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NUMBERED UNITSMost of the images in this category are of Naval aviation squadron patches. These organizations can be properly referred to by three different names: 1. Formal name (e.g., Strike Fighter Squadron EIGHT SIX), which indicates the mission. (An acronym format is often used to shorten a name; e.g., STKFITRON EIGHT SIX or STKFITRON 86.) 2. Informal name (e.g., VFA-86), in which each letter has a meaning; in this case, "V" stands for fixed wing, "F" stands for fighter, and "A" stands for attack. For a complete list of these informal designations, see "Navy Squadron Designations and Abbreviations" article online. 3. Nickname – e.g., "Sidewinders." In the albums that follow, formal names are used. Informal names (in parentheses) and nicknames (in quotes) may or may not be listed. Viewers should note that all-caps numerical spell-outs in the formal names have been changed to Arabic numerals in this gallery to facilitate proper sorting.

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USN 0001-5

445 files, last one added on Mar 18, 2025
Album viewed 1829 times

USN 0006-10

234 files, last one added on Feb 27, 2025
Album viewed 1320 times

USN 0011-19

265 files, last one added on Mar 01, 2025
Album viewed 1051 times

USN 0020-29

222 files, last one added on Nov 10, 2024
Album viewed 1197 times

USN 0030-39

185 files, last one added on Nov 10, 2024
Album viewed 907 times

USN 0040-49

244 files, last one added on Feb 23, 2025
Album viewed 850 times

USN 0050-59

117 files, last one added on Feb 13, 2025
Album viewed 767 times

USN 0060-69

197 files, last one added on Jan 25, 2025
Album viewed 907 times

USN 0070-79

79 files, last one added on Apr 21, 2024
Album viewed 629 times

USN 0080-89

78 files, last one added on Nov 20, 2024
Album viewed 742 times

USN 0090-99

105 files, last one added on Nov 10, 2024
Album viewed 794 times

USN 0100-119

154 files, last one added on Mar 18, 2025
Album viewed 2890 times

22 albums on 2 page(s)

NAMED UNITSBroadly speaking, all organizations are named, but this section contains only those without numbers in their designations.

USN UNITS A-M

8 files, last one added on Jan 06, 2024
Album viewed 598 times

USN UNITS N

9 files, last one added on Mar 30, 2024
Album viewed 460 times

USN UNITS O-Z

12 files, last one added on Mar 18, 2025
Album viewed 505 times

3 albums on 1 page(s)

SHIPSThe names of commissioned ships of the U.S. Navy all start with USS, for "United States Ship." Non-commissioned (i.e., "in-service") vessels of the Navy under the Military Sealift Command have names that begin with USNS, standing for "United States Naval Ship," and are primarily civilian-manned. A letter-based hull classification symbol is used to designate a vessel's type (see Wikipedia article "List of hull classifications" for a complete list of symbols and their corresponding meaning). If a ship's hull classification symbol has "T-" preceding it, it is a ship of the Military Sealift Command, again with a primarily civilian crew. The system of symbols has changed a number of times since it was introduced in 1907, so ships' symbols sometimes change without anything being done to the ship itself. For images in this section, hull classification symbols are listed first, followed by the names. The names of ships are selected by the Secretary of the Navy. The names are those of states, cities, towns, important persons, important locations, famous battles, fish, and ideals.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Because the sorting software isn't as smart as humans, it sorts by the first digit in a number first rather than looking at the entire number, so for example, DDG-19 is displayed before DDG-2 rather than after it.

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USN AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

192 files, last one added on Jan 30, 2024
Album viewed 750 times

USN BATTLESHIPS

1 files, last one added on May 22, 2013
Album viewed 303 times

USN CRUISERS

1 files, last one added on Nov 02, 2023
Album viewed 40 times

USN FRIGATES

3 files, last one added on Nov 04, 2023
Album viewed 29 times

USN DESTROYERS

11 files, last one added on Jan 07, 2024
Album viewed 51 times

USN LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS

1 files, last one added on Nov 05, 2023
Album viewed 21 times

USN AMPHIBIOUS

11 files, last one added on Oct 20, 2023
Album viewed 1369 times

USN MINE COUNTERMEASURES

3 files, last one added on Nov 04, 2023
Album viewed 15 times

USN BOATS

0 files
Album viewed 0 times

USN AUXILIARY

4 files, last one added on Feb 13, 2021
Album viewed 284 times

USN OTHER SURFACE VESSELS

10 files, last one added on Jan 07, 2024
Album viewed 41 times

11 albums on 1 page(s)

SUBMARINESThere are two major types of submarines, attack and ballistic missile. Attack submarines (sometimes referred to as "hunter-killer" subs) have tactical missions, including locating and sinking other submarines, surface combatants, and merchant vessels. They are also used to protect friendly surface combatants and missile submarines. Some attack subs are also armed with cruise missiles, increasing the scope of their potential missions to include land targets. Some attack subs are also occasionally used for intelligence-gathering missions. Older attack subs were diesel-electric powered and used "SS" in their designations; current attack subs are nuclear powered and have "SSN" designations. Ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) primarily have the single strategic mission of nuclear deterrence by being hidden launching platforms for nuclear-armed SLBMs (originally Polaris, now Trident). However, some of these boats have been converted to launch standard (non-nuclear) cruise missiles and are designated SSGN.

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USN SUBS 1-99