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USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was an American battleship commissioned in 1916 that pioneered the all-or-nothing armor scheme and was the only battleship to get underway at Pearl Harbor.
USS New Jersey (BB-62)
USS New Jersey (BB-62), known as Big J, is an Iowa-class American battleship commissioned in 1943 that fought in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Lebanon.
USS New York (LPD-21)
USS New York (LPD-21), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock commissioned November 7, 2009, carries 7.5 tons of World Trade Center steel in her bow stem as a 9/11 memorial; sister ships Arlington and Somerset share the commemoration.
USS Niagara (1855)
USS Niagara was a wooden-hulled US Navy steam screw frigate launched in 1855, best known as the American ship that laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858.
USS Nimitz
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and lead ship of the ten-ship Nimitz class, named for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and commissioned in 1975.
USS Normandy
USS Normandy (CG-60) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the Battle of Normandy. Commissioned in 1989, she fired Tomahawk missiles in the 1991 Gulf War and was decommissioned in 2025.
USS North Carolina (BB-55)
USS North Carolina (BB-55), also known as BB-55, is an American battleship commissioned in 1941 that fought across the Pacific and is now a memorial at Wilmington, North Carolina.
USS O'Kane
USS O'Kane (DDG-77) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned at Pearl Harbor in 1999 and named for Medal of Honor recipient Rear Admiral Richard O'Kane.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
The USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was an American battleship that capsized under torpedo attack at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, with the loss of 429 men, the attack's second-greatest death toll.
USS Olympia (C-6)
USS Olympia (C-6) is a US Navy protected cruiser that was Commodore Dewey's flagship at the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay and is now a museum ship in Philadelphia.
USS Oscar Austin
USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in 2000 and named for Medal of Honor recipient Oscar P. Austin.
USS Panay incident
The USS Panay incident, also called the Panay Incident, was Japan's 1937 air attack that sank the US Navy gunboat Panay on the Yangtze River, killing 3 Americans.
USS Peleliu
USS Peleliu, hull number LHA-5, was a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, in service from 1980 to 2015 and named for the 1944 Battle of Peleliu.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a 31,400-ton US Navy battleship commissioned in 1916, flagship of the fleet through the interwar years and a Pacific bombardment ship in World War II.
USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)
USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, built by Bath Iron Works and commissioned in 1989, serving through Desert Storm and the Red Sea operations.
USS Pinckney
USS Pinckney (DDG-91) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in 2004 and named for William Pinckney, a Navy Cross recipient of World War II.
USS Porter (DDG-78)
USS Porter (DDG-78) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1999 and named for Commodore David Porter and his son.
USS Preble (DDG-88)
USS Preble (DDG-88) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in 2002 and the first Navy destroyer fitted with the HELIOS high-energy laser.
USS Princeton (CG-59)
USS Princeton (CG-59) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1989 and best known for surviving two Iraqi mine strikes during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
USS Princeton (CVL-23)
USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a US Navy Independence-class light aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943 and sunk at the Battle of Leyte Gulf on 24 October 1944.
USS Proteus (AS-19)
USS Proteus (AS-19) was a United States Navy Fulton-class submarine tender that served in World War II and became the first tender for Polaris missile submarines.
USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
USS Pueblo (AGER-2), ex-AKL-44, a US Navy environmental research (intelligence) ship captured by North Korea on 23 January 1968 off Wonsan; crew of 83 released 23 December 1968 after a US written apology; ship never returned.
USS Ranger (CV-4)
USS Ranger (CV-4) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1934, the first American carrier designed and built as such rather than converted.
USS Ranger (CV-61)
USS Ranger (CV-61) was a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, in service from 1957 to 1993, with nine combat deployments from Vietnam through Desert Storm.
USS Robert Smalls
USS Robert Smalls (CG-62), formerly USS Chancellorsville, is a United States Navy Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1989 and renamed in 2023 to honor Robert Smalls.
USS Ronald Reagan
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, commissioned in 2003 and homeported at Yokosuka, Japan, from 2015 to 2024.
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer named for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, forward-deployed to Naval Station Rota, Spain, since 2020.
USS Ross (DDG-71)
USS Ross (DDG-71) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1997 and named for Medal of Honor recipient Donald K. Ross.
USS Saipan (LHA-2)
USS Saipan (LHA-2) was a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, the second of five of her class, serving from 1977 to 2007.
USS Salem (CA-139)
USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser that served as Sixth Fleet flagship from 1949 to 1959 and is now a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts.