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USS Albacore (AGSS-569)United States research submarine · from 1949USS Andres (DE-45)American WWII-era destroyer escort shipUSS Arizona (BB-39)US Navy Pennsylvania-class battleship sunk in 1941 · from 1914USS Arleigh Burke (DDG51)Arleigh Burke-class destroyer · from 1989USS Barry (DDG-52)Arleigh Burke-class destroyer · from 1993USS Blessman (DE-69)Buckley-class destroyer escort · from 1943USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)United States Navy amphibious warfare command vessel · from 1970USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)Wasp-class amphibious assault ship · 1998–2020USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier · from 1982USS Carney (DDG-64)Arleigh Burke-class destroyer · from 1996USS ChiwawaOiler of the United States Navy · from 1942USS Cole (DDG-67)Arleigh Burke-class destroyer · from 1995USS CoronisWWII US naval vessel · from 1944USS EllysonGleaves-class destroyerUSS Enterprise (CV-6)Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the US Navy · from 1941USS Enterprise (CVN-65)Decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier · from 1962USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carrier · from 2005USS Guardian (MCM-5)Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship · from 2013USS Hammann (DE-131)1942 Edsall-class destroyer escort · from 1943USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier · from 1998USS Helena (CL-50)United States Navy WWII-era light cruiser · from 1939USS HobsonGleaves-class destroyer · from 1942USS Houston (CA-30)Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy · from 1931USS Indianapolis (CA-35)Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy · from 1922USS Iowa (BB-61)Iowa-class battleship · from 1942USS Johnston (DD-557)United States Fletcher-class destroyer · from 1942USS Kidd (DD-661)US Navy Fletcher-class destroyer · 1943–1974USS LST-3561942 LST-1-class tank landing ship · from 1942USS Long Beach (CGN-9)Long Beach-class missile cruiser · from 1957USS Maddox (DD-731)Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer · 1943–1985USS Maine (1890)Battleship of the United States Navy · 1895–1898USS MariasOiler of the United States Navy · from 1943USS Mason (DE-529)1943 Evarts-class destroyer escort · from 1918USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440) · 1957–1968USS Missouri (BB-63)Iowa-class battleship of the U.S. Navy · from 1938USS Mount WhitneyBlue Ridge-class amphibious command ship · from 1994USS Nautilus (SSN-571)First nuclear-powered submarine of the US Navy · from 1947USS Nevada (BB-36)Dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy · from 1903USS New Jersey (BB-62)United States battleship and now museum ship · from 2004USS Nimitz (CVN-68)US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier · from 1975USS O'Bannon (DD-450)Fletcher-class destroyer · from 1941USS Olympia (C-6)United States Navy steam-powered cruiser · from 1892USS PiedmontTender of the United States Navy · from 1942USS Portland (CA-33)American lead ship of Portland-class · from 1922USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier · from 1994USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)John C. Butler-class destroyer escort (1944–1944) · from 1943USS Saratoga (CV-3)Lexington-class aircraft carrier · until 1946USS Saratoga (CV-60)Forrestal-class aircraft carrier (1956–1994)USS SaugatuckOiler of the United States Navy · from 1942USS SlaterCannon-class destroyer escort · from 1920USS Stanton1943 Edsall-class destroyer escort · from 1943USS TalugaOiler of the United States Navy · from 1944USS Texas (BB-35)Dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy · from 1910USS The Sullivans (DD-537)Fletcher-class destroyer · from 1942USS Thresher (SSN-593)United States Navy submarine (1961–63) · from 1961USS Triton (SSRN-586)US Navy radar picket submarine · from 1957USS Ulvert M. Moore1944 John C. Butler-class destroyer escort · from 1951USS Warren (APA-53)Ship built in 1943 · from 1943USS Washington (BB-56)WWII-era fast battleship of the United States Navy · 1941–1947USS Wichita (CA-45)American WWII-era heavy cruiser · from 1929USS Wisconsin (BB-64)Iowa-class battleship · from 1943USS Yorktown (CV-5)Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy · 1937–1942