Re: List of Ships in Fiction
Posted: January 3rd, 2017, 8:30 am
Part III: Fictional Warships 1945-2020
Section USSR/Russia - Vietnam
Notes: [please see notes for Part II on p.5 of this thread]
For more details on fictional aircraft, please see Appendix I. For more details on fictional weapons, please see Appendix II. For more details on fictional electronic systems and radars, please see Appendix III.
Soviet Union/Russia
Aviation Ships/ Aircraft Carriers
Pr.1123 Moskva Class
Moskva: real ship, helicopter assault ship refit early 1980s
Gorki: 1972
Riga
Kharkov: fitted with fictional 'Ultra-sonar' system, 1976
Pr.1143 Kiev Class
Komsomolec: 1979
Kharkov (Pr.1143.3 sub-class): 1985; misidentified Pr.1143.4 Baku
Fictional Pr.1143 Variants
Minsk: modified with high-energy beam-particle gun on hangar deck, 182m long structure with an elevator to aim the firing nozzle, ?x Yak-38, 35kt, 1989
Kiev, Minsk (Kuril Class): 40,000 tons, 281 x 60.9m (including flightdeck), 2x SA-N-3, 3x SA-N-4, 1x SUW-N-1, 14x2 57-30mm, 2x RBU-6000, Kiev has a portable laser system (stowed in hangar, deployed on deck), 25x Yak-36M & 25x Ka-25, 30kt; misidentified Kiev Class
Pr.1143.5 Class
Tbilisi (ex-Riga, ex-Leonid Brezhnev): real ship completed 1990
Fictional Classes
Togliatti, Allende: amphibious force carriers, 1980-85
Kreml: CVN, 75,000 tons, 335 x 40m (flightdeck 90m), 20x SS-N-19, 2x SN-N-14, 12x6 SA-N-6, 2x2 76mm (or 2x1 100mm), 9x 30mm CIWS, 1x RBU-6000, 70x Su-27 & ?x Ka-27, CONAS powerplant, 30-32kt, 5,000 crew & 1,500 Marines, 1985-89
Tbilisi: CVN, 70,000 tons, launched 1985; name clash real Pr.1143.5 Class carrier
Novgorod: CVN, ?x fictional Yak-56 strike fighters & Antonovs for naval infantry, 1990
Sergei G. Gorshkov: CVN, 90,000 tons, ?x EMP cannon, ?x ‘Teardrop’ SAMs, airgroup includes fictional MiG-33B fighters, 1995
Dzerzhinsky, Andropov: 1998
Beria, Yezhov, Zinoviev: helicopter carriers, 1998
Ul'Yanovsk (Pr.1143.7 Class): 60,000 tons, 324.6 x 75.5 x 10.8m, 12x SS-N-19, 4x SA-9 VLS, 8x CADS-N-1, 6x 30mm AK-630, 2x RPK-5 ASW, 30x fictional Su-37R Flanker & 10x Su-25 & 10x Ka-27PL & 5x Ka-25RT, ‘Strut Pair’ & ‘Top Plate’ radars, 32kt, 2004
Vladimir Putin: CVN, 2012
Battleships
Fictional Classes
Reninsky, Komsomol, Krasnoy, Pioneer: 78,000 tons, 4x2 18in L/50m 32kt, 1950s
Lenin Class: ?x 20in guns
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevski, Vasily Chuikov , Nikolai Vatsuchin , Konstantin Rokofusuki: 218,000 tons, 3x3 25in L/58
Strana Sovetov, Sovetskaya Belorossyia, Krasnaya Bessarabiya, Krasnaya Sibir', Sovietskaya Konstitutsia, Lenin, Sovetskiy Soyuz (K-1000 Class): 36,000-56,000 tons, 2x SS-N-1 launchers, 2x3 (or 3x3) 16in, 10x2 130mm, 5x10 57mm, 10x4 45mm, 16x2 37mm, 25-33kt, 1953
Gun Cruisers
Dmitri Donskoi (Pr.65): 4x3 180mm, 6x2 100mm, 12x2 37mm, 8x2 25mm, 2x5 533mm TT, 36kt, 1951
Moskva (Pr.66): 3x3 220mm, 4x2 130mm, 6x4 45mm, 6x4 25mm, 2x5 533mm TT, 34.5kt, 1953; name clash Pr.23 battlecruiser
Novograd, Leningrad (Pr.68 Chapayev or Pr.68bis Sverdlov Class)
Dimitri Lazarev (Pr.68bis Sverdlov Class)
Missile Cruisers
Pr.1134 Kresta I Class
Kresta: modified with 2x4 SS-N-3 ‘Shaddock’ SSMs & 2x Ka-25 ‘Hormone’
Pr.1134A Kresta II Class
Admiral Arbatov
Pr.1134B Kara Class
Yarosloavl
Pr.1164 Slava Class
Asov, Izentzi: 1990; names don’t fit class
Pr.1144 Kirov Class
Kirov: fictional 2010-2025 refit, 3x2 152mm (1 fwd, 2 aft), 1x 100mm (fwd), 20x fictional SS-N-29 SSMs, 10x fictional MOS-III SSM/ASW, 10x fictional SS-N-27B SSMs, SA-N-9 SAMs, 1x UDAV ASW mortar, 4x Khastan CIWS, 2x5 533mm TT, 4x phased array radar, 1x Fregat 3-D radar, 1x fictional Voshhod-2 ‘Dawn’ long-range radar, 3x Klinok SAM fire-control radars, 4x Kamov Ka-40
Vyerni
Kuznetzov: 2005; name clash Pr.1143.5 aircraft carrier
Unidentified Classes
Gordyi, Revolutsia: 1977
Fictional Classes
4x unnamed (Admiral Gorshkov Class): 1980-85
Riga: 4x Mil Mi-24 ‘Hind-A’, 1982
Karl Marx: 76,000 tons, 1998
Destroyers
Type 7 Class
Razyarenny: extant 1956
Pr.61 Kashin Class
Rossiya
Pr.1156 Sovremennyy Class
Poltava
Pr.1155 Udaloy Class
2x unnamed: SA-N-9 replaced by fictional SA-N-10 ABM, 1986
Vice-Admiral Sulakov: 1992
Borozdin: 1996
Admiral Kalnikov (fictional Pr.1155.? Udaloy III Class): 2x1 152mm (fwd & aft), ?x RBU-6000, 2x heli, has fictional Bell Crown torpedo decoy system, 2016
Unidentified Classes
Dostoyny: 1976
Otlitnyi, Slavny: 1977
Dskari, Svetlivyiare: 1979-83
Vasiliev
Fictional Classes
Guevara, Allende, Juan Bosch (Guevara Class): DDGN, ?x SSMs (retractable launchers), ?x SAMs, ?x 40mm, nuclear power, 50kt, 1974-80; unlikely names
Chenin Class: 1x gun (fwd), 16x fictional SS-N-100 ‘Skimmer Pole’ SLCMs, ?x VLS for fictional SA-N-60 SAM/SSMs ?x ADGM-series CIWS, 2x heli or Yak-236 ‘Fanner’ VTOL fighters & ‘Fat Fly’ RPVs with ‘Hanging Basket’ AEW radar, ‘Bugeye Pair’ air-search radar, 200 crew, 1986+
12x unnamed (Kura Class): 1998
Frigates
Shakal (Pr.50 Riga Class): 1989 refit, 3x1 100mm, 2x2 37mm, 1x25mm, 1x RBU-2500, 4x DCT, 1x DCR
Dostoiny, Razytelny (Pr.1135.1 Krivak III Class): 1979
Grisha III, Mirka (Pr.1124MP Grisha III Class): 1987; unlikely names
Unidentified Classes
Grozyyashchiy: 2000s
Fictional Classes
Krakvilsk, Kulmanov (Kurov Class): 1965-75
Unnamed (621): 2x4 SS-N-3 SSMs or SS-N-14 ASW, 1x2 SA-N-3 SAMs, 2x2 76mm, 1975
Patrol Ships
Barsuk: 2000s
SS
Eugen Onegin: WW2-era sub extant 1982
Unnamed (Dekabrist (Series I) Class): converted to transport 1950s
Ex-German Type XXI Class
5x unnamed: completed at Danzig for USSR, 1945-46
Pr.613 Whiskey Class
Svetlanosk: commissioned 1963, converted for marine research 1977 with divers ports & minisub, transferred to Argentina 1978
Slavianka (Pr.640 Whiskey Canvas Bag): fitted for ELINT, extant 1980s
Pr.641 Foxtrot Class
Mech Rodiny (Sword of the Motherland)
2x unnamed: modified with IR-guided SAMs, 1977
Pr.641B Tango Class
Korund
Krasnaya Zarya (Red Dawn): modified with experimental Magnetohydrodynamic drive in addition to normal diesel powerplant in 1990
Pr.940 India Class
Odessa: modified design, 2x16in ASW TT (4 reloads), 1991; Pacific-based
Pr.877 Kilo Class
Riga: modified with racks to carry caterpillar-tracked mini-sub, 1991
Unidentified Classes
Octopus: 1966
Fictional Classes
Chernikov Class: 25kt (sub), 24hr snorkel endurance, nuclear-tipped torps, 1950s
Krela, Kallinik (Krela Class): 1x nuclear mine, upperworks resemble NW Pacific fishing vessels, wooden hull sheath, built 1978
Minisub
Unnamed (R-2 Mala Class): modified for 3-man crew, 1993
Unnamed: 6.1m long, 2 crew, 20kt (sub), 200 miles, sold by 1994
SSG
2x unnamed (Pr.651 Juliet Class): modified with SA-N-5 SAMs, 1978; Black Sea Fleet
Fictional Classes
K-377: 1x100mm (aft), 1x rocket launcher (fwd), 1953
Unnamed: 3,000 ton, ?x TT, hangar & catapult for 4x SLCM or 2x a/c or 1x landing craft, 1956
SSGN
Pr.670M Charlie II Class
Unnamed: modified design, 8x 533mm TT, 30kt (sub), 1980
Pr.949A Oscar Class
Aleskey Krylov, Kulyenchikov: names don’t fit class
Mezen: modified with anti-aircraft laser weapons and fictional SS-N-34 SLBM, 1999
Fictional Classes
Krasnogvardeets (K-488) +3 unnamed (fictional Pr.949 Oscar Class): 12,000 tons, 151m long, ?x TT (torps & mines), 6x SS-N-19, 130 crew, 1985
Kaliningrad (fictional Pr.985 Omega Class): 600,000 tons (sub), 200m long, at least 6x 533mm TT, ?x 1000mm TT for Magnum 60kt nuclear-tipped torps, ?x SS-NX-27 SLCMs, 3,000MW nuclear power, polymer-injection stealth system, double-hulled with titanium inner hull, 2000
SSB
Pr.629 Golf Class
Doneska: 1963
Pr.629A Golf II Class
Krasnyy Molot (Red Hammer)
SSBN
Pr.658 Hotel Class
Dzerzhinsky: 1968
Pr.667B Delta I Class
Unnamed (K-343): 1971
Potemkin: 1977
Pr.667BD Delta II Class
Podorny: fictional first sub in class
Pr.667BDR Delta III Class
Puskin, Rokossovskiy, Vladivostok (K-517)
Vulkan: modified design, 13,250 tons, fictional AA-12 (R-77) SAMs, 36kt (sub)
Pr.667BDRM Delta IV Class
E. R. Sabir: 1989
Kharkov: carries fictional Zimorodok anti-carrier SSM
Krasnogvardeets
Natalia (K-524): by 2014 armed with 12x fictional Scorpion SLCM with MIRV; name doesn’t fit class
Pr.941 Typhoon Class
Baikal (TK-19)
Kougar (TK-51): name doesn’t fit class
Fictional P.941 Variants
Red October (Krasnyi Oktyabr) (TK-436): 30,000 tons, 183.5 (198m?) x 26.6 x 13m, 26x SS-N-20, 4x 650mm TT & 2x 533mm TT, magnetohydrodynamic ‘caterpillar’ drive, 1984; by date would be 7th sub in class
Saratov (TK-?): 5-round TT reload system, high automation for small crew, improved acoustic stealth, 2007
Arkhangelsk (TK-17): real sub modified with a hold/salvage claw for covert intelligence salvage operations replacing missile compartment, retains TTs, 2017
Vladivostok (ST-8): 171.6 x 24.7m, 26kt, 2,000ft diving depth, 155 crew & 500 troops, modified for troop insertion, 2032
Fictional Classes
Z Class: ?x TT, 1x SLBM, 1962
Zolóto (14-2967) (Zolóto Class): 6,000+ tons (sub), 8x SLBM, ? x TT, 1974
Zhukov, Timoshenko (+16 planned) (fictional Delta II Class): 16x fictional SS-N-9 (Mk II) MIRV SLBM, 20x solid-fuelled Mach 4 SSM/SAM cruise missiles, 2x drone minisubs (nuclear warhead), first two launched 1974
Rozhko (Yankee III Class): converted for remote-control operation, 1990
6x unnamed (Delta V Class): 300m long, 48x SS-N-28 & SLCM, ?x TT, SAMs, 2x UAVs, 2x minisubs, 3x sodium-cooled reactors, crush depth 1,800m, 1991
Semenoff: 1975-80
Unnamed: 24x SLBM, 1979
Unnamed: 330m, ?x guns, 60x SLBM, 1996
SSN
Pr.645 November Class
Novosibirski Komosomol: fitted with a device to stop torpedo electric motors, 1961
K-235, Arkangel, Leningrad, Murmansk, Odessa: 1962-68
Pr.671RT Victor II Class
Grishka
Riga: refitted with experimental sonar system by 1992
K-329: modified design, +2,000 tons (sub), extra TT (8-10x total), 34kt (sub)
Pr.671RTM Victor III Class
Amur, Doneska, Kirov, Ladny, Romanov, Tambov, Vitebsk, Vladimir, Vologda, Voronetz, Zhukov (K-331): Romanov unlikely name
Pr.705 Alfa Class
Novgorod, V.K. Konovalov, Leninskii Komsomol, Magadan, Petroverdets, E.S. Politovsky, Poltava, Red Scorpion, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Troikiska: real Alfa’s unnamed, Politovsky stated as 3rd in class
Potemkin: has experimental Acoustical Reproduction Device Number Seven acoustic camouflage system, new class prototype, 1968
Krasnaia Zvezda: converted with articulated arms forward for dismantling sonobuoys, hydrophones or for eavesdropping on SOSUS
Pr.658S/Pr.658U Modified Hotel Class
Rus: 1970s SSN conversion
Pr.945 Sierra I Class
Ametyst: 1989
Lenin: 1992
K-239, K-240: transferred to Iran 2004
Neva (Modified Sierra Class): fictional steel-hulled variant, 48kt (sub), 1989
Pr.971 Akula I Class
Orel: 1987
Pr.971U Akula II Class
Gepard (K-475): 2012; name clash 1991 Gepard (K-335)
Drakon, Volga, Zhukov
Wolff (SA-19): 109.7 x 14m, 40kt, 2,200ft diving depth, 140 crew & 350 troops, modified design, extant 2032; unlikely name & pennant
Pr.885M Yasen Class
Kazan (K-561): real sub modified for fictional SA-21 SAM variant, 2017
Snow Leopard: 2018
Unidentified Classes
Kronstadt: ?x TT, 2x nuclear-tipped torps, 1964
Gorgi Stalin: 1965-75
Kommosellet
Suslov: 1988
K-387: 1999, capable of carrying minisub
Tavda: 2003
Rostov: 2006
Fictional Classes
Kit (Whale) (K-2): prototype SSN, ?x TT (bow & stern), 1956
K-617: 12x 533mm TT (bow), 1x SLCM, 1962
Ilya Podogin: 6,500 tons (surf), 8,000+ tons (sub), 109.7m x 12.8m x 9.9m, 6x 533mm TT (12x torps, inc nuclear-tipped), 31kt (sub)/26kt (surf), nuclear powered 40,000shp, 300m max diving depth, 80 crew & 9 Spetsnaz troops, equipment includes ELINT, laser communications system, collapsible satellite dish, floodlight and radar, pre-1977 design
15 Avgusta +5 unnamed (X-Ray II Class): ?x TT, ?x SLCM (nuclear), 1991
Kondor (K-427): at least 4x TT, refitted with experimental ‘Aria’ sonar system, safe depth 300m, crush depth 350m, 79 crew, 1999
Other Submarines
Unnamed: 12,000 tons, 140+m long, carries 2x 20+m long Bathyscaphes, 1970
Auxiliaries
Fleet Oilers
Boris Chilikin (Pr. 1559V): real ship with modified armament, 2x1 100mm, 1x AK-630 30mm, 1x SS-N-2 launcher for fictional SS-NX-12, 1986
Submarine Tenders
Novosibirsk: covert submarine support vessel, 1964
Cuboc: SWATH yacht, modified to carry minisub, operated by Cuban front company, 1993
Submarine Rescue Ships
Volga (Nepa Class): 1974
Kronstadt: 1975
Karpaty: 1981
Karpaty II: 1989
Salvage Vessels
Sang A: salvage ship/AGI, Kashin class hull with modified upperworks, 1x2 KPV 14.5mm (concealed mount near bows), 18kt, 1974; owned by bogus South Korean company
Salvage Tugs
3x unnamed (fictional Oktober Class): 1974
AGI Ships
Deflektor: trawler/AGI, 1968
Kirov: trawler/AGI, 1968
Evgeny Plyanskov: trawler/AGI, 1969
Volga: trawler/AGI: 1970s
Gidrograf (fictional Pr.2030 Pamir Class): 1973; predates real Pr.1452 Pamir salvage tug
Revolyutsiya: research ship/AGI, 16,000 tons, diesel engines, 1972
Reduktor: 1973
Maxim Gorky: freighter/AGI, 17,000 tons, ?x MGs, fitted for ELINT, 1977
Antonov, Sokolov + 4 unnamed +18 planned (fictional Simeonov Class bulk carriers): 32,000 tons (deadweight), 24x nuclear mines (4x concealed bow ports), ‘Vee Cone', long range comms, 'Don 2' nav radar, 'High Pole' IFF, 'Side Globe' ECM, inertial nav system & electronic positioning system, 7 holds (1 refrigerated/weapons hold, 6 general cargo), 17kt, 15,000nm, 89 crew, 1979
Okean Glaz (Ocean Eye): trawler/AGI, fitted for ELINT, 1982
Unnamed (fictional Maya Class): 1983
Mikhail Kurkov: research ship/AGI, 1988
Research Ships
Akademik Knipovich: converted fishing vessel, 300ft long, carries minisub Vanya, 1977
Petr Vavilov (fictional Vostok Class): 1977
Andrei Vyborg: 1983
Academic Vladislav Volkov: 1999
Survey Ships
Zaytiv: 17,000 tons, 137 crew & 71 scientists, 1977
MTBs
Bolshevik: 25m long, ?x TT, 40+kt, wooden hull, 1956
Ekranoplans
Snezhana (A-90 Orlyonok Class) (S-?): assault transport WIG craft, 1983
Hovercraft
Fictional Classes
KvP-92 Class: 11 tons, 1x 30mm cannon & coaxial 7.92mm PKT MG (in turret), 1 ton payload, 3 crew & 8 troops, bow ramp, 1996
KvP-92v Class: 11.2 tons, 1x 82mm Vasilyek automatic mortar (in turret), 4 crew, 1996
KvP-92z Class: 11.5 tons, 1x 30mm 3-barrel cannon & 2x 12.7mm NSV MGs (in cupola), 1x 7.92mm 14.5mm KPV MG (bow), 2x 107mm B-11 RCLs (fixed fwd), 5 crew, 1996
KvP-121 Class: 86 tons, 2x1 12.7mm NSV MG remote-turrets, radar & sonar, 225 ton payload, 8 crew & 150 troops, bow & stern ramps, 1996
Other
Fictional Soviet Seventeenth Fleet (1998): Karl Marx battlecruiser; Beria, Yezhov, Zinoviev helicopter carriers; Dzerzhinsky, Andropov aircraft carriers, 16 missile cruisers, 12 Kura Class destroyers, 1 communications ship, 2 fleet tankers, 2 minesweepers, 1 amphibious support ship, 3 attack submarines and 4 supply ships
Ice Station Grendel: research facility and submarine dock built into ice island, operated 1937-48
Soviet Arctic Free Missile Base: four missile silos (R-13?) sunk into a hole in the icecap with an associated support facility, defences consist of torps, DCs and AA guns, 1961
Polaris Array: 6x nuclear weapons under Arctic icecap, late 1990s
Spain
Santa Maria Class: FFG, fictional 2020s refit, 1x24 Mk 41 VLS (96x RIM-162 ESSM) (replacing Mk 13 launcher), SeaRam (replacing Meroka), 2x4 Harpoon SSMs, Smart-S radar
Syria
Jammal: minisub (submarine hijack/attack), twin-hull, anechoic coating, 2009
Taiwan
National ship prefix: ROCS
Ex-USS Hibiscus (PC-1647): transferred 1966
Hung La: frigate, 2007
Tai Chiang (Tuo Chiang Class?): corvette, 1x 76mm, Hsiung Feng III SSMs (not fitted), 6x TT (fixed), first boat in class, 2005
Kin Men (fictional Kuang Hua III Class): frigate, 1x 40mm, 2x 20mm Phalanx (fwd & aft), 1x36 VLS (12x Harpoon, 10x ASROC, 14x Standard SAM), 1x8 Sea Sparrow, ?x 0.5in Browning, 4x (21in?) TT, 1-2x S-70C(M)-1/2 Blackhawk, stealthy French design
Hai Lang (Agosta 90B Class): intended 4th sub for Pakistan but sold to Taiwan, 2007
Hai Ming (Scorpène Class): built in Taiwan under licence, 2013
Thailand
National ship prefix: HTMS
Bangpakong (ex-PNS Tughril, ex-USS Oliver C Gaddis) (Knox Class): [see Pakistan entry]
Turkey
Erdemit: cruiser/destroyer, 1986
Sardis: cruiser/destroyer, 1986
United States of America
National ship prefix: USS
BB
Iowa Class [see also 1920-1945 Section]
Minnesota (BB-65), Montana (BB-68)
Kansas (BB-?): 9x16in (fires 1,900lb Mk.144 Improved Conventional Munition with 666 shaped-charge bomblets), ?x recon RPVs, 1991
Abraham Lincoln (BB-?): extant 2007
Fictional Classes
United States, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Montana (BB-?) (United States Class): 102,000 tons, 4x3 20in L/50, 31kt, 1950s; name clashes CVA-58, BB-57, BB-59 & BB-67
BBN/ BCGN
Fictional Classes
Husband E. Kimmel (BBN-?): 124,500 tons, 3x5 20in L/60
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John. F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight .D. Eisenhower +1 unnamed (BBN-?) (President Class): 1152,000 tons, 350m long, 3x3 22in L/60; name clashes SSBN-598, SSBN-602, CV-67, SSBN-600 & CVN-69
John F. Kennedy (President Class – 2nd use): 16,500 tons, CONAG, 45kt (nuclear only), 85+kt (nuclear & gas turbines, uses hydrofoils 65kt+), all-missile armament including Polaris & ASROC
John F. Kennedy (President Class – 3rd use): 16,500 tons, 700ft long, multiple engines on 2x shafts, 80 crew, all-missile armament, 1969
Protector (NMSS-1?), Consolidator (NMSS-2?), Vindicator (NMSS-3), Defender (NMSS-4), Peacemaker (NMSS-5) + 1 unnamed (Nemesis Class): 56,000 tons, 280 x 35 x 10m, (all weapons fictional) 2x1 155mm Mk.56, 4x 20mm Skyfire CIWS, ?x Arrowflash PDMS, 4x4 Seastrike area defence (air/sea), ?x Rayflex-2 ABMs, 2x4 BGM-119 Fire Lance cruise missiles (400x missiles), ?x4 Mk.72 ASW torps, Surface and Air Defence Integrated System (SADIS) & Naval Mobile-Response Strategic System for Fire Lance, 10x F-28 Skycat VTOL fighters, 12x Wolfmarine ASW heli, ?x Skyhook radar recon drones, twin reactors, four-shafts, 35kt, 414 crew, flightdeck on aft superstructure with 2x lifts, 1986+; note fictional NMSS nuclear-powered strategic missile battleship designation
CG
Oregon City Class
Morgan (CLC-?): command cruiser conversion, 1950s
Des Moines Class
Providence (CAG-141): guided-missile conversion, 1950s [see 1945-2020 section]
Leahy Class
Aubrey (DLG-?/CG-?)
Belknap Class
John Bell Hood (DLG-?/CG-?): 1969; name clash Gearing Class USS John Hood (DD-655)
McCulloch (DLG-?/CG-?)
Ticonderoga Class
Manassas (CG-74): 1983-94
Chattanooga (CG-85)
Sacagawea (CG-?): 1988-89
Hawaii (CG-?): 1992; name clash Virginia Class SSN-776
Bradley, Fort Klock, Harvey, Stones River (CG-?): 1990-96
Guildford Courthouse (CG-?): missiles include 8x SM-2 Tactical Aegis Lightweight ExoAtmospheric Projectile/ RIM-161 SM-3 ABMs, 1999; name doesn’t fit class
Monocacy, Savo Island (CG-?): has prototype Ballistic Missile Defence software for AEGIS & SM-2 Block 4A by 2003
Unidentified Classes
North Dakota (CA-?/CL-?/CAG-?): 1963
Wakefield (CG-?/CGN?): 1979
Phoenix (CG-?/CGN-?): name clash Los Angeles Class SSN-702
Robert J. Messia (CG-?): 2010
Essex (CG-?): 38kt, 2010
Concord (CG-?/CGN-?): helipad aft, 2012; name clash Mars Class Stores Ship USNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
Fictional Classes
Jackson (CG-?) (President Class – 4th use): ?x SAM, Harpoon, Mk 48 torps, 20x fictional Mk.8 Nuclear Depth Charges (5kT), ?x fictional 402 Armed Drone, 1x heli, OTH radar, 28+kt, 1997.
Cunningham (CLA-79, ex-DDG-79) (Cruiser Littoral Attack) (modified Arleigh Burke Class): DDG pennant clash USS Oscar Austin
Cunningham (CG-?): 18,000 tons, 580ft long, 2x1 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapid, ?x Advanced Phalanx (1x4 25mm & 2x quad RAM), ?x TT, 1x VLS (36x Harpoon 2, 12x Standard HARM, 12x Sea SLAM, 12x Strategic Cruise Missiles, 36x VL ASROC, 4x Aquahawks (ASW Tomahawk), 148x LORAIN, 28x4 ESSM (total 112), 1x Zenith anti-satellite round; 4x BRAVE 2000 drones & 2x SAH-66 Sea Commanche, AN/SPY-2A Augmented AEGIS, gas turbines driving 2x 45,000hp electric motors in podded propulsors, 30-42kt, stealth design with clipper bow and well deck
Clarence E. Walsh (CG-80): 1x 5in, 4x? VLS, 2x Phalanx, ?x heli, 2007
Peregrine, Gyre, Aplomado, Merlin (CG-?) (Falcon Class): 2x1 5in, ?x ‘enhanced’ Harpoon SSMs, 2x Shrike Class minisubs, AEGIS radar, 400 crew, 2017
USS Leyte Gulf (CG-?) (Nemesis Class): stealth cruiser, DDX-21 (Zumwalt Class) variant, 2021
CGN
Long Beach Class
Long Beach (CGN-9): fictional 1998 rebuilding, 1x 8in Mk71, 4x64 Mk 41 (32x Tomahawk, 256x SM-2/ASROC, 320x SM-2), 4x4 Harpoon, 3x Mk 49 RAM, 2x Phalanx, 2x3 12.75in TT, 4x heli, SPY-1D & SPS-49 radar & SQS-53C sonar
Stormy Beach (CGN-?): dubious name
Virginia Class
Madison (CGN-?): refitted 1993 with fictional AN/SPG-60A & 6x AN/SPG-51EE missile control radars, to receive '2nd Generation Aegis' during 1994; name clash USS James Madison (SSBN-627) and doesn’t fit class
Black River (CGN-?): refitted 1988 for operations support role, helicopter facilities upgraded for SH-3 Sea Kings; name doesn’t fit class
Unidentified Classes
Chesapeake (CGN-?): late 1960s
Montana (CGN-42): pennant from cancelled Aegis CGN program
Juneau (CGN-?): 1x 8in Mk 71, 1988; name clash with LPD-10
Hué City (CGN-?): has AEGIS, 2009; name clash Ticonderoga Class CG-66
Whisper (CG-86): gun & missile armament (?x RIM-67 Standard), twin reactors, 38+kt, has an electromagnetic cloaking device, resembles WW2 cruiser, 2010; correct pennant should be CGN-86
CV
Essex Class
Reprisal (CV-35): completed rather than scrapped in 1949
Forrestal Class
Langley (CV-?): 1955
Langley (CVBG-?): modified design, unknown modifications, 1993
Kitty Hawk Class
Halsey (CV-?): name clash Leahy Class cruiser USS Halsey (CG-23)
Unidentified Classes
USS Concord (CVA-58) (United States/ Forrestal Class?): extant 1972; name clash Mars Class Stores Ship USNS Concord (T-AFS-5) & pennant clash cancelled USS United States
Rio Grande, Springfield (CV-?): 1966; names don’t fit carriers
Beecher's Island (CV-?): 1970-1988; possibly a CVS, unlikely name
Euwtaw Springs (CV-?): airgroup includes F-19 stealth fighters, 1983; unlikely name
Sarasota (CV-?): 1996; unlikely name
Toledo (CV-?/CVN-?): possibly a CVS, airgroup of recon aircraft & F-14s, aging by 2007; name clash Los Angeles Class SSN-769
Fictional Classes
Cranshaw (CVA-?/CVN-?): 1970; name doesn’t fit carriers
Galveston (CV-?): 80,800 tons, 1,020ft long, airgroup includes A-7E Corsairs & F-4N Phantoms, 4,493 crew, 1977; name doesn’t fit carriers
CVN
Enterprise Class
Seahawk (CVN-65): pennant clash USS Enterprise, name doesn’t fit carriers
Columbia, Venture (CVN-?)
Nimitz Class
Benjamin Franklin (CVN-44): pennant widely out of sequence & name clash Benjamin Franklin Class SSBN-640
Andersonville (CVN-68): pennant clash USS Nimitz; unlikely name
Patrick Henry (CVN-74): 1995; pennant clash USS John C. Stennis
Constitution (CVN-77): pennant clash USS George W. Bush & name clash historic ship
Thomas Jefferson (CVN-77): modified flight deck & island, 4x8 Mk 41 VLS (64x ESSM), 4x RAM, SPY-3A radar; pennant clash USS George W. Bush
Douglas MacArthur (CVN-85): 1999; pennant widely out of sequence
Saratoga (CVN-88): 2014; pennant widely out of sequence
Johnson, McCluskey (CVN-?): 1978
Georgetown (CVN-?): 1988
United States (CVN-?): 1988-93; original name of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
Carl Jackson (CVN-?): 1993
Thomas Jefferson (CVN-?): 1994
Andrew Jackson (CVN-?): 1996
James Madison (CVN-?): 1996; name clash James Madison Class SSBN-627
Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVN-?): 1999; name clash Arleigh Burke Class USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
Daniel Webster (CVN-?): name clash Lafayette Class SSBN
Defiant, Titan, Valley Forge, Vincent (CVN-?): names don’t fit class; Defiant name clash harbour tug (YT-804)
Gerald R. Ford Class
Bennington (CVN-78): name & pennant clash USS Gerald R. Ford
Benjamin Harrison (CVN-79): name & pennant clash USS John F. Kennedy
Hillary Clinton (CVN-80): 2021; name clash USS Enterprise
Liberator (CVN-81): 2022-27, name doesn’t fit carriers
Van Buren (CVN-81 or CVN-82): 2030; name doesn’t fit carriers
Midway (CVN-82): 2014 or 2025
Connolly (CVN-84): 2045; name doesn’t fit carriers
Wilmington (CVN-85): name doesn’t fit carriers
Daniel Webster (CVN-86)
Barack Obama (CVN-08): pennant doesn’t match current system
William J. Clinton (CVN-?): 2018
Unidentified Classes
Endeavour (CVN-?): larger than USS Enterprise, 1965
Valiant (CVN-?): 1,200ft long (main flight deck 1,080ft, angled deck 800ft), 49kt, launched 1978; name doesn’t fit carriers
Rodgers T. Humphrey (CVN-?): 1992
Universal Conquest (CVN-?): 2016; dubious name
Fictional Classes
Daedalus (CVN-88), Olympia (CVN-?): airgroup includes 20x F-22, stealth design
Coral Sea (CVN-78), Midway (CVN-79), Leyte Gulf (CVN-80), Reprisal (CVN-81) (Coral Sea Class): 78,243 tons, 340.1 x 76.5 x 11.9m, 2x8 Mk 41 VLS (ESSM), 2x RAM, 4x Phalanx, 78x a/c, 34kt 2,710 crew, 2013-30; pennant clashes USS Gerald R. Ford, John F. Kennedy & Enterprise
Freedom (CVN-83): 337 x 105m, ?x8 Mk21 Centurion (ESSM SAMs), ?x21 Mk49 (RIM-116 RAM SAMs), ?x 20mm Praetorian 1C CIWS, airgroup of F/A-181 Black Wasp II fighters, Sentinel UCAVs, UH-80 Ghost Hawk & V-44X Blackfish VTOL, 2030s
DD
Fletcher Class [see also 1905-1945 section]
Percival (DDE-452): 1950s DDE conversion with Hedgehog, pennant out of sequence & from cancelled 1945 experimental DD
McCann (DD-?): extant 1965/66
Gearing Class [see also 1905-1945 section]
Hagan (DD-350)
Lansdale (DD-766): ELINT conversion (post-FRAM), 2x2 5in, ASROC, Sea Sparrow; real ship fictionally extant 1991
Reynolds Ryan (DD-768): 1960s FRAM upgrade, 1970s AN/SQS-35 VDS trial; pennant clash uncompleted USS Hoel
Robert B. Sprague (DD-884)
Hawke (DD-894): FRAM upgrade
Duarte (DD-901)
Allen M. Sumner Class [see also 1905-1945 section]
Eugene Ebersole (DD-722): 1960s FRAM upgrade; pennant clash USS Barton
Charles F. Adams Class
Latner (DD-952): pennant originally assigned USS Charles F. Adams before change to DDG-2
Dauntless (DDG-25): pennant assigned to hull of HMAS Perth
Spruance Class
Rubicon (DD-964): pennant clash USS Paul F. Foster
Hartung (DD-998): 1983
Wade (DD-999)
Dallas (DD-?): 1971; pre-dates first Spruance class ship, name clash 1981 Los Angeles Class SSN-700
Thomas W. Horn (DD-?): refitted with VLS
Stinson (DD-?): refitted with extra ELINT gear
John P. Melward (DD-?): extant 1996
Jack Clay, Moran (DD-?)
Unidentified Classes
Bartlet (DD-?) (Gearing or Allen M. Sumner Class): extant 1950s
Newark (DD-?) (Gearing or Allen M. Sumner Class): extant 1968
Yorktown (DD-?): 1950s; name clash Essex Class CV-10
Bainesworth (DD-? /DDG-?): 1968
Badger (DD-? /DDG-?): 1968; name clash Fletcher Class USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657) & Knox Class FFG-1071 launched 1970
Raynor (DD-?/DDG-?): 1971
Barton, Foster, Kuntz, Talbot, Wainright, Wilhelm (DD-? /DDG-?): Talbot name clash Brooke Class FFG-4
Fictional Classes
Abel, Farnley (DD-?) (Abel Class): 3,500 tons, 390 x 40ft, 3x2 5in, 1960s FRAM upgrade; similar to Gearing Class [see 1920-45 section]
Melville (DD-998): 1x 5in, Mk 41 VLS (SM-2 & VL ASROC), Phalanx, 2x3 12.75in TT (some torps nuclear-armed), modified Arleigh Burke?, 1999; pennant clash with Spruance series
DDG
Farragut Class
Bedford (DLG-113): 1963; pennant doesn’t fit DLG classes
Forrest Sherman Class
Skerrett (EDDG-31): later experimental use; pennant clash USS Decatur
Abel (DD-907): pennant of cancelled Gearing Class ship, should be DDG
Carlyle (DD-949): pennant clash USS Parsons (later DDG-33)
Somerset, Dale, Coghlan, Able, Farnley (DDG-?): Dale name clash Leahy Class CG-19
Kidd Class
Spruance (DDG-997): name clash Spruance Class DDG-963 and pennant clash USS Hayler
Barrett (DDG-998): has fictional ACDADS (Automated Combat Decision and Direction System) (aka 'Elmo'), 1980 [see DD-998 Spruance entry above]
Sheppard (DDG-998): possibly a mis-designated Spruance
Arleigh Burke Flight I Class
Cayuga (DDG-51), Chattanooga (DDG-51): pennant clash USS Arleigh Burke
Potter, Gates (DDG-?): 1992
Stephen Decatur (DDG-?): 1996; name clash DDG-73
Arleigh Burke Flight II Class
Daniel Boone (DDG-72): 1998; pennant clash USS Mahan
Arleigh Burke Flight IIA Class
Thomas Lyons (DDG-98): 2006; pennant clash USS Forrest Sherman
John Cooper (DDG-99): 2006; pennant clash USS Farragut
Vance (DDG-101): 2007, pennant clash USS Gridley
Bainbridge (DDG-107): pennant clash USS Gravely & name clash DDG-96
Patrick Lawrence (DDG-112): 2012; pennant clash USS Michael Murphy
Mulinux (DDG-112): pennant clash USS Michael Murphy
Wilkerson (DDG-114): pennant clash USS Ralph Johnson
Gillcrist (DDG-114): 1998, pennant clash USS Ralph Johnson, pennant out of sequence by date
O'Callahan (DDG-119): pennant clash USS Delbert D. Black
Nathan Jones (DDG-151): 2014; pennant widely out of sequence
Hayward (DDG-157): 2014; pennant widely out of sequence
Foster (DDG-?): 2003; name clash Spruance Class Paul F. Foster
Larsen, Neilson (DDG-?): 2004
Ingram (DDG-?): 2012
Shackleton, Frank W Fenno (DDG-?): 2014
Carolina, Oregon (DDG-?): 2020-27; names don’t fit class
Arleigh Burke Uncertain Sub-Class
James Greer (DDG-102): pennant clash USS Sampson
Walter W. Winterburn (DDG-132)
Borealis, Brandywine, Cobie Kasson, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Kidd, MacIntyre, McLane, Niagara, Richard Ward (DDG-?): Eisenhower name clash Nimitz Class CVN-69
Fictional Arleigh Burke Variants
Red Cloud (DDG-?) (Flight I Class): fitted with fictional experimental Scimitar gamma-ray laser system with an aft dome replacing aft VLS & heli pad and a triple-rail Highwire missile launcher on stbd prow, 1990; unlikely name
William S Sims (DDG-113) (Flight IIIB Class): 9,250 tons, 550.5 ft x 66.9ft, 1x127mm Mk 45, 1x64 & 1x 32 Mk 41 VLS, SPY-1D radar, 34kt; pennant clash Flight IIA USS John Finn
Towers (DDG-103), Albert D. Kaplan, Donald Gerrard +1 (DDG-?) (Flight III Class): 529ft x 66.5ft, Kaplan has fictional Sea Shrike UAVs, 2007-18; DDG-103 pennant clash USS Truxtun
Bowie (DDG-141) (Flight IV Class): 1x 200kW laser, ?x UAVs, 2014
Zumwalt Class
Fletcher (DDG-1005): 2015; pennant implies two other additional ships
Sentinel (DDG-?): equipped with Aegis and SM-3 Standard, 2011-12
Unidentified Classes
James T. Doig (DDG-?): extant 1971
Schaufelberger (DD-7): 1970+; wrong pennant for DDG & out of sequence
Kentucky (DDG-?): 1985; name clash Ohio Class SSBN-726 & doesn’t fit destroyers
Bollinger, Fort Pulaski, Prospect (DDG-?): 2007-18
Hopper: 2010
Fictional Classes
Adair (EDDG-?): modified Farragut/Charles F. Adams design, fwd 5in replaced by experimental laser cannon powered by a solar boiler with a parabolic mirror mounted behind the fire control position and ahead of the stack, helipad, 40kt, 250 crew, 1978
Nathan James (DDGN-80), Cantwell (DDGN-?) (Nathan James Class): 466ft x 59ft x 27ft, 2x61 Mk 41 VLS (56x 200kT Tomahawk TALM), nuclear-powered, 38kt, 1988; DDG pennant clash Arleigh Burke Class USS Roosevelt
2x Bush Class (DDG-?): 2007
Amanda Garrett (DDG-?) (James H. Cobb Class): air warfare DDX-21 (Zumwalt Class) variant, 14,564 tons, 600 x 79.1 x 27.6ft, 20x Mk 57 VLS (80x ESSM/Tactical Tomahawk Block IX/SM-2 Block VI/VL ASROC), 2x1 155mm AGS, 2x1 57mm Mk 110, 2x1 40mm Metal Storm CIWS, AN/SPY-3 MFR and Volume Search Radar, 2x SH-60 LAMPS or 1x MH-60R & 3x MQ-8 Fire Scout, 2x Rolls-Royce Trent-30 gas turbines, 30.3kt, 140 crew, 2021
DE
John J. Stevens (DE-?/DER-?) (Edsall Class): radar picket conversion by 1956
Ardent (DE-?): represented by HMCS Mackenzie (DDE-261)
FFG
Glover (FF-1098) (Garcia Class): converted for NSA for missile tracking and communications interception by 1992, 1x 5in Mk 30, helipad & hangar aft
Louis Strong (FF-1099), Fermenger, Oliver C. Gaddis, Prospect (FFG-?) (Knox Class)
Oliver Hazard Perry Class
Ellyson (FFG-19), Stanley Dace (FFG-19): 1981; pennant clash USS John A. Moore
Stockdale (FFG-62): 1989
Alvin L. Bowman (FFG-62): 1991
Monroe Smith (FFG-63), Bancroft (FFG-63): 1989
Hennessey (FFG-65): 1989
Turner Van Zandt (FFG-91): 1990; pennant widely out of sequence
Lawrence (FFG-?): name clash Charles F. Adams Class DDG-4
Bulkeley, Esek Hopkins, James Crowe, Stevens (FFG-?)
Unidentified Classes
Bradford (FFG-?): 1986
Manchester (FFG-?): 1985+
Jackson Baldwin (FFG-?): 2000
Trippler, Wallingford (FFG-?): 2007-18
Wasp (FFG-?): 2010
Fictional Classes
Bradford (FF-?): 1,200 tons, 1x propeller, research ship by 1986; modified Claud Jones design?
Monitor (FFG-?): ?x fictional Hyperion SLCM, 1983
Boise (FFG-218): 2x Mk 13 launchers (RIM-66, RIM-24 & Mk13B IR-guided anti-missile missiles), 4x4 Harpoon, 1x Phalanx, 1x SH-60 Seahawk, 35kt, 1989; pennant widely out of sequence
Isaac Hull (FFG-?): 410 x 45ft, 1x 5in, 1x VLS (aft), 2x Phalanx CIWS (midships), 4x TT, helipad aft, 2012
Littoral Combat Ships
Independence Class
Philadelphia (LCS-?): 2009; name clash Los Angeles Class SSN-690 decommissioned 2010
Fictional Classes
Kandahar (LCS-?) (Baghdad Class): littoral assault ship, 2021
12x unnamed (LCS-40-52) (LCS-40 Patriot Class): 2,850 tons, 115.3 x 17.5 x 3.9m, 1x 57mm Mk110, 4x8 Mk 41 VLS (SM-2 & ESSM), 1x 35mm Millennium Gun, 2x4 12.75in TT (72x torps), 1x heli/VTOL, SPY-1K+ phased array radar, 32kt, 49 crew, 2020s
Patrol Hydrofoils
Unnamed (PH-17) (Pegasus Class)
SSBN
George Washington Class
William B. Cushing (SSBN-?): 1961
Ethan Allen Class
John Hay (SSBN-?)
Benjamin Franklin Class
Virgil Grissom (SSBN-?): converted for Trident in 1978
John Hancock (SSBN-?): 1970; name clash 1979 Spruance Class DD-981
Millard Fillmore, Seamount (SSBN-?)
Ohio Class
Nevada (SSBN-733): real sub modified with hangar bay replacing missile silos, 1x V-22 Osprey & 1x ‘Phalanx Dragon’ VTOL aircraft, 4x 21in TT, 1990
Montana (SSBN-737): 1986; pennant clash USS Kentucky of 1992 and name clash Virginia Class SSN-794
Phoenix (SSBN-?): 23x Trident C-4 & 1x Milstar, ?x Harpoon SSM, 1986; name clash Los Angeles Class SSN-702 & doesn’t fit class
Utah (SSBN-745): 1998; pennant of first cancelled Ohio Class sub
Colorado (SSBN-753): pennant out of sequence & clash with Los Angeles Class USS Albany & name clash Virginia Class SSN-788
Hunley (SSBN-777): pennant out of sequence & clash Virginia Class USS North Carolina, name doesn’t fit Class [see SSGN section]
Atlantic (SSTN-777): 25kt, 1,300ft diving depth, 145 crew & 300 troops, modified for troop insertion, 2032
Vermont (SSBN-781): modified with active sonar system; pennant out of sequence & clash with Virginia Class USS California (SSN-781)
New York (SSBN-921) later renamed USS Alaska (SSBN-926): 1989; pennant widely out of sequence
California (SSBN-?): name clash California Class CGN-36 & Virginia Class SSN-781
Massachusetts (SSBN-?): name clash Virginia Class SSN-798
South Dakota (SSBN-?): described as last in class; name clash Virginia Class SSN-790
George Washington Carver (SSBN-?): name clash Benjamin Franklin Class SSBN-656
George Washington Carver (SSBN-?): different to above entry, modified design with sound-absorbing coating, computer-controlled sheathing and modified conning tower, 40+kt, 1985-99
Oregon (SSBN-?): decommissioned but refitted as ‘research’ sub with seawater-fuelled powerplant, retained armament capability, 30kt, 2000
William Taft (SSBN-?): modified design, 576ft x 46ft, 30x Trident II SLBM, ?x 21in TT (some aft), 2,400ft crush depth, 2016; unlikely name
Andromeda, Clinton, Nighthawk, Portland (SSBN-?): extant 2027; names don’t fit class
Unidentified Classes
Sharkfin (SSBN-?): 16x SLBM, 1968-72
Saint Louis (SSBN-?): 1968-72
Falcon, Hawk (SSBN-?): ?x Poseidon SLBM, 1970
Tempe (SSBN-?): ?x Polaris, extant 1989
Blue Fin (SSBN-?): 1986
Scotia (SSBN-?): 8x Trident, 2007
Dolphin (SSBN-?): 2008; name clash research submarine AGSS-555 decommissioned 2007
Fictional Classes
Polaris (SSN-571): 10x 21in TT (6x bow, 4x stern), 1x rocket launcher (?x missiles, 2-stage, 1,500 miles range), 1959; pennant clash USS Nautilus
Snapper (SSBN-?): ?x TT, 4x SLBMs, 2x4 SAMs, 1962
Pyramus (SSBN-?): 18x Polaris, 1967
Undaunted (SSBN-?): 16x Polaris (tubes mounted fwd of sail), 4x 21in TT (some nuclear warhead torps), 1968
Shenandoah, Willowtrack (SSBN-?) (Shenandoah Class): ?x Polaris, 4x TT, 40kt, 1966
Avenger, Liberty, Retribution, Swordfish (SSBN-?) (Trident Class): 24x Trident, 4x reactors, 1979
Adresteia (SSBN-?) (Mjölnir Class): 17,000 tons, 560ft long, 24x Trident, ?x TT (Mk.48 torps & SUBROC), 40kt (sub), 150 crew, has laser communications system, 1979
Hercules (SSBN-?): 18,000 tons, 560ft long, 16x Trident, 2015
SS
Stingray (SS-161) (Balao GUPPY II Class)
Whitefish (SS-432) (Balao GUPPY): cancelled sub completed 1945
Hawkbill (SS-?) (GUPPY I/II/IIA/III Class?): extant 1992
Hagfish (APSS-313) (Balao Class): transport role 1960s; pennant clash USS Perch
Fictional Classes
Hunley (XSS-568): 580 tons, 165ft long, 4x2 21in TT, 2x 1,000hp diesels & 2x 1,200hp motors, 39kt (sub), 17.5kt (surf), 10,000nm range, 9 crew, 1946, streamlined hull; pennant clash Tang Class USS Harder
Squallfish (SS-?): 350ft long, 6x 21in TT (bow) + ?x 21in TT (stern), 100 crew, GUPPY conversion by 1956
Unnamed (SS-387): 200ft long, 12x 21in TT (6x bow, 6x stern), 6x V-2 type ballistic missiles fired from 2x horizontal tubes, water-jet propulsion, 1949; pennant clash decommissioned Balao Class USS Pintado
Archerfish (SS-?) (A-212 Class): German built, 1993
Stonewall Jackson (SS-?): new design, 2018
SSG
Bluefin (SSG-348) (Gato Class): refitted with JB-2 Loon in 1950; pennant clash USS Cusk
Grampus (SSG-523) (Tench Class): Regulus conversion
SSGN
Hunley (SSGN-777) (Ohio Class): conversion, formerly SSBN-777 [see SSBN section]
Fictional Classes
Unnamed (SSN-777): 4x 21in TT (bow), 1x Regulus launcher, 1958; pennant clash Virginia Class USS North Carolina
Crichton (SSGN-?): ?x TT, 1x SLCM, 31kt (sub), 1962
Angel Shark (SSGN-559): pennant in cancelled SS-557-562 gap
Lewis & Clark (SSGN-999) (Triton Class): 24x Poseidon, 6x TT-launched Tomahawk, ?x 21in TT, 1977
Martin Luther King (SSGN-?/SSN-?) (Centurian Class): 380ft long, ?x TT, 48x SLCM/Harpoon, 50kt+ (sub), 102 crew, boundary layer control system for high underwater speed, 2006
SSK
K-7 (SSK-7) (Barracuda Class)
SSN
Skate Class
Tigerfish (SSN-509): pennant not in sequence but within cancelled gap SS-495-521
Manta, Neptune (SSN-?)
Skipjack Class
Jackman (SSN-515): pennant clash cancelled Tench Class sub, unlikely name
Barracuda (SSN-593): pennant clash USS Thresher lost 1963, name doesn’t fit class
Edmond Roald Amundsen (SSN-?/SSGN-?) (ex-USS Scorpion (SSN-589)): 6x 21in TT (18x Tomahawk, no torps) by 1983; name doesn’t fit class, real Scorpion’s 1968 sinking a cover for subsequent covert use
Memphis (SSN-?): name clash Los Angeles Class (SSN-691) of 1977
Rockfish, Sea Tiger, Skippack, Sterlet (SSN-?)
Thresher Class
Moray (SSN-570): pennant out of sequence and originally allocated to USS Mackerel (SST-1)
Sawfish (SSN-623): 1964; pennant clash Lafayette Class USS Nathan Hale
Dolphin (SSN-?): 1963; name clash USS Dolphin (AGSS-555)
Dragonfish, Mako, Threadfin (SSN-?)
Sturgeon Class
Wayne (SSN-593): 1977; pennant clash sunken USS Thresher
Paddlefish (SSN-654): pennant clash Benjamin Franklin Class USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654)
Viperfish (SSN-655): pennant clash USS Guitarro
Redfish (SSN-672): original name of USS William H. Bates (SSN-680), pennant clash USS Pintado
Orca (SSN-?): sunk 1971
Neptune (SSN-?): 1974; name clash cable repair ship ARC-2
Defiance (SSN-?): name clash Asheville Class gunboat PG-95
Chicago (SSN-?): name clash Albany Class CG-11
Beaumont, Cabezon, Copperhead, Pequod, Plymouth, Scorpionfish, Steelhead, Yellowtail (SSN-?)
Unidentified Early SSN Classes
Swordray (SSN-?): 1957
Moray, Thumper (SSN-?): 1958
Copperfin (SSN-575): 2,190 tons, 267ft long, 1958; pennant clash USS Seawolf
Tigershark (SSN-?): carries minisub Lungfish, 1959
Nemo (SSN-?): 8,000 tons, 1968
Devilfish, Stingray (SSN-?): 1968-72
Los Angeles Class
Woodbridge (SSN-349) (688i Sub-Class): 1999; pennant widely out of sequence
Watertown (SSN-696): 1979; pennant clash USS New York City
Charleston (SSN-704) (688i Sub-Class): has magnetohydrodynamic ‘caterpillar’ drive; pennant clash USS Baltimore
San Pedro (SSN-747): pennant in cancelled sequence SSN-744-749
Monterey (SSN-749): modified with Virginia Class anechoic tiles; name clash Ticonderoga Class cruiser (CG-61)
Cathedral City (SSN-757): 1991; pennant clash USS Alexandria
Portland (SSN-773): 1996; pennant clash USS Cheyenne
Anchorage (SSN-775): 1998; name clash Anchorage Class LSD-36 & later LPD-23, pennant out of sequence & clash Virginia Class USS Texas
Oakla (SSN-788): pennant clash later Virginia Class USS Colorado
Lansing (SSN-795): 2001; pennant clash Virginia Class USS Hyman G. Rickover
Oakland (SSN-798): 1996; pennant clash Virginia Class USS Massachusetts
Valhalla (SSN-905): 1997; pennant widely out of sequence
Hampton Roads (SSN-?): 1979
Triton (SSN-?): ?x fictional SOW 300-mile range rocket-torps, 1987; name doesn’t fit class
Aspen, Manchester, Greensboro, Rosemont (SSN-?): 1989; by date would fit cancelled sequence SSN-744-749
Kansas (SSN-?): 1990-95; name clash oiler USS Kansas City AOR-3
Denver (SSN-?): 1990-95; name clash Austin Class LPD-9
Little Rock (SSN-?): 1990-95
Tacoma (SSN-?): 1992; name clash Asheville Class PG-92
Tampa (SSN-?): 1993
Orlando, Ulysses, Davies (SSN-?): 1996; by date would fit cancelled sequence SSN-774-777
Indiana (SSN-?): 1998; name clash Virginia Class SSN-789
Princeton (SSN-?): name clash Ticonderoga Class cruiser CG-59
Seattle (SSN-?): name clash Sacramento Class fast combat support ship AOE-3
Atlanta, Colorado Springs, Encinitas, Reno, Seahawk, Springfield, Tallahassee, Tulsa, Wilmington, Winston-Salem (SSN-?)
Virginia Class
Santa Maria (SSN-727), Poseidon (SSN-729): 2005; pennant clash Ohio Class USS Michigan & USS Georgia
North Dakota (SSN-782): pennant clash Mississippi, real pennant is SSN-784
Maryland (SSN-795): pennant clash Hyman G. Rickover & name clash Ohio Class SSBN-738
Kansas (SSN-799): 2017; pennant clash USS Idaho
John Paul Jones (SSN-800): pennant assigned for Block V sub, name clash Arleigh Burke Class DDG-53
Utah (SSN-801): planned real sub fictionally completed 2016
Crawford (SSN-806): pennant assigned for Block V sub
Nebraska (SSN-808): pennant assigned for Block V sub
Oregon (SSN-810): name clash Block IV SSN-793 & pennant assigned for Block V sub
Montana (SSN-812): 12th sub in class; name clash SSN-794 & pennant assigned for Block V sub, implies USS Virginia is SSN-800 rather than SSN-794
Kansas (SSN-849): built as trials sub but declared operational 2014; pennant widely out of sequence
Essex, Hammerhead, Hornet, Leopard, Orion (SSN-?): 2007
Obama (SSN-?): 2016; unlikely name
Barracuda (ex-USS ?) (SSN-?): modified with all weapon systems removed, sonars retained, can dock fictional USV ‘Nellie’, 2017
Chicago, Denver (SSN-?): 2021
Seawolf Class
Piranha (SSN-23): modified design, 400ft+ long, streamlined conning tower, 2007; pennant clash USS Jimmy Carter
War Eagle (SSN-24): 4th sub in class, built in secrecy, 2007
Massachusetts (SSN-224): another 4th sub in class, 2008; name clash Virginia Class (SSN-798); pennant widely of sequence
Tigershark (SSN-28): pennant implies is 8th sub in class
Mako (SSN-?): 2001
Allegiance, Renegade (SSN-?)
Unidentified Late SSN Classes
Sea Trench (SSN-?): 1978
Manta (SSN-?): 1985
Pocatello (SSN-?): 1988
Blackhawk (SSN-?): 1989+
Bow Fin: 1990
Liberator (SSN-?): 1991
Devilfish, Farley (SSN-?): 1992
Specter (SSN-?): 1997-2007
Kingfisher (SSN-?): 2008; name clash Osprey Class minehunter MHC-56
Blowfin (SSN-?): 2008
Vickery (SSN-?): 2014
Archer, Winfield Scott (SSN-?)
Fictional Classes
Courage (SSN-?): highly automated, 5 crew, 1958
Charger, Rapier (SSN-?): 3,000 tons, 60+kt, 3,000ft max operating depth, 56 crew, 1970
Neptune (SSN-?): 23,000 tons, 1,980ft long, “unique” profile includes an opening bay in the conning tower, fake submarine for deception duties, 1976
Hawk (SS(N)-2207), Falcon (SS(N)-2208) +4 unnamed (Hawk Class): 9,600 tons, 960ft long, ?x 21in TT, 16x Poseidon SLBM, 136 crew, 1970s; note unusual pennants
USS Orcus (SSN-?) (Los Angles Class?): ?x TT (Mk.48 torps & SUBROC), 40+kt (sub), active/passive & towed sonars, underwater laser range finder and laser communications system, 1979
Starbuck (SSN-989): 320ft long, 2x reactors, 30x fictional Hyperion SLCM, ?x 21in TT, 1983; pennant widely out of sequence
Shark (SSN-?): experimental design, 1985
Amberjack (SSN-?) (Amberjack Class): 3,650 tons (sub), 76m x 10.7m, 1989
Narwhal (SSN-?): experimental design, 1990; name clash Narwhal Class (SSN-671)
King, Alexander (SSN-?) (fictional Seawolf Class): 1990-95
Regan, John Wayne (SSN-?): ?x guns, 8x TT (4x bow, 4x aft), twin reactors, 1996
Devilfish (SSNX-1): 1999
Centurion (Centurion Class) (SSN-?): 2000
Challenger (SSN-?): ?x TT, ?x SLCM, ceramic composite for deep diving, 2003
Polar Sentinel (SSN-777): research/prototype SSN, original armament removed, experimental ‘Deep Eye’ ice penetrating sonar, twin-screws, 2003-2010; pennant clash Virginia Class USS North Carolina
America (ex-USS Virginia) (SSN-?) (fictional Virginia Class): 377 x 34ft, ?x TT, ?x VLS (Tomahawk with HE or fictional ‘Flashlight’ EMP warheads), 1x minisub for SEAL insertion, 134 crew, 2001
Stingray (SSL-1001): 2,000 tons, 2x 21in TT (1x bow, 1x aft), 50MW reactor, 35-40 crew, ELINT & special forces insertion role, ‘manta ray’ design, 2018; note fictional pennant for ‘Littoral’ role
Other Submarines
Unnamed (APS-417): amphibious assault submarine, 10,000 tons, 720 x 124ft, 2,240 Marines & vehicles, 10x 100mph amphibious flying platforms, 1950s
Imperator (SS-?): amphibious assault submarine, 1987
Unnamed (SW-90): 2x TT, 1x retractable launcher for ?x nuclear missiles, ?x DCs, nuclear powerplant, 60kt (surf), 6 months endurance, 1 crew, 1954+
Command One: command submarine, 1989
Leviathan (SSCVN-1): submarine carrier, ?x SFV-4B Barracuda minisubs (2x Mk.62 torps each), 1993
Poseidon: submarine carrier & SSBN, ?x SLBM, ?x a/c, 2010
Dark Horse: submersible covert operations craft, 150ft diving depth, 2010
Orca: experimental design, advanced GRP teardrop hull with hydrofoils and boundary layer control system, designed by fictional Astro Hydrodynamics (AHD), 1,600 tons, 120ft long, ?x Mk IX torps, Sonar & Lidar, nuclear-powered 350,000hp twin props, 80kt, 2 crew, 1970, two prototypes
Sea Shadow (SSN-?): experimental design, 188ft long, nuclear-powered electric drive, based on Ohio Class hullform, fitted with anechoic tiles covered with ‘nano-paint’, 2015
Beowulf (SSRN-9802): long-term reconnaissance, 560ft long, 4x 21in TT (2x bow, 2x stern, 20x torps), 150 crew, carries hydroponics equipment and refuelling rods, 2017; ; real SSRN designation is nuclear-powered radar picket submarine
Tempest D: supercavitation prototype, 120.2ft long, battery powered electric propeller drive & supercavitation system, spherical bow sonar, 6 crew, 2004
USOS (United States Oceanographic Survey) / SSRN (Nuclear Submarine Research) Seaview: nuclear-powered survey submarine, 4x TT, 20x SLBM (Polaris?), ?x SAM, 1x laser, 1x ultrasonic weapon, operational diving depth 3,600ft (max 5,000ft), 40kt (sub), pumpjet propulsion, 1961; real SSRN designation is nuclear-powered radar picket submarine
Minisubs and UUVs
DSRV Mercury (DSRV-3) (Mystic Class): carried by fictional USS Alfred Aultman
Fictional Classes
X-1: carries 5 divers, stowage for nuclear charges, 10kt, 1959
Lily-One: DSRV, saucer-shaped, has a manipulator arm, 1975
Cetus: experimental UUV, nuclear-powered, experimental sonic cannon
Deep Ranging Multi-Capable Cruiser Vehicle (DR-MCCV) Demon-4: UUV, 15 x 3.2 x 2.6m, ducted waterjet, 30kt, 2x ventral bays (3x 400mm torps or 12x hypervelocity ‘darts’ & 9x decoys each), 1x stern bay (1x 400mm torp), port ventral bay can fit 1 man transport pod, part of Advanced Volitional Robot Combat System (AVRCS), 1984+
Kentucky: minisub, 40 x 12ft, 1x 21in TT (2x Mk.48 ADCAP), 4x Tomahawk SLCM (possibly shorter special version minus booster), Magnetohydrodynamic drive propulsion, silent at 20kt, 5,000ft diving depth, anechoic tiles, has a manipulator arm, 3 crew, 1992
Steel Albatross: stealth minisub, silent propulsion, 1991
Snarc (SSNR-1): 3,000 tons (sub), 180 x 26ft, ?x TT (80x torps), unmanned, 1999
‘Nellie’: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), high-frequency sonar, battery-powered hydrojet, support vessel is modified Virginia Class SSN USS Barracuda, 2017
Neptune: minisub, 40ft long, can be carried inside a C-130 Hercules, 4x fictional J-65 AP torpedoes, 2x fictional R-40 IR-guided missiles, lasers, has manipulator arms, 3 crew + 1 passenger, designed and built by USAF for covert retrieval missions, 2017
Submerged Biological Combat Craft (SBCC) (Shrike Class): similar design to a fighter jet with stubby wings, 4x fictional Mark X torps, anechoic coating, propulsion system sounds like marine life, 2 crew, carried by fictional Falcon Class cruisers, 2017
Amphibious Assault Ships
Raleigh Class
Pascagoula (AGF-?): converted from LPD to command ship, 1985+
Iwo Jima Class
Bladensburg (LPH-12): pennant clash USS Inchon
Wasp Class
Valkyrie (LHD-2): pennant clash USS Essex
Khe Sanh (LHD-9)
Veracruz (LHD-?): 1992; by date would be 2nd ship in class
Rangoon (LHD-?): 1996
Yellowjacket (LHD-?): 1999
Mindanao (LHD-?): 2009
Chosin Reservoir (LHD-?): 2013
Hornet, Independence, Liberty (LHD-?)
America Class
Wake Island (LHA-8): pennant clash USS Bougainville
Guadalcanal (LHA-9)
Brewer (LHA-?): name doesn’t fit class
Harpers Ferry Class
Hermitage (LSD-56): pennant of cancelled ship in class
Providence (LSD-?)
San Antonio Class
Evans F. Carlson (LPD-26): pennant clash USS John P. Murtha
Kennebunkport (LPD-28): pennant clash USS Fort Lauderdale
LSTs & Cargo
Winchester County (LST-?) (LST-542 Class): recommissioned 1966
Suribachi (LST-1186): name clash 1955 Suribachi Class ammunition ship AE-21 & 1970 Newport Class LST USS Cayuga
Panjang (T-AKE-?): Liberty Ship, built 1944, extant 1989
Unidentified Classes
Avarda (LHD-?): 1989
Madison (LHD-19): 2006; pennant widely out of sequence
Fictional Classes
Argus: amphibious command ship, 2006; portrayed by RFA Argus
Patrol Boats
Rogue, Santana (PC-?) (Cyclone Class)
Mauler (PC-?) (Cyclone Class?): diesel engines, built 1984
Dauntless (PC-?): 92.5 tons, 85ft long, 2x 25mm Mk38, 1x experimental non-lethal weapon ‘November Lima’, electric engines powered by diesels or hydrogen fuel cells, 35kt, 2014
Mine Warfare Ships
Dean (Raven/Auk/Admirable Class?): minesweeper, extant 1950
Audacity (MSO-442), Resolute (MSO-?) (Agile Class): Audacity pennant clash USS Fearless
Cato E. Parnell: minesweeper/hunter, 25kt, glass fibre hull, 1979
Neptune: minesweeper tender, converted WW2 LST, 1965-68
MTBs
PT-?: armed with ‘Tritium’ torpedoes, 1965; may be refitted WW2-era boat
Hovercraft
Fictional Classes
Benton (PGAC-01 fictional pennant Patrol Gunboat-Air Cushion): prototype
Queen of the West (PGAC-02), Carondelet (PGAC-03), Manassas (PGAC-04)
M-5 RACV (Reconnaissance Air Cushion Vehicle) Class: 9 tons, 1x 20mm Rh-202 cannon (casemate), 2x 0.5in Browning MGs & 2x 40mm Mk.19 grenade launchers (turret), 6 crew, updated Bell SK-5 variant, 1996
XM-23 AACV (Assault Air Cushion Vehicle) Class: M-5 RACV variant, 14 tons, 1x 105mm with 24-round autoloader & 1x 7.62mm MG (Cadillac Gage Stingray tank turret), 1996
M-22 PCAC (Personnel Carrier Air Cushion) Class: Special Forces transport, 9 tons, 1x 40mm Mk.19 grenade launcher & 1x 0.5in Browning MG (turret), 3 crew + 8 troops, 1996
Auxiliaries
Submarine Tenders
Tallahatchie County (AS-?): 1968; name clash aviation tender
Clifford C. Howel, Cyrus A. Woods (AS-?): extant 1992
Daniel Boone (AS-44): converted from minesweeper (? class), 18,000tons, 750ft (originally 690ft) x 150ft, 2x 50mm, 4x 30mm, helipad for Sea King, twin diesel engines, 15kt, 1992-2013
Claude Voorhees: submarine support ship, carries minisub ‘Saran’
Riverine Craft Tenders
Tutanga: converted Liberty Ship, 1971
Oilers
Ajax (AO-?): 1996; if older ship, name clash Vulcan Class repair ship AR-6 decommissioned 1986
Cuyahoga (AO-?): 1971
Replenishment Ships
Mount Saint Helens (AE-40) (Kilauea Class): ammunition ship
USNS Jonathan Harker: supply ship, 600+ft long, 1999
Ballston Spa: ?x 0.5in Browning MGs, 2004
Transports
Reluctant (AK-601): cargo ship; pennant out of sequence
Hospital Ships
USNS Solace: 2013
Submarine Rescue Ships
Archangel: carries DSRV, 1999
Alfred Aultman: carries fictional DSRV-3 Mercury, helipad aft, 2003
Salvage Ships
Pacific Klondike: clandestine Glomar Explorer-type salvage vessel, carries 1x bathyscaphe (Explorer One) and 1x submersible barge (Omega One), 1977
Cambridge (ARS-?): salvage and repair ship, 2x 100 ton cranes, full diving facilities, 1977-80
MS Martha Ann: covert underwater salvage ship, converted 12,000 ton freighter, three island design, helipad, 15 crew, 1983
Condon (ARS-54) (Safeguard Class): 1986
Lifter (T-ARS-?) (Safeguard Class?): 1990
Modoc: carries minisub ‘Sea Slug’, 1988
Dean Hawes: launched 1998
Valley Mistress: salvage ship/ intelligence ship, Stinger MANPADs & small arms, SPS-40E & SPS-69 radars, helipad & retractable hangar for 1x CV-22 Osprey (‘Pave Hammer’), civilian owned but registered to USNR, 1997
James: salvage/support ship, 39 crew, 2017
Tugboats
Karuk (T-ATF-?) (Powhatan Class?): oceangoing tug
Orion (T-ATF-?): oceangoing tug, 2003
Samuel R. Wallace, Thomas J. Morse: salvage tugs, 250ft long, 5,000hp diesel, 1988
Icebreakers
Polarwind (AGB-2) (Wind Class): extant in USN service 1960s; pennant clash USS Edisto (ex-AGB-89, future WAGB-284)
Elroy, Exodus: 6,500 tons, 1x 5in, helipad, 1972
Polar Explorer: 80,000shp, can break ice up to 5ft thick, helipad, 1991
Survey Ships
Medusa: oceanographic survey ship, 1968-72
Mary Jane: oceanographic survey ship, 5,000 tons, 260ft long, diesel-electric, 12kt (cruising), 43 crew & 17 scientists, side-scan sonar fitted, 1977
Eureka: oceanographic survey ship, towed array sonar, icebreaker bow, helipad aft, 1978
RV Meriwether: oceanographic survey ship/spy ship, converted trawler, 89ft long, towed array sonar, ELINT equipment, cover operation by University of Hawaii for DIA, 2017
Research Ships
Sturman (DE-166) (Cannon Class): fwd gun removed and reclassified as research ship in 1955; pennant clash USS Barron
Alice: 89ft long, sails & diesel engine, 10kt, wooden hull, 7 crew & 2 scientists, ASW sensor trial ship, 1965
Stealth Cat One: Australian-designed low observability catamaran, magnetic field generator & facetted structure, ?x DC, helipad, 60kt, 2000
MV Abby: oceanographic research ship/covert support ship registered to Smithsonian Institute but operated by USN for Tempest supercavitating submarine programme, 2004
USNS Philadelphia, Grace Orbis: scientific research and launch support vessel, 1996
Otis Barton (ex-T-AGOS-19 Victorious) (ex-Victorious Class ocean surveillance ship): carries minisub Nereus, NOAA operated, 2010
Benjamin Franklin: NOAA operated, 2017
Other Roles
Ralph R. Bennett: radar surveillance ship, large fixed-array radar system, ?x 30mm Sea Vulcan (fictional GAU-8/A naval version), helipad, 1993
MS Hobson: CIA-owned AMC converted from Attack Cargo Transport (AKA), armament includes unspecified missiles, 1984
MV Ocean Voyager: converted container ship AMC, 800 x 105ft, 8x Phalanx CIWS (concealed), 2x AV-8 Harrier II & 2x UH-60, 4x GE F110-400 gas turbines, 40kt, 43 crew (18 Delta Force), built 1981, converted by 2004
Other
Arctic Station Alpha: nuclear powered SeaLab, first stage of an underwater Arctic base, around 190 x 45ft, ?x 21in TT (in torpedo room), 8 crew, 1960s
Base Savage: underground submarine pens and support facility for Project Orca on Culebra (near Puerto Rico), 1970
Delta Base: submarine refitting station constructed inside hollowed out seamount, Vava'u District Tonga, 1970s/80s
Type Unknown
Gainsville, Jim Bridger, San Michel, Majestic, Geronimo, Serrano, New Haven (CG or DDG?), Fort Stanwix (DDG or FFG?), Cape Fear (name clash T-AK-5061 decom 2006), Louisiana (1950s-60s)
US Coast Guard Cutters
Note: ship prefix: USCGC
Ozette (WHEC-49) (Owasco Class): 1946
Polar Dawn (Polar Class): icebreaker
Wilmington (WAGB-?) (Healy Class): icebreaker
Melbourne (WPB-?) (Point Class)
Intrepid (WMEC-?) (Reliance Class)
Susquehanna (WMEC-?) (Famous Class)
First Responder (WHEC-723) (Hamilton Class): pennant clash USCGC Rush
Bristow (WHEC-?) (Hamilton Class)
Unnamed (aka ‘Fin Chaser’) (MLB-?): modified 47ft motor life boat for shark research, carries 16ft long minisub ‘Jaws’ armed with 3x Mares spearguns & 2x ROVs, armed with hand-held small arms & Mares spearguns, 2017
Unidentified Classes
Jason: 1978
New Hope: 1979
Benchley, Rimfire: 1993
Joseph Ryan: 2003
Huron: 2003
Ravenswood: 2005
Mustang: 2011
Delaney: 2016
Casco: 2017
Eastlight, Falcon
Fictional Classes
Catawaba: diesel engines, helipad, 177 crew (17 officers, 160 men), 1977
Nelson: 1x 3in, 1978
Panache: 280ft long, 1x40mm, ?x 0.5in Browning, diesel engines, 25kt, helipad large enough for Sikorsky MH-53, only ship in class, others cancelled by budget cuts, 1989
Red Fox (CG-144), Hensley (CG-217): 72ft long, 1993; note incorrect pennant which clashes with cruiser designation
Unnamed (WMEC-624) (modified Reliance Class?): 220ft long, 1x 5in, 2x 0.5in Browning, helipad, 1992; pennant clash USCGC Dauntless
Weehawken: 1x 76mm Mk 75, helipad, 2000; name clash Natick Class tug
William Shea, Timothy Firme: 1x 25mm twin-barrelled M242 Bushmaster (fwd), 2003
Almayer: 1x6 SAM launcher (fwd mounting), 1x heli, 2015
US Customs & Border Patrol
Interceptor: high-speed interception craft, 2017
Venezuela
Reina Azul: armed merchant ship, 200ft long, 4x 3M-54 ‘Klub-K’ SSMs in modified shipping container, 15kt, 2017
Vietnam
6x unnamed (2x ex-Soviet): destroyers, 1970+
Dinh Tien Hoang: frigate, 1x 76mm, ?x Kh-35e SSMs, 1x Osa-M SAM, ?x 533mm TT, Russian stealthy design, 2012
3x unnamed: minesweepers, 1970+
1x unnamed (ex-US): submarine, converted for 4x Soviet IRBMs, 1970+
2x unnamed (Pr.636 Kilo Class): 2012
Section USSR/Russia - Vietnam
Notes: [please see notes for Part II on p.5 of this thread]
For more details on fictional aircraft, please see Appendix I. For more details on fictional weapons, please see Appendix II. For more details on fictional electronic systems and radars, please see Appendix III.
Soviet Union/Russia
Aviation Ships/ Aircraft Carriers
Pr.1123 Moskva Class
Moskva: real ship, helicopter assault ship refit early 1980s
Gorki: 1972
Riga
Kharkov: fitted with fictional 'Ultra-sonar' system, 1976
Pr.1143 Kiev Class
Komsomolec: 1979
Kharkov (Pr.1143.3 sub-class): 1985; misidentified Pr.1143.4 Baku
Fictional Pr.1143 Variants
Minsk: modified with high-energy beam-particle gun on hangar deck, 182m long structure with an elevator to aim the firing nozzle, ?x Yak-38, 35kt, 1989
Kiev, Minsk (Kuril Class): 40,000 tons, 281 x 60.9m (including flightdeck), 2x SA-N-3, 3x SA-N-4, 1x SUW-N-1, 14x2 57-30mm, 2x RBU-6000, Kiev has a portable laser system (stowed in hangar, deployed on deck), 25x Yak-36M & 25x Ka-25, 30kt; misidentified Kiev Class
Pr.1143.5 Class
Tbilisi (ex-Riga, ex-Leonid Brezhnev): real ship completed 1990
Fictional Classes
Togliatti, Allende: amphibious force carriers, 1980-85
Kreml: CVN, 75,000 tons, 335 x 40m (flightdeck 90m), 20x SS-N-19, 2x SN-N-14, 12x6 SA-N-6, 2x2 76mm (or 2x1 100mm), 9x 30mm CIWS, 1x RBU-6000, 70x Su-27 & ?x Ka-27, CONAS powerplant, 30-32kt, 5,000 crew & 1,500 Marines, 1985-89
Tbilisi: CVN, 70,000 tons, launched 1985; name clash real Pr.1143.5 Class carrier
Novgorod: CVN, ?x fictional Yak-56 strike fighters & Antonovs for naval infantry, 1990
Sergei G. Gorshkov: CVN, 90,000 tons, ?x EMP cannon, ?x ‘Teardrop’ SAMs, airgroup includes fictional MiG-33B fighters, 1995
Dzerzhinsky, Andropov: 1998
Beria, Yezhov, Zinoviev: helicopter carriers, 1998
Ul'Yanovsk (Pr.1143.7 Class): 60,000 tons, 324.6 x 75.5 x 10.8m, 12x SS-N-19, 4x SA-9 VLS, 8x CADS-N-1, 6x 30mm AK-630, 2x RPK-5 ASW, 30x fictional Su-37R Flanker & 10x Su-25 & 10x Ka-27PL & 5x Ka-25RT, ‘Strut Pair’ & ‘Top Plate’ radars, 32kt, 2004
Vladimir Putin: CVN, 2012
Battleships
Fictional Classes
Reninsky, Komsomol, Krasnoy, Pioneer: 78,000 tons, 4x2 18in L/50m 32kt, 1950s
Lenin Class: ?x 20in guns
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevski, Vasily Chuikov , Nikolai Vatsuchin , Konstantin Rokofusuki: 218,000 tons, 3x3 25in L/58
Strana Sovetov, Sovetskaya Belorossyia, Krasnaya Bessarabiya, Krasnaya Sibir', Sovietskaya Konstitutsia, Lenin, Sovetskiy Soyuz (K-1000 Class): 36,000-56,000 tons, 2x SS-N-1 launchers, 2x3 (or 3x3) 16in, 10x2 130mm, 5x10 57mm, 10x4 45mm, 16x2 37mm, 25-33kt, 1953
Gun Cruisers
Dmitri Donskoi (Pr.65): 4x3 180mm, 6x2 100mm, 12x2 37mm, 8x2 25mm, 2x5 533mm TT, 36kt, 1951
Moskva (Pr.66): 3x3 220mm, 4x2 130mm, 6x4 45mm, 6x4 25mm, 2x5 533mm TT, 34.5kt, 1953; name clash Pr.23 battlecruiser
Novograd, Leningrad (Pr.68 Chapayev or Pr.68bis Sverdlov Class)
Dimitri Lazarev (Pr.68bis Sverdlov Class)
Missile Cruisers
Pr.1134 Kresta I Class
Kresta: modified with 2x4 SS-N-3 ‘Shaddock’ SSMs & 2x Ka-25 ‘Hormone’
Pr.1134A Kresta II Class
Admiral Arbatov
Pr.1134B Kara Class
Yarosloavl
Pr.1164 Slava Class
Asov, Izentzi: 1990; names don’t fit class
Pr.1144 Kirov Class
Kirov: fictional 2010-2025 refit, 3x2 152mm (1 fwd, 2 aft), 1x 100mm (fwd), 20x fictional SS-N-29 SSMs, 10x fictional MOS-III SSM/ASW, 10x fictional SS-N-27B SSMs, SA-N-9 SAMs, 1x UDAV ASW mortar, 4x Khastan CIWS, 2x5 533mm TT, 4x phased array radar, 1x Fregat 3-D radar, 1x fictional Voshhod-2 ‘Dawn’ long-range radar, 3x Klinok SAM fire-control radars, 4x Kamov Ka-40
Vyerni
Kuznetzov: 2005; name clash Pr.1143.5 aircraft carrier
Unidentified Classes
Gordyi, Revolutsia: 1977
Fictional Classes
4x unnamed (Admiral Gorshkov Class): 1980-85
Riga: 4x Mil Mi-24 ‘Hind-A’, 1982
Karl Marx: 76,000 tons, 1998
Destroyers
Type 7 Class
Razyarenny: extant 1956
Pr.61 Kashin Class
Rossiya
Pr.1156 Sovremennyy Class
Poltava
Pr.1155 Udaloy Class
2x unnamed: SA-N-9 replaced by fictional SA-N-10 ABM, 1986
Vice-Admiral Sulakov: 1992
Borozdin: 1996
Admiral Kalnikov (fictional Pr.1155.? Udaloy III Class): 2x1 152mm (fwd & aft), ?x RBU-6000, 2x heli, has fictional Bell Crown torpedo decoy system, 2016
Unidentified Classes
Dostoyny: 1976
Otlitnyi, Slavny: 1977
Dskari, Svetlivyiare: 1979-83
Vasiliev
Fictional Classes
Guevara, Allende, Juan Bosch (Guevara Class): DDGN, ?x SSMs (retractable launchers), ?x SAMs, ?x 40mm, nuclear power, 50kt, 1974-80; unlikely names
Chenin Class: 1x gun (fwd), 16x fictional SS-N-100 ‘Skimmer Pole’ SLCMs, ?x VLS for fictional SA-N-60 SAM/SSMs ?x ADGM-series CIWS, 2x heli or Yak-236 ‘Fanner’ VTOL fighters & ‘Fat Fly’ RPVs with ‘Hanging Basket’ AEW radar, ‘Bugeye Pair’ air-search radar, 200 crew, 1986+
12x unnamed (Kura Class): 1998
Frigates
Shakal (Pr.50 Riga Class): 1989 refit, 3x1 100mm, 2x2 37mm, 1x25mm, 1x RBU-2500, 4x DCT, 1x DCR
Dostoiny, Razytelny (Pr.1135.1 Krivak III Class): 1979
Grisha III, Mirka (Pr.1124MP Grisha III Class): 1987; unlikely names
Unidentified Classes
Grozyyashchiy: 2000s
Fictional Classes
Krakvilsk, Kulmanov (Kurov Class): 1965-75
Unnamed (621): 2x4 SS-N-3 SSMs or SS-N-14 ASW, 1x2 SA-N-3 SAMs, 2x2 76mm, 1975
Patrol Ships
Barsuk: 2000s
SS
Eugen Onegin: WW2-era sub extant 1982
Unnamed (Dekabrist (Series I) Class): converted to transport 1950s
Ex-German Type XXI Class
5x unnamed: completed at Danzig for USSR, 1945-46
Pr.613 Whiskey Class
Svetlanosk: commissioned 1963, converted for marine research 1977 with divers ports & minisub, transferred to Argentina 1978
Slavianka (Pr.640 Whiskey Canvas Bag): fitted for ELINT, extant 1980s
Pr.641 Foxtrot Class
Mech Rodiny (Sword of the Motherland)
2x unnamed: modified with IR-guided SAMs, 1977
Pr.641B Tango Class
Korund
Krasnaya Zarya (Red Dawn): modified with experimental Magnetohydrodynamic drive in addition to normal diesel powerplant in 1990
Pr.940 India Class
Odessa: modified design, 2x16in ASW TT (4 reloads), 1991; Pacific-based
Pr.877 Kilo Class
Riga: modified with racks to carry caterpillar-tracked mini-sub, 1991
Unidentified Classes
Octopus: 1966
Fictional Classes
Chernikov Class: 25kt (sub), 24hr snorkel endurance, nuclear-tipped torps, 1950s
Krela, Kallinik (Krela Class): 1x nuclear mine, upperworks resemble NW Pacific fishing vessels, wooden hull sheath, built 1978
Minisub
Unnamed (R-2 Mala Class): modified for 3-man crew, 1993
Unnamed: 6.1m long, 2 crew, 20kt (sub), 200 miles, sold by 1994
SSG
2x unnamed (Pr.651 Juliet Class): modified with SA-N-5 SAMs, 1978; Black Sea Fleet
Fictional Classes
K-377: 1x100mm (aft), 1x rocket launcher (fwd), 1953
Unnamed: 3,000 ton, ?x TT, hangar & catapult for 4x SLCM or 2x a/c or 1x landing craft, 1956
SSGN
Pr.670M Charlie II Class
Unnamed: modified design, 8x 533mm TT, 30kt (sub), 1980
Pr.949A Oscar Class
Aleskey Krylov, Kulyenchikov: names don’t fit class
Mezen: modified with anti-aircraft laser weapons and fictional SS-N-34 SLBM, 1999
Fictional Classes
Krasnogvardeets (K-488) +3 unnamed (fictional Pr.949 Oscar Class): 12,000 tons, 151m long, ?x TT (torps & mines), 6x SS-N-19, 130 crew, 1985
Kaliningrad (fictional Pr.985 Omega Class): 600,000 tons (sub), 200m long, at least 6x 533mm TT, ?x 1000mm TT for Magnum 60kt nuclear-tipped torps, ?x SS-NX-27 SLCMs, 3,000MW nuclear power, polymer-injection stealth system, double-hulled with titanium inner hull, 2000
SSB
Pr.629 Golf Class
Doneska: 1963
Pr.629A Golf II Class
Krasnyy Molot (Red Hammer)
SSBN
Pr.658 Hotel Class
Dzerzhinsky: 1968
Pr.667B Delta I Class
Unnamed (K-343): 1971
Potemkin: 1977
Pr.667BD Delta II Class
Podorny: fictional first sub in class
Pr.667BDR Delta III Class
Puskin, Rokossovskiy, Vladivostok (K-517)
Vulkan: modified design, 13,250 tons, fictional AA-12 (R-77) SAMs, 36kt (sub)
Pr.667BDRM Delta IV Class
E. R. Sabir: 1989
Kharkov: carries fictional Zimorodok anti-carrier SSM
Krasnogvardeets
Natalia (K-524): by 2014 armed with 12x fictional Scorpion SLCM with MIRV; name doesn’t fit class
Pr.941 Typhoon Class
Baikal (TK-19)
Kougar (TK-51): name doesn’t fit class
Fictional P.941 Variants
Red October (Krasnyi Oktyabr) (TK-436): 30,000 tons, 183.5 (198m?) x 26.6 x 13m, 26x SS-N-20, 4x 650mm TT & 2x 533mm TT, magnetohydrodynamic ‘caterpillar’ drive, 1984; by date would be 7th sub in class
Saratov (TK-?): 5-round TT reload system, high automation for small crew, improved acoustic stealth, 2007
Arkhangelsk (TK-17): real sub modified with a hold/salvage claw for covert intelligence salvage operations replacing missile compartment, retains TTs, 2017
Vladivostok (ST-8): 171.6 x 24.7m, 26kt, 2,000ft diving depth, 155 crew & 500 troops, modified for troop insertion, 2032
Fictional Classes
Z Class: ?x TT, 1x SLBM, 1962
Zolóto (14-2967) (Zolóto Class): 6,000+ tons (sub), 8x SLBM, ? x TT, 1974
Zhukov, Timoshenko (+16 planned) (fictional Delta II Class): 16x fictional SS-N-9 (Mk II) MIRV SLBM, 20x solid-fuelled Mach 4 SSM/SAM cruise missiles, 2x drone minisubs (nuclear warhead), first two launched 1974
Rozhko (Yankee III Class): converted for remote-control operation, 1990
6x unnamed (Delta V Class): 300m long, 48x SS-N-28 & SLCM, ?x TT, SAMs, 2x UAVs, 2x minisubs, 3x sodium-cooled reactors, crush depth 1,800m, 1991
Semenoff: 1975-80
Unnamed: 24x SLBM, 1979
Unnamed: 330m, ?x guns, 60x SLBM, 1996
SSN
Pr.645 November Class
Novosibirski Komosomol: fitted with a device to stop torpedo electric motors, 1961
K-235, Arkangel, Leningrad, Murmansk, Odessa: 1962-68
Pr.671RT Victor II Class
Grishka
Riga: refitted with experimental sonar system by 1992
K-329: modified design, +2,000 tons (sub), extra TT (8-10x total), 34kt (sub)
Pr.671RTM Victor III Class
Amur, Doneska, Kirov, Ladny, Romanov, Tambov, Vitebsk, Vladimir, Vologda, Voronetz, Zhukov (K-331): Romanov unlikely name
Pr.705 Alfa Class
Novgorod, V.K. Konovalov, Leninskii Komsomol, Magadan, Petroverdets, E.S. Politovsky, Poltava, Red Scorpion, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Troikiska: real Alfa’s unnamed, Politovsky stated as 3rd in class
Potemkin: has experimental Acoustical Reproduction Device Number Seven acoustic camouflage system, new class prototype, 1968
Krasnaia Zvezda: converted with articulated arms forward for dismantling sonobuoys, hydrophones or for eavesdropping on SOSUS
Pr.658S/Pr.658U Modified Hotel Class
Rus: 1970s SSN conversion
Pr.945 Sierra I Class
Ametyst: 1989
Lenin: 1992
K-239, K-240: transferred to Iran 2004
Neva (Modified Sierra Class): fictional steel-hulled variant, 48kt (sub), 1989
Pr.971 Akula I Class
Orel: 1987
Pr.971U Akula II Class
Gepard (K-475): 2012; name clash 1991 Gepard (K-335)
Drakon, Volga, Zhukov
Wolff (SA-19): 109.7 x 14m, 40kt, 2,200ft diving depth, 140 crew & 350 troops, modified design, extant 2032; unlikely name & pennant
Pr.885M Yasen Class
Kazan (K-561): real sub modified for fictional SA-21 SAM variant, 2017
Snow Leopard: 2018
Unidentified Classes
Kronstadt: ?x TT, 2x nuclear-tipped torps, 1964
Gorgi Stalin: 1965-75
Kommosellet
Suslov: 1988
K-387: 1999, capable of carrying minisub
Tavda: 2003
Rostov: 2006
Fictional Classes
Kit (Whale) (K-2): prototype SSN, ?x TT (bow & stern), 1956
K-617: 12x 533mm TT (bow), 1x SLCM, 1962
Ilya Podogin: 6,500 tons (surf), 8,000+ tons (sub), 109.7m x 12.8m x 9.9m, 6x 533mm TT (12x torps, inc nuclear-tipped), 31kt (sub)/26kt (surf), nuclear powered 40,000shp, 300m max diving depth, 80 crew & 9 Spetsnaz troops, equipment includes ELINT, laser communications system, collapsible satellite dish, floodlight and radar, pre-1977 design
15 Avgusta +5 unnamed (X-Ray II Class): ?x TT, ?x SLCM (nuclear), 1991
Kondor (K-427): at least 4x TT, refitted with experimental ‘Aria’ sonar system, safe depth 300m, crush depth 350m, 79 crew, 1999
Other Submarines
Unnamed: 12,000 tons, 140+m long, carries 2x 20+m long Bathyscaphes, 1970
Auxiliaries
Fleet Oilers
Boris Chilikin (Pr. 1559V): real ship with modified armament, 2x1 100mm, 1x AK-630 30mm, 1x SS-N-2 launcher for fictional SS-NX-12, 1986
Submarine Tenders
Novosibirsk: covert submarine support vessel, 1964
Cuboc: SWATH yacht, modified to carry minisub, operated by Cuban front company, 1993
Submarine Rescue Ships
Volga (Nepa Class): 1974
Kronstadt: 1975
Karpaty: 1981
Karpaty II: 1989
Salvage Vessels
Sang A: salvage ship/AGI, Kashin class hull with modified upperworks, 1x2 KPV 14.5mm (concealed mount near bows), 18kt, 1974; owned by bogus South Korean company
Salvage Tugs
3x unnamed (fictional Oktober Class): 1974
AGI Ships
Deflektor: trawler/AGI, 1968
Kirov: trawler/AGI, 1968
Evgeny Plyanskov: trawler/AGI, 1969
Volga: trawler/AGI: 1970s
Gidrograf (fictional Pr.2030 Pamir Class): 1973; predates real Pr.1452 Pamir salvage tug
Revolyutsiya: research ship/AGI, 16,000 tons, diesel engines, 1972
Reduktor: 1973
Maxim Gorky: freighter/AGI, 17,000 tons, ?x MGs, fitted for ELINT, 1977
Antonov, Sokolov + 4 unnamed +18 planned (fictional Simeonov Class bulk carriers): 32,000 tons (deadweight), 24x nuclear mines (4x concealed bow ports), ‘Vee Cone', long range comms, 'Don 2' nav radar, 'High Pole' IFF, 'Side Globe' ECM, inertial nav system & electronic positioning system, 7 holds (1 refrigerated/weapons hold, 6 general cargo), 17kt, 15,000nm, 89 crew, 1979
Okean Glaz (Ocean Eye): trawler/AGI, fitted for ELINT, 1982
Unnamed (fictional Maya Class): 1983
Mikhail Kurkov: research ship/AGI, 1988
Research Ships
Akademik Knipovich: converted fishing vessel, 300ft long, carries minisub Vanya, 1977
Petr Vavilov (fictional Vostok Class): 1977
Andrei Vyborg: 1983
Academic Vladislav Volkov: 1999
Survey Ships
Zaytiv: 17,000 tons, 137 crew & 71 scientists, 1977
MTBs
Bolshevik: 25m long, ?x TT, 40+kt, wooden hull, 1956
Ekranoplans
Snezhana (A-90 Orlyonok Class) (S-?): assault transport WIG craft, 1983
Hovercraft
Fictional Classes
KvP-92 Class: 11 tons, 1x 30mm cannon & coaxial 7.92mm PKT MG (in turret), 1 ton payload, 3 crew & 8 troops, bow ramp, 1996
KvP-92v Class: 11.2 tons, 1x 82mm Vasilyek automatic mortar (in turret), 4 crew, 1996
KvP-92z Class: 11.5 tons, 1x 30mm 3-barrel cannon & 2x 12.7mm NSV MGs (in cupola), 1x 7.92mm 14.5mm KPV MG (bow), 2x 107mm B-11 RCLs (fixed fwd), 5 crew, 1996
KvP-121 Class: 86 tons, 2x1 12.7mm NSV MG remote-turrets, radar & sonar, 225 ton payload, 8 crew & 150 troops, bow & stern ramps, 1996
Other
Fictional Soviet Seventeenth Fleet (1998): Karl Marx battlecruiser; Beria, Yezhov, Zinoviev helicopter carriers; Dzerzhinsky, Andropov aircraft carriers, 16 missile cruisers, 12 Kura Class destroyers, 1 communications ship, 2 fleet tankers, 2 minesweepers, 1 amphibious support ship, 3 attack submarines and 4 supply ships
Ice Station Grendel: research facility and submarine dock built into ice island, operated 1937-48
Soviet Arctic Free Missile Base: four missile silos (R-13?) sunk into a hole in the icecap with an associated support facility, defences consist of torps, DCs and AA guns, 1961
Polaris Array: 6x nuclear weapons under Arctic icecap, late 1990s
Spain
Santa Maria Class: FFG, fictional 2020s refit, 1x24 Mk 41 VLS (96x RIM-162 ESSM) (replacing Mk 13 launcher), SeaRam (replacing Meroka), 2x4 Harpoon SSMs, Smart-S radar
Syria
Jammal: minisub (submarine hijack/attack), twin-hull, anechoic coating, 2009
Taiwan
National ship prefix: ROCS
Ex-USS Hibiscus (PC-1647): transferred 1966
Hung La: frigate, 2007
Tai Chiang (Tuo Chiang Class?): corvette, 1x 76mm, Hsiung Feng III SSMs (not fitted), 6x TT (fixed), first boat in class, 2005
Kin Men (fictional Kuang Hua III Class): frigate, 1x 40mm, 2x 20mm Phalanx (fwd & aft), 1x36 VLS (12x Harpoon, 10x ASROC, 14x Standard SAM), 1x8 Sea Sparrow, ?x 0.5in Browning, 4x (21in?) TT, 1-2x S-70C(M)-1/2 Blackhawk, stealthy French design
Hai Lang (Agosta 90B Class): intended 4th sub for Pakistan but sold to Taiwan, 2007
Hai Ming (Scorpène Class): built in Taiwan under licence, 2013
Thailand
National ship prefix: HTMS
Bangpakong (ex-PNS Tughril, ex-USS Oliver C Gaddis) (Knox Class): [see Pakistan entry]
Turkey
Erdemit: cruiser/destroyer, 1986
Sardis: cruiser/destroyer, 1986
United States of America
National ship prefix: USS
BB
Iowa Class [see also 1920-1945 Section]
Minnesota (BB-65), Montana (BB-68)
Kansas (BB-?): 9x16in (fires 1,900lb Mk.144 Improved Conventional Munition with 666 shaped-charge bomblets), ?x recon RPVs, 1991
Abraham Lincoln (BB-?): extant 2007
Fictional Classes
United States, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Montana (BB-?) (United States Class): 102,000 tons, 4x3 20in L/50, 31kt, 1950s; name clashes CVA-58, BB-57, BB-59 & BB-67
BBN/ BCGN
Fictional Classes
Husband E. Kimmel (BBN-?): 124,500 tons, 3x5 20in L/60
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John. F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight .D. Eisenhower +1 unnamed (BBN-?) (President Class): 1152,000 tons, 350m long, 3x3 22in L/60; name clashes SSBN-598, SSBN-602, CV-67, SSBN-600 & CVN-69
John F. Kennedy (President Class – 2nd use): 16,500 tons, CONAG, 45kt (nuclear only), 85+kt (nuclear & gas turbines, uses hydrofoils 65kt+), all-missile armament including Polaris & ASROC
John F. Kennedy (President Class – 3rd use): 16,500 tons, 700ft long, multiple engines on 2x shafts, 80 crew, all-missile armament, 1969
Protector (NMSS-1?), Consolidator (NMSS-2?), Vindicator (NMSS-3), Defender (NMSS-4), Peacemaker (NMSS-5) + 1 unnamed (Nemesis Class): 56,000 tons, 280 x 35 x 10m, (all weapons fictional) 2x1 155mm Mk.56, 4x 20mm Skyfire CIWS, ?x Arrowflash PDMS, 4x4 Seastrike area defence (air/sea), ?x Rayflex-2 ABMs, 2x4 BGM-119 Fire Lance cruise missiles (400x missiles), ?x4 Mk.72 ASW torps, Surface and Air Defence Integrated System (SADIS) & Naval Mobile-Response Strategic System for Fire Lance, 10x F-28 Skycat VTOL fighters, 12x Wolfmarine ASW heli, ?x Skyhook radar recon drones, twin reactors, four-shafts, 35kt, 414 crew, flightdeck on aft superstructure with 2x lifts, 1986+; note fictional NMSS nuclear-powered strategic missile battleship designation
CG
Oregon City Class
Morgan (CLC-?): command cruiser conversion, 1950s
Des Moines Class
Providence (CAG-141): guided-missile conversion, 1950s [see 1945-2020 section]
Leahy Class
Aubrey (DLG-?/CG-?)
Belknap Class
John Bell Hood (DLG-?/CG-?): 1969; name clash Gearing Class USS John Hood (DD-655)
McCulloch (DLG-?/CG-?)
Ticonderoga Class
Manassas (CG-74): 1983-94
Chattanooga (CG-85)
Sacagawea (CG-?): 1988-89
Hawaii (CG-?): 1992; name clash Virginia Class SSN-776
Bradley, Fort Klock, Harvey, Stones River (CG-?): 1990-96
Guildford Courthouse (CG-?): missiles include 8x SM-2 Tactical Aegis Lightweight ExoAtmospheric Projectile/ RIM-161 SM-3 ABMs, 1999; name doesn’t fit class
Monocacy, Savo Island (CG-?): has prototype Ballistic Missile Defence software for AEGIS & SM-2 Block 4A by 2003
Unidentified Classes
North Dakota (CA-?/CL-?/CAG-?): 1963
Wakefield (CG-?/CGN?): 1979
Phoenix (CG-?/CGN-?): name clash Los Angeles Class SSN-702
Robert J. Messia (CG-?): 2010
Essex (CG-?): 38kt, 2010
Concord (CG-?/CGN-?): helipad aft, 2012; name clash Mars Class Stores Ship USNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
Fictional Classes
Jackson (CG-?) (President Class – 4th use): ?x SAM, Harpoon, Mk 48 torps, 20x fictional Mk.8 Nuclear Depth Charges (5kT), ?x fictional 402 Armed Drone, 1x heli, OTH radar, 28+kt, 1997.
Cunningham (CLA-79, ex-DDG-79) (Cruiser Littoral Attack) (modified Arleigh Burke Class): DDG pennant clash USS Oscar Austin
Cunningham (CG-?): 18,000 tons, 580ft long, 2x1 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapid, ?x Advanced Phalanx (1x4 25mm & 2x quad RAM), ?x TT, 1x VLS (36x Harpoon 2, 12x Standard HARM, 12x Sea SLAM, 12x Strategic Cruise Missiles, 36x VL ASROC, 4x Aquahawks (ASW Tomahawk), 148x LORAIN, 28x4 ESSM (total 112), 1x Zenith anti-satellite round; 4x BRAVE 2000 drones & 2x SAH-66 Sea Commanche, AN/SPY-2A Augmented AEGIS, gas turbines driving 2x 45,000hp electric motors in podded propulsors, 30-42kt, stealth design with clipper bow and well deck
Clarence E. Walsh (CG-80): 1x 5in, 4x? VLS, 2x Phalanx, ?x heli, 2007
Peregrine, Gyre, Aplomado, Merlin (CG-?) (Falcon Class): 2x1 5in, ?x ‘enhanced’ Harpoon SSMs, 2x Shrike Class minisubs, AEGIS radar, 400 crew, 2017
USS Leyte Gulf (CG-?) (Nemesis Class): stealth cruiser, DDX-21 (Zumwalt Class) variant, 2021
CGN
Long Beach Class
Long Beach (CGN-9): fictional 1998 rebuilding, 1x 8in Mk71, 4x64 Mk 41 (32x Tomahawk, 256x SM-2/ASROC, 320x SM-2), 4x4 Harpoon, 3x Mk 49 RAM, 2x Phalanx, 2x3 12.75in TT, 4x heli, SPY-1D & SPS-49 radar & SQS-53C sonar
Stormy Beach (CGN-?): dubious name
Virginia Class
Madison (CGN-?): refitted 1993 with fictional AN/SPG-60A & 6x AN/SPG-51EE missile control radars, to receive '2nd Generation Aegis' during 1994; name clash USS James Madison (SSBN-627) and doesn’t fit class
Black River (CGN-?): refitted 1988 for operations support role, helicopter facilities upgraded for SH-3 Sea Kings; name doesn’t fit class
Unidentified Classes
Chesapeake (CGN-?): late 1960s
Montana (CGN-42): pennant from cancelled Aegis CGN program
Juneau (CGN-?): 1x 8in Mk 71, 1988; name clash with LPD-10
Hué City (CGN-?): has AEGIS, 2009; name clash Ticonderoga Class CG-66
Whisper (CG-86): gun & missile armament (?x RIM-67 Standard), twin reactors, 38+kt, has an electromagnetic cloaking device, resembles WW2 cruiser, 2010; correct pennant should be CGN-86
CV
Essex Class
Reprisal (CV-35): completed rather than scrapped in 1949
Forrestal Class
Langley (CV-?): 1955
Langley (CVBG-?): modified design, unknown modifications, 1993
Kitty Hawk Class
Halsey (CV-?): name clash Leahy Class cruiser USS Halsey (CG-23)
Unidentified Classes
USS Concord (CVA-58) (United States/ Forrestal Class?): extant 1972; name clash Mars Class Stores Ship USNS Concord (T-AFS-5) & pennant clash cancelled USS United States
Rio Grande, Springfield (CV-?): 1966; names don’t fit carriers
Beecher's Island (CV-?): 1970-1988; possibly a CVS, unlikely name
Euwtaw Springs (CV-?): airgroup includes F-19 stealth fighters, 1983; unlikely name
Sarasota (CV-?): 1996; unlikely name
Toledo (CV-?/CVN-?): possibly a CVS, airgroup of recon aircraft & F-14s, aging by 2007; name clash Los Angeles Class SSN-769
Fictional Classes
Cranshaw (CVA-?/CVN-?): 1970; name doesn’t fit carriers
Galveston (CV-?): 80,800 tons, 1,020ft long, airgroup includes A-7E Corsairs & F-4N Phantoms, 4,493 crew, 1977; name doesn’t fit carriers
CVN
Enterprise Class
Seahawk (CVN-65): pennant clash USS Enterprise, name doesn’t fit carriers
Columbia, Venture (CVN-?)
Nimitz Class
Benjamin Franklin (CVN-44): pennant widely out of sequence & name clash Benjamin Franklin Class SSBN-640
Andersonville (CVN-68): pennant clash USS Nimitz; unlikely name
Patrick Henry (CVN-74): 1995; pennant clash USS John C. Stennis
Constitution (CVN-77): pennant clash USS George W. Bush & name clash historic ship
Thomas Jefferson (CVN-77): modified flight deck & island, 4x8 Mk 41 VLS (64x ESSM), 4x RAM, SPY-3A radar; pennant clash USS George W. Bush
Douglas MacArthur (CVN-85): 1999; pennant widely out of sequence
Saratoga (CVN-88): 2014; pennant widely out of sequence
Johnson, McCluskey (CVN-?): 1978
Georgetown (CVN-?): 1988
United States (CVN-?): 1988-93; original name of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
Carl Jackson (CVN-?): 1993
Thomas Jefferson (CVN-?): 1994
Andrew Jackson (CVN-?): 1996
James Madison (CVN-?): 1996; name clash James Madison Class SSBN-627
Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVN-?): 1999; name clash Arleigh Burke Class USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
Daniel Webster (CVN-?): name clash Lafayette Class SSBN
Defiant, Titan, Valley Forge, Vincent (CVN-?): names don’t fit class; Defiant name clash harbour tug (YT-804)
Gerald R. Ford Class
Bennington (CVN-78): name & pennant clash USS Gerald R. Ford
Benjamin Harrison (CVN-79): name & pennant clash USS John F. Kennedy
Hillary Clinton (CVN-80): 2021; name clash USS Enterprise
Liberator (CVN-81): 2022-27, name doesn’t fit carriers
Van Buren (CVN-81 or CVN-82): 2030; name doesn’t fit carriers
Midway (CVN-82): 2014 or 2025
Connolly (CVN-84): 2045; name doesn’t fit carriers
Wilmington (CVN-85): name doesn’t fit carriers
Daniel Webster (CVN-86)
Barack Obama (CVN-08): pennant doesn’t match current system
William J. Clinton (CVN-?): 2018
Unidentified Classes
Endeavour (CVN-?): larger than USS Enterprise, 1965
Valiant (CVN-?): 1,200ft long (main flight deck 1,080ft, angled deck 800ft), 49kt, launched 1978; name doesn’t fit carriers
Rodgers T. Humphrey (CVN-?): 1992
Universal Conquest (CVN-?): 2016; dubious name
Fictional Classes
Daedalus (CVN-88), Olympia (CVN-?): airgroup includes 20x F-22, stealth design
Coral Sea (CVN-78), Midway (CVN-79), Leyte Gulf (CVN-80), Reprisal (CVN-81) (Coral Sea Class): 78,243 tons, 340.1 x 76.5 x 11.9m, 2x8 Mk 41 VLS (ESSM), 2x RAM, 4x Phalanx, 78x a/c, 34kt 2,710 crew, 2013-30; pennant clashes USS Gerald R. Ford, John F. Kennedy & Enterprise
Freedom (CVN-83): 337 x 105m, ?x8 Mk21 Centurion (ESSM SAMs), ?x21 Mk49 (RIM-116 RAM SAMs), ?x 20mm Praetorian 1C CIWS, airgroup of F/A-181 Black Wasp II fighters, Sentinel UCAVs, UH-80 Ghost Hawk & V-44X Blackfish VTOL, 2030s
DD
Fletcher Class [see also 1905-1945 section]
Percival (DDE-452): 1950s DDE conversion with Hedgehog, pennant out of sequence & from cancelled 1945 experimental DD
McCann (DD-?): extant 1965/66
Gearing Class [see also 1905-1945 section]
Hagan (DD-350)
Lansdale (DD-766): ELINT conversion (post-FRAM), 2x2 5in, ASROC, Sea Sparrow; real ship fictionally extant 1991
Reynolds Ryan (DD-768): 1960s FRAM upgrade, 1970s AN/SQS-35 VDS trial; pennant clash uncompleted USS Hoel
Robert B. Sprague (DD-884)
Hawke (DD-894): FRAM upgrade
Duarte (DD-901)
Allen M. Sumner Class [see also 1905-1945 section]
Eugene Ebersole (DD-722): 1960s FRAM upgrade; pennant clash USS Barton
Charles F. Adams Class
Latner (DD-952): pennant originally assigned USS Charles F. Adams before change to DDG-2
Dauntless (DDG-25): pennant assigned to hull of HMAS Perth
Spruance Class
Rubicon (DD-964): pennant clash USS Paul F. Foster
Hartung (DD-998): 1983
Wade (DD-999)
Dallas (DD-?): 1971; pre-dates first Spruance class ship, name clash 1981 Los Angeles Class SSN-700
Thomas W. Horn (DD-?): refitted with VLS
Stinson (DD-?): refitted with extra ELINT gear
John P. Melward (DD-?): extant 1996
Jack Clay, Moran (DD-?)
Unidentified Classes
Bartlet (DD-?) (Gearing or Allen M. Sumner Class): extant 1950s
Newark (DD-?) (Gearing or Allen M. Sumner Class): extant 1968
Yorktown (DD-?): 1950s; name clash Essex Class CV-10
Bainesworth (DD-? /DDG-?): 1968
Badger (DD-? /DDG-?): 1968; name clash Fletcher Class USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657) & Knox Class FFG-1071 launched 1970
Raynor (DD-?/DDG-?): 1971
Barton, Foster, Kuntz, Talbot, Wainright, Wilhelm (DD-? /DDG-?): Talbot name clash Brooke Class FFG-4
Fictional Classes
Abel, Farnley (DD-?) (Abel Class): 3,500 tons, 390 x 40ft, 3x2 5in, 1960s FRAM upgrade; similar to Gearing Class [see 1920-45 section]
Melville (DD-998): 1x 5in, Mk 41 VLS (SM-2 & VL ASROC), Phalanx, 2x3 12.75in TT (some torps nuclear-armed), modified Arleigh Burke?, 1999; pennant clash with Spruance series
DDG
Farragut Class
Bedford (DLG-113): 1963; pennant doesn’t fit DLG classes
Forrest Sherman Class
Skerrett (EDDG-31): later experimental use; pennant clash USS Decatur
Abel (DD-907): pennant of cancelled Gearing Class ship, should be DDG
Carlyle (DD-949): pennant clash USS Parsons (later DDG-33)
Somerset, Dale, Coghlan, Able, Farnley (DDG-?): Dale name clash Leahy Class CG-19
Kidd Class
Spruance (DDG-997): name clash Spruance Class DDG-963 and pennant clash USS Hayler
Barrett (DDG-998): has fictional ACDADS (Automated Combat Decision and Direction System) (aka 'Elmo'), 1980 [see DD-998 Spruance entry above]
Sheppard (DDG-998): possibly a mis-designated Spruance
Arleigh Burke Flight I Class
Cayuga (DDG-51), Chattanooga (DDG-51): pennant clash USS Arleigh Burke
Potter, Gates (DDG-?): 1992
Stephen Decatur (DDG-?): 1996; name clash DDG-73
Arleigh Burke Flight II Class
Daniel Boone (DDG-72): 1998; pennant clash USS Mahan
Arleigh Burke Flight IIA Class
Thomas Lyons (DDG-98): 2006; pennant clash USS Forrest Sherman
John Cooper (DDG-99): 2006; pennant clash USS Farragut
Vance (DDG-101): 2007, pennant clash USS Gridley
Bainbridge (DDG-107): pennant clash USS Gravely & name clash DDG-96
Patrick Lawrence (DDG-112): 2012; pennant clash USS Michael Murphy
Mulinux (DDG-112): pennant clash USS Michael Murphy
Wilkerson (DDG-114): pennant clash USS Ralph Johnson
Gillcrist (DDG-114): 1998, pennant clash USS Ralph Johnson, pennant out of sequence by date
O'Callahan (DDG-119): pennant clash USS Delbert D. Black
Nathan Jones (DDG-151): 2014; pennant widely out of sequence
Hayward (DDG-157): 2014; pennant widely out of sequence
Foster (DDG-?): 2003; name clash Spruance Class Paul F. Foster
Larsen, Neilson (DDG-?): 2004
Ingram (DDG-?): 2012
Shackleton, Frank W Fenno (DDG-?): 2014
Carolina, Oregon (DDG-?): 2020-27; names don’t fit class
Arleigh Burke Uncertain Sub-Class
James Greer (DDG-102): pennant clash USS Sampson
Walter W. Winterburn (DDG-132)
Borealis, Brandywine, Cobie Kasson, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Kidd, MacIntyre, McLane, Niagara, Richard Ward (DDG-?): Eisenhower name clash Nimitz Class CVN-69
Fictional Arleigh Burke Variants
Red Cloud (DDG-?) (Flight I Class): fitted with fictional experimental Scimitar gamma-ray laser system with an aft dome replacing aft VLS & heli pad and a triple-rail Highwire missile launcher on stbd prow, 1990; unlikely name
William S Sims (DDG-113) (Flight IIIB Class): 9,250 tons, 550.5 ft x 66.9ft, 1x127mm Mk 45, 1x64 & 1x 32 Mk 41 VLS, SPY-1D radar, 34kt; pennant clash Flight IIA USS John Finn
Towers (DDG-103), Albert D. Kaplan, Donald Gerrard +1 (DDG-?) (Flight III Class): 529ft x 66.5ft, Kaplan has fictional Sea Shrike UAVs, 2007-18; DDG-103 pennant clash USS Truxtun
Bowie (DDG-141) (Flight IV Class): 1x 200kW laser, ?x UAVs, 2014
Zumwalt Class
Fletcher (DDG-1005): 2015; pennant implies two other additional ships
Sentinel (DDG-?): equipped with Aegis and SM-3 Standard, 2011-12
Unidentified Classes
James T. Doig (DDG-?): extant 1971
Schaufelberger (DD-7): 1970+; wrong pennant for DDG & out of sequence
Kentucky (DDG-?): 1985; name clash Ohio Class SSBN-726 & doesn’t fit destroyers
Bollinger, Fort Pulaski, Prospect (DDG-?): 2007-18
Hopper: 2010
Fictional Classes
Adair (EDDG-?): modified Farragut/Charles F. Adams design, fwd 5in replaced by experimental laser cannon powered by a solar boiler with a parabolic mirror mounted behind the fire control position and ahead of the stack, helipad, 40kt, 250 crew, 1978
Nathan James (DDGN-80), Cantwell (DDGN-?) (Nathan James Class): 466ft x 59ft x 27ft, 2x61 Mk 41 VLS (56x 200kT Tomahawk TALM), nuclear-powered, 38kt, 1988; DDG pennant clash Arleigh Burke Class USS Roosevelt
2x Bush Class (DDG-?): 2007
Amanda Garrett (DDG-?) (James H. Cobb Class): air warfare DDX-21 (Zumwalt Class) variant, 14,564 tons, 600 x 79.1 x 27.6ft, 20x Mk 57 VLS (80x ESSM/Tactical Tomahawk Block IX/SM-2 Block VI/VL ASROC), 2x1 155mm AGS, 2x1 57mm Mk 110, 2x1 40mm Metal Storm CIWS, AN/SPY-3 MFR and Volume Search Radar, 2x SH-60 LAMPS or 1x MH-60R & 3x MQ-8 Fire Scout, 2x Rolls-Royce Trent-30 gas turbines, 30.3kt, 140 crew, 2021
DE
John J. Stevens (DE-?/DER-?) (Edsall Class): radar picket conversion by 1956
Ardent (DE-?): represented by HMCS Mackenzie (DDE-261)
FFG
Glover (FF-1098) (Garcia Class): converted for NSA for missile tracking and communications interception by 1992, 1x 5in Mk 30, helipad & hangar aft
Louis Strong (FF-1099), Fermenger, Oliver C. Gaddis, Prospect (FFG-?) (Knox Class)
Oliver Hazard Perry Class
Ellyson (FFG-19), Stanley Dace (FFG-19): 1981; pennant clash USS John A. Moore
Stockdale (FFG-62): 1989
Alvin L. Bowman (FFG-62): 1991
Monroe Smith (FFG-63), Bancroft (FFG-63): 1989
Hennessey (FFG-65): 1989
Turner Van Zandt (FFG-91): 1990; pennant widely out of sequence
Lawrence (FFG-?): name clash Charles F. Adams Class DDG-4
Bulkeley, Esek Hopkins, James Crowe, Stevens (FFG-?)
Unidentified Classes
Bradford (FFG-?): 1986
Manchester (FFG-?): 1985+
Jackson Baldwin (FFG-?): 2000
Trippler, Wallingford (FFG-?): 2007-18
Wasp (FFG-?): 2010
Fictional Classes
Bradford (FF-?): 1,200 tons, 1x propeller, research ship by 1986; modified Claud Jones design?
Monitor (FFG-?): ?x fictional Hyperion SLCM, 1983
Boise (FFG-218): 2x Mk 13 launchers (RIM-66, RIM-24 & Mk13B IR-guided anti-missile missiles), 4x4 Harpoon, 1x Phalanx, 1x SH-60 Seahawk, 35kt, 1989; pennant widely out of sequence
Isaac Hull (FFG-?): 410 x 45ft, 1x 5in, 1x VLS (aft), 2x Phalanx CIWS (midships), 4x TT, helipad aft, 2012
Littoral Combat Ships
Independence Class
Philadelphia (LCS-?): 2009; name clash Los Angeles Class SSN-690 decommissioned 2010
Fictional Classes
Kandahar (LCS-?) (Baghdad Class): littoral assault ship, 2021
12x unnamed (LCS-40-52) (LCS-40 Patriot Class): 2,850 tons, 115.3 x 17.5 x 3.9m, 1x 57mm Mk110, 4x8 Mk 41 VLS (SM-2 & ESSM), 1x 35mm Millennium Gun, 2x4 12.75in TT (72x torps), 1x heli/VTOL, SPY-1K+ phased array radar, 32kt, 49 crew, 2020s
Patrol Hydrofoils
Unnamed (PH-17) (Pegasus Class)
SSBN
George Washington Class
William B. Cushing (SSBN-?): 1961
Ethan Allen Class
John Hay (SSBN-?)
Benjamin Franklin Class
Virgil Grissom (SSBN-?): converted for Trident in 1978
John Hancock (SSBN-?): 1970; name clash 1979 Spruance Class DD-981
Millard Fillmore, Seamount (SSBN-?)
Ohio Class
Nevada (SSBN-733): real sub modified with hangar bay replacing missile silos, 1x V-22 Osprey & 1x ‘Phalanx Dragon’ VTOL aircraft, 4x 21in TT, 1990
Montana (SSBN-737): 1986; pennant clash USS Kentucky of 1992 and name clash Virginia Class SSN-794
Phoenix (SSBN-?): 23x Trident C-4 & 1x Milstar, ?x Harpoon SSM, 1986; name clash Los Angeles Class SSN-702 & doesn’t fit class
Utah (SSBN-745): 1998; pennant of first cancelled Ohio Class sub
Colorado (SSBN-753): pennant out of sequence & clash with Los Angeles Class USS Albany & name clash Virginia Class SSN-788
Hunley (SSBN-777): pennant out of sequence & clash Virginia Class USS North Carolina, name doesn’t fit Class [see SSGN section]
Atlantic (SSTN-777): 25kt, 1,300ft diving depth, 145 crew & 300 troops, modified for troop insertion, 2032
Vermont (SSBN-781): modified with active sonar system; pennant out of sequence & clash with Virginia Class USS California (SSN-781)
New York (SSBN-921) later renamed USS Alaska (SSBN-926): 1989; pennant widely out of sequence
California (SSBN-?): name clash California Class CGN-36 & Virginia Class SSN-781
Massachusetts (SSBN-?): name clash Virginia Class SSN-798
South Dakota (SSBN-?): described as last in class; name clash Virginia Class SSN-790
George Washington Carver (SSBN-?): name clash Benjamin Franklin Class SSBN-656
George Washington Carver (SSBN-?): different to above entry, modified design with sound-absorbing coating, computer-controlled sheathing and modified conning tower, 40+kt, 1985-99
Oregon (SSBN-?): decommissioned but refitted as ‘research’ sub with seawater-fuelled powerplant, retained armament capability, 30kt, 2000
William Taft (SSBN-?): modified design, 576ft x 46ft, 30x Trident II SLBM, ?x 21in TT (some aft), 2,400ft crush depth, 2016; unlikely name
Andromeda, Clinton, Nighthawk, Portland (SSBN-?): extant 2027; names don’t fit class
Unidentified Classes
Sharkfin (SSBN-?): 16x SLBM, 1968-72
Saint Louis (SSBN-?): 1968-72
Falcon, Hawk (SSBN-?): ?x Poseidon SLBM, 1970
Tempe (SSBN-?): ?x Polaris, extant 1989
Blue Fin (SSBN-?): 1986
Scotia (SSBN-?): 8x Trident, 2007
Dolphin (SSBN-?): 2008; name clash research submarine AGSS-555 decommissioned 2007
Fictional Classes
Polaris (SSN-571): 10x 21in TT (6x bow, 4x stern), 1x rocket launcher (?x missiles, 2-stage, 1,500 miles range), 1959; pennant clash USS Nautilus
Snapper (SSBN-?): ?x TT, 4x SLBMs, 2x4 SAMs, 1962
Pyramus (SSBN-?): 18x Polaris, 1967
Undaunted (SSBN-?): 16x Polaris (tubes mounted fwd of sail), 4x 21in TT (some nuclear warhead torps), 1968
Shenandoah, Willowtrack (SSBN-?) (Shenandoah Class): ?x Polaris, 4x TT, 40kt, 1966
Avenger, Liberty, Retribution, Swordfish (SSBN-?) (Trident Class): 24x Trident, 4x reactors, 1979
Adresteia (SSBN-?) (Mjölnir Class): 17,000 tons, 560ft long, 24x Trident, ?x TT (Mk.48 torps & SUBROC), 40kt (sub), 150 crew, has laser communications system, 1979
Hercules (SSBN-?): 18,000 tons, 560ft long, 16x Trident, 2015
SS
Stingray (SS-161) (Balao GUPPY II Class)
Whitefish (SS-432) (Balao GUPPY): cancelled sub completed 1945
Hawkbill (SS-?) (GUPPY I/II/IIA/III Class?): extant 1992
Hagfish (APSS-313) (Balao Class): transport role 1960s; pennant clash USS Perch
Fictional Classes
Hunley (XSS-568): 580 tons, 165ft long, 4x2 21in TT, 2x 1,000hp diesels & 2x 1,200hp motors, 39kt (sub), 17.5kt (surf), 10,000nm range, 9 crew, 1946, streamlined hull; pennant clash Tang Class USS Harder
Squallfish (SS-?): 350ft long, 6x 21in TT (bow) + ?x 21in TT (stern), 100 crew, GUPPY conversion by 1956
Unnamed (SS-387): 200ft long, 12x 21in TT (6x bow, 6x stern), 6x V-2 type ballistic missiles fired from 2x horizontal tubes, water-jet propulsion, 1949; pennant clash decommissioned Balao Class USS Pintado
Archerfish (SS-?) (A-212 Class): German built, 1993
Stonewall Jackson (SS-?): new design, 2018
SSG
Bluefin (SSG-348) (Gato Class): refitted with JB-2 Loon in 1950; pennant clash USS Cusk
Grampus (SSG-523) (Tench Class): Regulus conversion
SSGN
Hunley (SSGN-777) (Ohio Class): conversion, formerly SSBN-777 [see SSBN section]
Fictional Classes
Unnamed (SSN-777): 4x 21in TT (bow), 1x Regulus launcher, 1958; pennant clash Virginia Class USS North Carolina
Crichton (SSGN-?): ?x TT, 1x SLCM, 31kt (sub), 1962
Angel Shark (SSGN-559): pennant in cancelled SS-557-562 gap
Lewis & Clark (SSGN-999) (Triton Class): 24x Poseidon, 6x TT-launched Tomahawk, ?x 21in TT, 1977
Martin Luther King (SSGN-?/SSN-?) (Centurian Class): 380ft long, ?x TT, 48x SLCM/Harpoon, 50kt+ (sub), 102 crew, boundary layer control system for high underwater speed, 2006
SSK
K-7 (SSK-7) (Barracuda Class)
SSN
Skate Class
Tigerfish (SSN-509): pennant not in sequence but within cancelled gap SS-495-521
Manta, Neptune (SSN-?)
Skipjack Class
Jackman (SSN-515): pennant clash cancelled Tench Class sub, unlikely name
Barracuda (SSN-593): pennant clash USS Thresher lost 1963, name doesn’t fit class
Edmond Roald Amundsen (SSN-?/SSGN-?) (ex-USS Scorpion (SSN-589)): 6x 21in TT (18x Tomahawk, no torps) by 1983; name doesn’t fit class, real Scorpion’s 1968 sinking a cover for subsequent covert use
Memphis (SSN-?): name clash Los Angeles Class (SSN-691) of 1977
Rockfish, Sea Tiger, Skippack, Sterlet (SSN-?)
Thresher Class
Moray (SSN-570): pennant out of sequence and originally allocated to USS Mackerel (SST-1)
Sawfish (SSN-623): 1964; pennant clash Lafayette Class USS Nathan Hale
Dolphin (SSN-?): 1963; name clash USS Dolphin (AGSS-555)
Dragonfish, Mako, Threadfin (SSN-?)
Sturgeon Class
Wayne (SSN-593): 1977; pennant clash sunken USS Thresher
Paddlefish (SSN-654): pennant clash Benjamin Franklin Class USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654)
Viperfish (SSN-655): pennant clash USS Guitarro
Redfish (SSN-672): original name of USS William H. Bates (SSN-680), pennant clash USS Pintado
Orca (SSN-?): sunk 1971
Neptune (SSN-?): 1974; name clash cable repair ship ARC-2
Defiance (SSN-?): name clash Asheville Class gunboat PG-95
Chicago (SSN-?): name clash Albany Class CG-11
Beaumont, Cabezon, Copperhead, Pequod, Plymouth, Scorpionfish, Steelhead, Yellowtail (SSN-?)
Unidentified Early SSN Classes
Swordray (SSN-?): 1957
Moray, Thumper (SSN-?): 1958
Copperfin (SSN-575): 2,190 tons, 267ft long, 1958; pennant clash USS Seawolf
Tigershark (SSN-?): carries minisub Lungfish, 1959
Nemo (SSN-?): 8,000 tons, 1968
Devilfish, Stingray (SSN-?): 1968-72
Los Angeles Class
Woodbridge (SSN-349) (688i Sub-Class): 1999; pennant widely out of sequence
Watertown (SSN-696): 1979; pennant clash USS New York City
Charleston (SSN-704) (688i Sub-Class): has magnetohydrodynamic ‘caterpillar’ drive; pennant clash USS Baltimore
San Pedro (SSN-747): pennant in cancelled sequence SSN-744-749
Monterey (SSN-749): modified with Virginia Class anechoic tiles; name clash Ticonderoga Class cruiser (CG-61)
Cathedral City (SSN-757): 1991; pennant clash USS Alexandria
Portland (SSN-773): 1996; pennant clash USS Cheyenne
Anchorage (SSN-775): 1998; name clash Anchorage Class LSD-36 & later LPD-23, pennant out of sequence & clash Virginia Class USS Texas
Oakla (SSN-788): pennant clash later Virginia Class USS Colorado
Lansing (SSN-795): 2001; pennant clash Virginia Class USS Hyman G. Rickover
Oakland (SSN-798): 1996; pennant clash Virginia Class USS Massachusetts
Valhalla (SSN-905): 1997; pennant widely out of sequence
Hampton Roads (SSN-?): 1979
Triton (SSN-?): ?x fictional SOW 300-mile range rocket-torps, 1987; name doesn’t fit class
Aspen, Manchester, Greensboro, Rosemont (SSN-?): 1989; by date would fit cancelled sequence SSN-744-749
Kansas (SSN-?): 1990-95; name clash oiler USS Kansas City AOR-3
Denver (SSN-?): 1990-95; name clash Austin Class LPD-9
Little Rock (SSN-?): 1990-95
Tacoma (SSN-?): 1992; name clash Asheville Class PG-92
Tampa (SSN-?): 1993
Orlando, Ulysses, Davies (SSN-?): 1996; by date would fit cancelled sequence SSN-774-777
Indiana (SSN-?): 1998; name clash Virginia Class SSN-789
Princeton (SSN-?): name clash Ticonderoga Class cruiser CG-59
Seattle (SSN-?): name clash Sacramento Class fast combat support ship AOE-3
Atlanta, Colorado Springs, Encinitas, Reno, Seahawk, Springfield, Tallahassee, Tulsa, Wilmington, Winston-Salem (SSN-?)
Virginia Class
Santa Maria (SSN-727), Poseidon (SSN-729): 2005; pennant clash Ohio Class USS Michigan & USS Georgia
North Dakota (SSN-782): pennant clash Mississippi, real pennant is SSN-784
Maryland (SSN-795): pennant clash Hyman G. Rickover & name clash Ohio Class SSBN-738
Kansas (SSN-799): 2017; pennant clash USS Idaho
John Paul Jones (SSN-800): pennant assigned for Block V sub, name clash Arleigh Burke Class DDG-53
Utah (SSN-801): planned real sub fictionally completed 2016
Crawford (SSN-806): pennant assigned for Block V sub
Nebraska (SSN-808): pennant assigned for Block V sub
Oregon (SSN-810): name clash Block IV SSN-793 & pennant assigned for Block V sub
Montana (SSN-812): 12th sub in class; name clash SSN-794 & pennant assigned for Block V sub, implies USS Virginia is SSN-800 rather than SSN-794
Kansas (SSN-849): built as trials sub but declared operational 2014; pennant widely out of sequence
Essex, Hammerhead, Hornet, Leopard, Orion (SSN-?): 2007
Obama (SSN-?): 2016; unlikely name
Barracuda (ex-USS ?) (SSN-?): modified with all weapon systems removed, sonars retained, can dock fictional USV ‘Nellie’, 2017
Chicago, Denver (SSN-?): 2021
Seawolf Class
Piranha (SSN-23): modified design, 400ft+ long, streamlined conning tower, 2007; pennant clash USS Jimmy Carter
War Eagle (SSN-24): 4th sub in class, built in secrecy, 2007
Massachusetts (SSN-224): another 4th sub in class, 2008; name clash Virginia Class (SSN-798); pennant widely of sequence
Tigershark (SSN-28): pennant implies is 8th sub in class
Mako (SSN-?): 2001
Allegiance, Renegade (SSN-?)
Unidentified Late SSN Classes
Sea Trench (SSN-?): 1978
Manta (SSN-?): 1985
Pocatello (SSN-?): 1988
Blackhawk (SSN-?): 1989+
Bow Fin: 1990
Liberator (SSN-?): 1991
Devilfish, Farley (SSN-?): 1992
Specter (SSN-?): 1997-2007
Kingfisher (SSN-?): 2008; name clash Osprey Class minehunter MHC-56
Blowfin (SSN-?): 2008
Vickery (SSN-?): 2014
Archer, Winfield Scott (SSN-?)
Fictional Classes
Courage (SSN-?): highly automated, 5 crew, 1958
Charger, Rapier (SSN-?): 3,000 tons, 60+kt, 3,000ft max operating depth, 56 crew, 1970
Neptune (SSN-?): 23,000 tons, 1,980ft long, “unique” profile includes an opening bay in the conning tower, fake submarine for deception duties, 1976
Hawk (SS(N)-2207), Falcon (SS(N)-2208) +4 unnamed (Hawk Class): 9,600 tons, 960ft long, ?x 21in TT, 16x Poseidon SLBM, 136 crew, 1970s; note unusual pennants
USS Orcus (SSN-?) (Los Angles Class?): ?x TT (Mk.48 torps & SUBROC), 40+kt (sub), active/passive & towed sonars, underwater laser range finder and laser communications system, 1979
Starbuck (SSN-989): 320ft long, 2x reactors, 30x fictional Hyperion SLCM, ?x 21in TT, 1983; pennant widely out of sequence
Shark (SSN-?): experimental design, 1985
Amberjack (SSN-?) (Amberjack Class): 3,650 tons (sub), 76m x 10.7m, 1989
Narwhal (SSN-?): experimental design, 1990; name clash Narwhal Class (SSN-671)
King, Alexander (SSN-?) (fictional Seawolf Class): 1990-95
Regan, John Wayne (SSN-?): ?x guns, 8x TT (4x bow, 4x aft), twin reactors, 1996
Devilfish (SSNX-1): 1999
Centurion (Centurion Class) (SSN-?): 2000
Challenger (SSN-?): ?x TT, ?x SLCM, ceramic composite for deep diving, 2003
Polar Sentinel (SSN-777): research/prototype SSN, original armament removed, experimental ‘Deep Eye’ ice penetrating sonar, twin-screws, 2003-2010; pennant clash Virginia Class USS North Carolina
America (ex-USS Virginia) (SSN-?) (fictional Virginia Class): 377 x 34ft, ?x TT, ?x VLS (Tomahawk with HE or fictional ‘Flashlight’ EMP warheads), 1x minisub for SEAL insertion, 134 crew, 2001
Stingray (SSL-1001): 2,000 tons, 2x 21in TT (1x bow, 1x aft), 50MW reactor, 35-40 crew, ELINT & special forces insertion role, ‘manta ray’ design, 2018; note fictional pennant for ‘Littoral’ role
Other Submarines
Unnamed (APS-417): amphibious assault submarine, 10,000 tons, 720 x 124ft, 2,240 Marines & vehicles, 10x 100mph amphibious flying platforms, 1950s
Imperator (SS-?): amphibious assault submarine, 1987
Unnamed (SW-90): 2x TT, 1x retractable launcher for ?x nuclear missiles, ?x DCs, nuclear powerplant, 60kt (surf), 6 months endurance, 1 crew, 1954+
Command One: command submarine, 1989
Leviathan (SSCVN-1): submarine carrier, ?x SFV-4B Barracuda minisubs (2x Mk.62 torps each), 1993
Poseidon: submarine carrier & SSBN, ?x SLBM, ?x a/c, 2010
Dark Horse: submersible covert operations craft, 150ft diving depth, 2010
Orca: experimental design, advanced GRP teardrop hull with hydrofoils and boundary layer control system, designed by fictional Astro Hydrodynamics (AHD), 1,600 tons, 120ft long, ?x Mk IX torps, Sonar & Lidar, nuclear-powered 350,000hp twin props, 80kt, 2 crew, 1970, two prototypes
Sea Shadow (SSN-?): experimental design, 188ft long, nuclear-powered electric drive, based on Ohio Class hullform, fitted with anechoic tiles covered with ‘nano-paint’, 2015
Beowulf (SSRN-9802): long-term reconnaissance, 560ft long, 4x 21in TT (2x bow, 2x stern, 20x torps), 150 crew, carries hydroponics equipment and refuelling rods, 2017; ; real SSRN designation is nuclear-powered radar picket submarine
Tempest D: supercavitation prototype, 120.2ft long, battery powered electric propeller drive & supercavitation system, spherical bow sonar, 6 crew, 2004
USOS (United States Oceanographic Survey) / SSRN (Nuclear Submarine Research) Seaview: nuclear-powered survey submarine, 4x TT, 20x SLBM (Polaris?), ?x SAM, 1x laser, 1x ultrasonic weapon, operational diving depth 3,600ft (max 5,000ft), 40kt (sub), pumpjet propulsion, 1961; real SSRN designation is nuclear-powered radar picket submarine
Minisubs and UUVs
DSRV Mercury (DSRV-3) (Mystic Class): carried by fictional USS Alfred Aultman
Fictional Classes
X-1: carries 5 divers, stowage for nuclear charges, 10kt, 1959
Lily-One: DSRV, saucer-shaped, has a manipulator arm, 1975
Cetus: experimental UUV, nuclear-powered, experimental sonic cannon
Deep Ranging Multi-Capable Cruiser Vehicle (DR-MCCV) Demon-4: UUV, 15 x 3.2 x 2.6m, ducted waterjet, 30kt, 2x ventral bays (3x 400mm torps or 12x hypervelocity ‘darts’ & 9x decoys each), 1x stern bay (1x 400mm torp), port ventral bay can fit 1 man transport pod, part of Advanced Volitional Robot Combat System (AVRCS), 1984+
Kentucky: minisub, 40 x 12ft, 1x 21in TT (2x Mk.48 ADCAP), 4x Tomahawk SLCM (possibly shorter special version minus booster), Magnetohydrodynamic drive propulsion, silent at 20kt, 5,000ft diving depth, anechoic tiles, has a manipulator arm, 3 crew, 1992
Steel Albatross: stealth minisub, silent propulsion, 1991
Snarc (SSNR-1): 3,000 tons (sub), 180 x 26ft, ?x TT (80x torps), unmanned, 1999
‘Nellie’: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), high-frequency sonar, battery-powered hydrojet, support vessel is modified Virginia Class SSN USS Barracuda, 2017
Neptune: minisub, 40ft long, can be carried inside a C-130 Hercules, 4x fictional J-65 AP torpedoes, 2x fictional R-40 IR-guided missiles, lasers, has manipulator arms, 3 crew + 1 passenger, designed and built by USAF for covert retrieval missions, 2017
Submerged Biological Combat Craft (SBCC) (Shrike Class): similar design to a fighter jet with stubby wings, 4x fictional Mark X torps, anechoic coating, propulsion system sounds like marine life, 2 crew, carried by fictional Falcon Class cruisers, 2017
Amphibious Assault Ships
Raleigh Class
Pascagoula (AGF-?): converted from LPD to command ship, 1985+
Iwo Jima Class
Bladensburg (LPH-12): pennant clash USS Inchon
Wasp Class
Valkyrie (LHD-2): pennant clash USS Essex
Khe Sanh (LHD-9)
Veracruz (LHD-?): 1992; by date would be 2nd ship in class
Rangoon (LHD-?): 1996
Yellowjacket (LHD-?): 1999
Mindanao (LHD-?): 2009
Chosin Reservoir (LHD-?): 2013
Hornet, Independence, Liberty (LHD-?)
America Class
Wake Island (LHA-8): pennant clash USS Bougainville
Guadalcanal (LHA-9)
Brewer (LHA-?): name doesn’t fit class
Harpers Ferry Class
Hermitage (LSD-56): pennant of cancelled ship in class
Providence (LSD-?)
San Antonio Class
Evans F. Carlson (LPD-26): pennant clash USS John P. Murtha
Kennebunkport (LPD-28): pennant clash USS Fort Lauderdale
LSTs & Cargo
Winchester County (LST-?) (LST-542 Class): recommissioned 1966
Suribachi (LST-1186): name clash 1955 Suribachi Class ammunition ship AE-21 & 1970 Newport Class LST USS Cayuga
Panjang (T-AKE-?): Liberty Ship, built 1944, extant 1989
Unidentified Classes
Avarda (LHD-?): 1989
Madison (LHD-19): 2006; pennant widely out of sequence
Fictional Classes
Argus: amphibious command ship, 2006; portrayed by RFA Argus
Patrol Boats
Rogue, Santana (PC-?) (Cyclone Class)
Mauler (PC-?) (Cyclone Class?): diesel engines, built 1984
Dauntless (PC-?): 92.5 tons, 85ft long, 2x 25mm Mk38, 1x experimental non-lethal weapon ‘November Lima’, electric engines powered by diesels or hydrogen fuel cells, 35kt, 2014
Mine Warfare Ships
Dean (Raven/Auk/Admirable Class?): minesweeper, extant 1950
Audacity (MSO-442), Resolute (MSO-?) (Agile Class): Audacity pennant clash USS Fearless
Cato E. Parnell: minesweeper/hunter, 25kt, glass fibre hull, 1979
Neptune: minesweeper tender, converted WW2 LST, 1965-68
MTBs
PT-?: armed with ‘Tritium’ torpedoes, 1965; may be refitted WW2-era boat
Hovercraft
Fictional Classes
Benton (PGAC-01 fictional pennant Patrol Gunboat-Air Cushion): prototype
Queen of the West (PGAC-02), Carondelet (PGAC-03), Manassas (PGAC-04)
M-5 RACV (Reconnaissance Air Cushion Vehicle) Class: 9 tons, 1x 20mm Rh-202 cannon (casemate), 2x 0.5in Browning MGs & 2x 40mm Mk.19 grenade launchers (turret), 6 crew, updated Bell SK-5 variant, 1996
XM-23 AACV (Assault Air Cushion Vehicle) Class: M-5 RACV variant, 14 tons, 1x 105mm with 24-round autoloader & 1x 7.62mm MG (Cadillac Gage Stingray tank turret), 1996
M-22 PCAC (Personnel Carrier Air Cushion) Class: Special Forces transport, 9 tons, 1x 40mm Mk.19 grenade launcher & 1x 0.5in Browning MG (turret), 3 crew + 8 troops, 1996
Auxiliaries
Submarine Tenders
Tallahatchie County (AS-?): 1968; name clash aviation tender
Clifford C. Howel, Cyrus A. Woods (AS-?): extant 1992
Daniel Boone (AS-44): converted from minesweeper (? class), 18,000tons, 750ft (originally 690ft) x 150ft, 2x 50mm, 4x 30mm, helipad for Sea King, twin diesel engines, 15kt, 1992-2013
Claude Voorhees: submarine support ship, carries minisub ‘Saran’
Riverine Craft Tenders
Tutanga: converted Liberty Ship, 1971
Oilers
Ajax (AO-?): 1996; if older ship, name clash Vulcan Class repair ship AR-6 decommissioned 1986
Cuyahoga (AO-?): 1971
Replenishment Ships
Mount Saint Helens (AE-40) (Kilauea Class): ammunition ship
USNS Jonathan Harker: supply ship, 600+ft long, 1999
Ballston Spa: ?x 0.5in Browning MGs, 2004
Transports
Reluctant (AK-601): cargo ship; pennant out of sequence
Hospital Ships
USNS Solace: 2013
Submarine Rescue Ships
Archangel: carries DSRV, 1999
Alfred Aultman: carries fictional DSRV-3 Mercury, helipad aft, 2003
Salvage Ships
Pacific Klondike: clandestine Glomar Explorer-type salvage vessel, carries 1x bathyscaphe (Explorer One) and 1x submersible barge (Omega One), 1977
Cambridge (ARS-?): salvage and repair ship, 2x 100 ton cranes, full diving facilities, 1977-80
MS Martha Ann: covert underwater salvage ship, converted 12,000 ton freighter, three island design, helipad, 15 crew, 1983
Condon (ARS-54) (Safeguard Class): 1986
Lifter (T-ARS-?) (Safeguard Class?): 1990
Modoc: carries minisub ‘Sea Slug’, 1988
Dean Hawes: launched 1998
Valley Mistress: salvage ship/ intelligence ship, Stinger MANPADs & small arms, SPS-40E & SPS-69 radars, helipad & retractable hangar for 1x CV-22 Osprey (‘Pave Hammer’), civilian owned but registered to USNR, 1997
James: salvage/support ship, 39 crew, 2017
Tugboats
Karuk (T-ATF-?) (Powhatan Class?): oceangoing tug
Orion (T-ATF-?): oceangoing tug, 2003
Samuel R. Wallace, Thomas J. Morse: salvage tugs, 250ft long, 5,000hp diesel, 1988
Icebreakers
Polarwind (AGB-2) (Wind Class): extant in USN service 1960s; pennant clash USS Edisto (ex-AGB-89, future WAGB-284)
Elroy, Exodus: 6,500 tons, 1x 5in, helipad, 1972
Polar Explorer: 80,000shp, can break ice up to 5ft thick, helipad, 1991
Survey Ships
Medusa: oceanographic survey ship, 1968-72
Mary Jane: oceanographic survey ship, 5,000 tons, 260ft long, diesel-electric, 12kt (cruising), 43 crew & 17 scientists, side-scan sonar fitted, 1977
Eureka: oceanographic survey ship, towed array sonar, icebreaker bow, helipad aft, 1978
RV Meriwether: oceanographic survey ship/spy ship, converted trawler, 89ft long, towed array sonar, ELINT equipment, cover operation by University of Hawaii for DIA, 2017
Research Ships
Sturman (DE-166) (Cannon Class): fwd gun removed and reclassified as research ship in 1955; pennant clash USS Barron
Alice: 89ft long, sails & diesel engine, 10kt, wooden hull, 7 crew & 2 scientists, ASW sensor trial ship, 1965
Stealth Cat One: Australian-designed low observability catamaran, magnetic field generator & facetted structure, ?x DC, helipad, 60kt, 2000
MV Abby: oceanographic research ship/covert support ship registered to Smithsonian Institute but operated by USN for Tempest supercavitating submarine programme, 2004
USNS Philadelphia, Grace Orbis: scientific research and launch support vessel, 1996
Otis Barton (ex-T-AGOS-19 Victorious) (ex-Victorious Class ocean surveillance ship): carries minisub Nereus, NOAA operated, 2010
Benjamin Franklin: NOAA operated, 2017
Other Roles
Ralph R. Bennett: radar surveillance ship, large fixed-array radar system, ?x 30mm Sea Vulcan (fictional GAU-8/A naval version), helipad, 1993
MS Hobson: CIA-owned AMC converted from Attack Cargo Transport (AKA), armament includes unspecified missiles, 1984
MV Ocean Voyager: converted container ship AMC, 800 x 105ft, 8x Phalanx CIWS (concealed), 2x AV-8 Harrier II & 2x UH-60, 4x GE F110-400 gas turbines, 40kt, 43 crew (18 Delta Force), built 1981, converted by 2004
Other
Arctic Station Alpha: nuclear powered SeaLab, first stage of an underwater Arctic base, around 190 x 45ft, ?x 21in TT (in torpedo room), 8 crew, 1960s
Base Savage: underground submarine pens and support facility for Project Orca on Culebra (near Puerto Rico), 1970
Delta Base: submarine refitting station constructed inside hollowed out seamount, Vava'u District Tonga, 1970s/80s
Type Unknown
Gainsville, Jim Bridger, San Michel, Majestic, Geronimo, Serrano, New Haven (CG or DDG?), Fort Stanwix (DDG or FFG?), Cape Fear (name clash T-AK-5061 decom 2006), Louisiana (1950s-60s)
US Coast Guard Cutters
Note: ship prefix: USCGC
Ozette (WHEC-49) (Owasco Class): 1946
Polar Dawn (Polar Class): icebreaker
Wilmington (WAGB-?) (Healy Class): icebreaker
Melbourne (WPB-?) (Point Class)
Intrepid (WMEC-?) (Reliance Class)
Susquehanna (WMEC-?) (Famous Class)
First Responder (WHEC-723) (Hamilton Class): pennant clash USCGC Rush
Bristow (WHEC-?) (Hamilton Class)
Unnamed (aka ‘Fin Chaser’) (MLB-?): modified 47ft motor life boat for shark research, carries 16ft long minisub ‘Jaws’ armed with 3x Mares spearguns & 2x ROVs, armed with hand-held small arms & Mares spearguns, 2017
Unidentified Classes
Jason: 1978
New Hope: 1979
Benchley, Rimfire: 1993
Joseph Ryan: 2003
Huron: 2003
Ravenswood: 2005
Mustang: 2011
Delaney: 2016
Casco: 2017
Eastlight, Falcon
Fictional Classes
Catawaba: diesel engines, helipad, 177 crew (17 officers, 160 men), 1977
Nelson: 1x 3in, 1978
Panache: 280ft long, 1x40mm, ?x 0.5in Browning, diesel engines, 25kt, helipad large enough for Sikorsky MH-53, only ship in class, others cancelled by budget cuts, 1989
Red Fox (CG-144), Hensley (CG-217): 72ft long, 1993; note incorrect pennant which clashes with cruiser designation
Unnamed (WMEC-624) (modified Reliance Class?): 220ft long, 1x 5in, 2x 0.5in Browning, helipad, 1992; pennant clash USCGC Dauntless
Weehawken: 1x 76mm Mk 75, helipad, 2000; name clash Natick Class tug
William Shea, Timothy Firme: 1x 25mm twin-barrelled M242 Bushmaster (fwd), 2003
Almayer: 1x6 SAM launcher (fwd mounting), 1x heli, 2015
US Customs & Border Patrol
Interceptor: high-speed interception craft, 2017
Venezuela
Reina Azul: armed merchant ship, 200ft long, 4x 3M-54 ‘Klub-K’ SSMs in modified shipping container, 15kt, 2017
Vietnam
6x unnamed (2x ex-Soviet): destroyers, 1970+
Dinh Tien Hoang: frigate, 1x 76mm, ?x Kh-35e SSMs, 1x Osa-M SAM, ?x 533mm TT, Russian stealthy design, 2012
3x unnamed: minesweepers, 1970+
1x unnamed (ex-US): submarine, converted for 4x Soviet IRBMs, 1970+
2x unnamed (Pr.636 Kilo Class): 2012