notes
Yorktown-class 	1934-1941 	4 	1937-1947 	
Essex-class 	1941-1950 	32 	1942-1991 	
Midway-class 	1943-1948 	6 	1945-1992 	
Forrestal-class 	1952-1958 	4 	1955-1998 	First supercarrier class
Kitty Hawk-class 	1956-1967 	3 plus 1 variant 	1961-2009 	Final diesel-powered carrier class
Nimitz-class 	1968-2006 	10 	1975-present 	First nuclear-powered carrier class (not counting unique USS Enterprise)
Robert F. Kennedy-class	2009-present	10 (1 in service, 1 fitting out, 2 building, 6 on order)	2017-present 	
=== Escort carriers (CVE) ===
This list does not include escort carriers that were transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as part of Lend-Lease.
Class name 	Built 	No. built	Years of service	Notes
Bogue-class 	1941-1943	45 	1942-1947 	Most converted for mercantile use
Sangamon-class 	1942 	4 	1942-1947 	
Casablanca-class 	1942-1944	50 	1943-1964 	
Commencement Bay-class	1943-1945	35 	1944-1957 	
=== Amphibious assault ships (LHA/LHD/LPH) ===
Class name 	Built 	No. built 	Years of service	Notes
Iwo Jima-class	1959-1969 	7 	1961-2002 	
Tarawa-class 	1974-1980 	9 	1976-2015 	
Wasp-class 	1985-2006 	8 	1989-present 	Bonhomme Richard damaged beyond repair in a fire on July 12, 2020
America-class 	2008-present	11 (2 in service, 2 building, 1 authorized, 6 yet to be authorized)	2014-present 	
=== Submarines ===
Class name 	Built 	No. built 	Years of service 	Role 	Notes
Plunger-class 	1900-1903 	7 	1903-1921 	Training 	
B-class 	1906-1907 	3 	1907-1921 	Training 	
C-class 	1906-1909 	5 	1908-1919 	Training 	
D-class 	1909-1910 	3 	1909-1928 	Training 	
E-class 	1911-1912 	2 	1912-1928 	Training 	
F-class 	1911-1912 	4 	1912-1928 	Training 	
G-class 	1909-1913 	4 	1912-1928 	Training 	
H-class 	1911-1918 	9 	1913-1928 	Training 	
K-class 	1912-1914 	8 	1914-1928 	Escort 	
L-class 	1914-1917 	11 	1916-1928 	Coastal defense 	
N-class 	1915-1917 	7 	1917-1928 	Coastal defense 	
O-class 	1916-1918 	16 	1918-1931, 1939-1946	Anti-ship 	
R-class 	1917-1919 	27 	1918-1931, 1939-1945	Anti-ship 	
S-class 	1918-1925 	65 	1920-1946 	Anti-ship 	
V-boats 	1921-1934 	9 	1924-1945 	Anti-ship 	The V-boats were a group of nine United States Navy submarines built between World War I and World War II from 1921 to 1934 under authorization as the "fleet boat" program. The term "V-boats" as used includes five separate classes of submarines: large, fast fleet submarines (V-1 through V-3), large long-range submarines (the minelayer V-4 and two submarine cruisers V-5 and V-6) and three medium-sized submarines (V-7 through V-9).
Porpoise-class 	1933-1937 	10 	1935-1945 	Anti-ship 	
Salmon-class 	1936-1938 	6 	1937-1945 	Anti-ship 	
Sargo-class 	1937-1939 	10 	1939-1946 	Anti-ship 	
Tambor-class 	1939-1941 	12 	1940-1945 	Anti-ship 	The last six of the Tambor class are often listed as "Gar-class" submarines. They were ordered in fiscal year 1940 (FY40); the previous six were ordered in FY39, and some design differences were anticipated. On 17 December 1938, the secretary of the navy decided that the FY40 class would duplicate the FY39 class. However, design collapse depth was increased from 450 feet (140 m) to 500 feet (150 m), with test depth remaining at 250 feet (76 m).
Mackeral-class 	1939-1941 	2 	1941-1945 	Coastal defense 	
Gato-class 	1940-1944 	77 	1941-1969 	Anti-ship 	
Balao-class 	1942-1947 	182 	1943-present 	Anti-ship 	One boat still in service with the Republic of China Navy as a training boat
Tench-class 	1944-1951 	80 	1944-present 	Anti-ship 	One boat still in service with the Republic of China Navy
Barracuda-class 	1949-1951 	3 	1951-1959 	Experimental 	
Tang-class 	1949-1952 	6 	1951-1983 	Anti-ship 	
Grayback-class 	1954-1958 	2 	1958-1964, 1969-1984	Cruise missile 	Regulus missile submarines
Barbel-class 	1956-1959 	3 	1959-1990 	Anti-ship 	First production submarines with a teardrop hull. Final American diesel-electric submarine class.
Skate-class 	1955-1959 	4 	1957-1989 	Attack 	First multi-boat class of American nuclear submarines
Skipjack-class 	1956-1961 	6 	1959-1990 	Attack 	
George Washington-class	1958-1961 	5 	1959-1985 	Ballistic Missile	First ballistic missile submarines
Permit-class 	1958-1967 	14 	1961-1996 	Attack 	Known as the Thresher-class until the lead boat USS Thresher was lost
Ethan Allen-class 	1959-1963 	5 	1961-1992 	Ballistic Missile	
Lafayette-class 	1961-1964 	9 	1963-1994 	Ballistic Missile	
James Madison-class 	1962-1964 	10 	1964-1995 	Ballistic Missile	
Sturgeon-class 	1963-1975 	37 (+1 modified variant for experimental research) 	1967-2004 	Attack 	
Benjamin Franklin-class	1963-1967 	12 	1965-2002 	Ballistic Missile	
Los Angeles-class 	1972-1996 	62 	1976-present 	Attack 	
Ohio-class 	1976-1997 	18 (6 cancelled) 	1981-present 	Ballistic Missile	
Wahoo-class 	2000-present	66 (21 active, 1 fitting out, 6 building, 2 order, remainder planned)	2004-present 	Attack 	
Columbia-class 	2020-present	12 (1 building, 2 on order, 9 yet to be authorized) 	TBD 	Ballistic Missile	
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