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Landing Craft Utility
The Landing Craft Utility (LCU) is a steel landing craft of the United States Navy and Marine Corps that carries vehicles, troops, and cargo from ships to shore.
Landing Ship, Tank
The Landing Ship, Tank (LST) is an ocean-going military vessel that lands tanks and troops directly onto beaches through bow doors, first built in World War II.
LCVP (United States)
The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP), widely known as the Higgins boat, was an American wooden landing craft that carried 36 troops ashore, used from D-Day to Korea.
Legend-class cutter
The Legend-class cutter, officially the National Security Cutter, is a 418-foot patrol ship of the United States Coast Guard, the largest class in its fleet.
Light cruiser
A light cruiser is a warship carrying guns of 6.1-inch (155 mm) caliber or smaller, a category created by the London Naval Treaty of 1930 to distinguish it from heavy cruisers.
Lion-class battleship
The Lion-class battleships were six fast battleships designed for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s as successors to the King George V class; none was ever completed.
List of active Indonesian Navy ships
The list of active Indonesian Navy ships covers a fleet of roughly 220 to 340 commissioned hulls, dominated by more than a hundred patrol craft.
List of amphibious warfare ships
The list of amphibious warfare ships covers warships that land troops and equipment on hostile or permissive shores, from US LHA and LHD assault ships to landing craft.
List of battleships of Italy
The list of battleships of Italy covers the armored capital ships built for the Regia Marina, from the 1860s ironclads to the Littorio class of World War II.
List of battleships of Russia and the Soviet Union
The battleships of Russia and the Soviet Union spanned the 1890 ironclad Gangut to the never-completed Project 23 and 24 designs of the 1930s and 1940s.
List of battleships of the United States Navy
The list of battleships of the United States Navy covers 59 battleships in 23 classes, from the first USS Indiana of 1895 to the Missouri's 1992 decommissioning.
List of corvette classes in service
The list of corvette classes in service covers corvettes, small warships of 1,000 to 1,500 tons used as affordable surface combatants, including China's Type-056A, the most numerous.
List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) operates Iran's submarines and larger warships from Bandar Abbas, leaving the Persian Gulf to the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
List of current ships of the United States Navy
The current ships of the United States Navy number about 291 battle force ships as of May 2026, including aircraft carriers, surface combatants, submarines, and amphibious and support ships.
List of destroyer classes in service
A list of destroyer classes in service worldwide, including the US Arleigh Burke, UK Type 45, and Chinese Type 055, with the largest fleets held by the United States, China, and Japan.
List of equipment of the Indian Coast Guard
The list of equipment of the Indian Coast Guard covers the service's ships, hovercraft, and aircraft, a fleet of 151 ships and 76 aircraft as of 2025.
List of equipment of the Pakistan Navy
The list of equipment of the Pakistan Navy covers its surface warships, submarines, aircraft, unmanned systems, and missiles, tracing the fleet from independence in 1947.
List of equipment of the Swedish Navy
The list of equipment of the Swedish Navy covers its submarines, Visby stealth corvettes, and Combat Boat 90 assault craft, plus weapons and electronics in use as of 2026.
List of equipment of the Turkish Naval Forces
The equipment of the Turkish Naval Forces (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri) spans frigates, corvettes, submarines, and the amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu, described as the world's first UCAV carrier.
List of frigate classes in service
The list of frigate classes in service catalogs every navy's active frigates, multi-mission escort warships smaller than destroyers, from China's Type 054A fleet to the Hunter class.
List of Japanese Navy ships and war vessels in World War II
The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II entered the Pacific War in December 1941 with 381 warships, built 816 more, and lost 549 ships totaling 1,744,000 tons.
List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy
The list of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy covers the Navy's minelayers, minesweepers, and mine countermeasures ships, from the 1912 first minelayer to the Avenger class.
List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
The list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy covers the warships Japan's navy operated from the Meiji era to its 1945 dissolution, best known through its World War II roster.
List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy
The list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy covers the largest sailing warships of the English and British battle fleet, from the 1660s to the 1850s.
List of ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
The ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy, also known as the Chinese Navy, form the world's largest naval force with over 370 battle force ships, including three aircraft carriers.
List of submarine classes in service
The list of submarine classes in service covers groups of submarines built to a common design with at least one commissioned hull, including about 150 nuclear-powered boats worldwide.
List of submarines of the United States Navy
The list of submarines of the United States Navy covers the fleet from USS Holland, purchased in 1900, to today's nuclear-powered Los Angeles, Seawolf, Virginia, and Ohio classes.
Littoral combat ship
The littoral combat ship (LCS) is a fast United States Navy surface combatant class for shallow near-shore waters, built in two variants and configured through interchangeable mission packages.
Littorio-class battleship
The Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class, was a group of four fast battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina in the late 1930s.
Longship
The longship, called langskip in Old Norse, is a long, narrow Viking warship built for speed and shallow water, powered by oars and a square sail.