List of naval ship classes in service
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The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes
Ship class
A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design. This is distinct from a ship-type, which might reflect a similarity of tonnage or intended use. For example, the is a nuclear aircraft carrier of the Nimitz class....

 in service currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.

For other vessels, see also:

Aircraft carriers

Cruisers

Destroyers

  • Almirante Brown class
    Almirante Brown class destroyer
    The Almirante Brown is a class of destroyers commissioned between 1983 and 1984 for the Argentine Navy. As of 2005, ARA Sarandí is the Argentinian fleet flagship.-Specifications:...

     destroyer (MEKO 360H2
    MEKO 360
    The MEKO 360 is a class of five destroyers built in Germany for the Argentine and Nigerian Navies. The 360 was the first ship of the MEKO family of vessels built by Blohm und Voss.-Variants:...

     type)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 2,900 tons (empty); 3,360 tons (full load)
    • Operator: : 4 in service


Frigates

Steregushchy class
Steregushchy class corvette
The Steregushchy class is the newest class of corvette in the Russian Navy. It was designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design bureau. The first two were designated Project 2038.0 by the Russian Government; subsequent vessels were built to an improved design, Project 20385...

 corvette

  • Builders:
  • Type: Corvette
  • Displacement: 1,950 tonnes
  • Propulsion: 2 shaft CODAD, 4 16D49 diesels 24.000 hp (17.9 MW), power supply AC 380/220V, 50 Hz, 4x630 kW diesel genset
  • Speed: 27 kn (52.9 km/h)
  • Range: approx. 4000 nmi (7,408 km) at 17 kn (33.3 km/h)
  • Aircraft: 1 Kamov Ka-27
    Kamov Ka-27
    |-See also:-External links:*...

  • Armament:
    • 1 x Arsenal A-190 100mm
    • 2 x MTPU pedestal machine gun 14.5 mm
    • 2 x AK-630
      AK-630
      The AK-630 is a Soviet fully automatic naval close-in weapon system based on a six-barreled 30 mm Gatling gun. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar and television detection and tracking. The system's primary purpose is defense against anti-ship missiles and other...

      M 30mm
    • 1 x Kashtan
      Kashtan
      Kashtan is surname of:* Dror Kashtan , Israeli footballer and manager* William Kashtan , general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada- See also :* Kashtan CIWS * Kasztanka* Castanea* Kastania...

      -M CADS
    • 8x Kh-35 missiles
    • 4 x 400mm torpedo tubes
  • Countermeasures
    • Fire control radar: Ratep 5P-10E Puma for A-190
      HOT FLASH radar
    • Air search radar: Furke-E 3D, E/F band
    • Sonar: Zarya-ME suite, bow mounted. Vinyetka low frequency active/passive towed array
  • Ships in class: 2 + 4 Laid down ( 20 planned )
  • Operator:
  • Commissioned: 2007
  • Fate: In active service


  • Dergach class corvette (Project 1239 Sivuch)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,050 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service

  • Emer class patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,003 tons
    • Operator: : 3 ships acquired from 1978

  • Espora class class corvette (MEKO 140A16
    MEKO 140
    The MEKO 140 is a frigate design by the German Blohm + Voss shipyard as part of the MEKO family of vessels.- Concept and development :MEKO is a concept in modern naval shipbuilding based on modularity of armament, electronics and other equipment, aiming at ease of maintenance and cost reduction...

     type)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,790 tons (full load)
    • Operator: : 6 in service

  • Göteborg class
    Göteborg class corvette
    The Göteborg class is a class of corvettes in the Swedish Navy, built between 1990 and 1993. The class is armed with eight RBS-15 anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, one 57mm cannon and one 40mm cannon....

     corvette
    • Builder: Kockums www.Kockums.se
    • Displacement: 400 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 2 in active; service HMS Gävle and HMS Sundsvall, HMS Kalmar and HMS Göteborg decommissioned, HMS Helsingborg and HMS Härnösand (2 active, 2 decommissioned and 2 cancelled)

  • Minerva class
    Minerva class corvette
    The Minerva class is a series of corvettes of the Italian Marina Militare.They were built in two series of four units in the 1980s and 1990s. The ships have fairly good speed and armament, including a 76mm general-purpose gun, but, due to their emphasis on anti-submarine warfare, they lack...

     corvette
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1285 tons
    • Operators: : 8 in service

  • Nanuchka class
    Nanuchka class corvette
    The Nanuchka class was the NATO reporting name for a series of corvettes or small missile ships built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1969 and 1981. The Soviet designation was Project 1234 Ovod Small Missile Ship. These ships were designed around the P-120 Malakhit anti ship...

     corvette (Project 1234)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 730 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 17 Nanuchka III in service plus 1 Nanuchka IV

  • Nils Juel class corvette
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,320 tons
    • Operator: : 3 in service

  • Pohang class corvette
    • Builders:
    • Displacement: 1,350 tons
    • Operators: : 24 delivered in 1991

  • Parchim class
    Parchim class corvette
    The Parchim class corvette was developed for the East German Navy in the late 1970s, and built by the Wolgast Peene-Werft. The ships were designed for coastal anti-submarine warfare. In case of an all-out NATO-Warsaw Pact war in Europe their prime targets would have been the small U-206 coastal...

     corvette (Project 133)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 935 tons
    • Operator: : 12 in service

  • Peacock class
    Peacock class patrol vessel
    The Peacock Class is a class of patrol corvette built for the Royal Navy. Only five were ever constructed, and by 1997 all had been sold to the Irish Naval Service or the Philippine Navy.-Original use:...

     corvette
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 712 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 2 delivered in 1988 (former HMS Swift and Swallow)
      • : 3 Delivered in 1997

  • Reliance class patrol cutter
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,050 tons
    • Operator:
      • : 14 in commission
      • : 1 in service

Large patrol vessels

  • Albatros polar fisheries patrol ship
    • Displacement: 2,800 tons
    • Operator:

  • Buque de Acción Marítima
    Buque de Acción Marítima
    The BAM ships are new modular Offshore Patrol Vessels of the Spanish Navy adapted to different purposes from a common base, manufactured by Navantia. The BAMs combine high performance with mission versatility, a high commonality with other ships operated by the Spanish navy...

     (BAM) class, Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 2,500 tons
    • Operator: : 3 in commission (plus 1 building, 4+ planned)

  • Barentshav class
    NoCGV Barentshav
    The NoCGV Barentshav is a large offshore patrol vessel of the Norwegian Coast Guard, and is their first liquefied natural gas powered vessel...

     offshore patrol vessel
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 3,200 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in commission

  • Bear class patrol cutter (WMEC 901)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,780 tons
    • Operator: : 13 in commission

  • Cassiopea class
    Cassiopea class patrol vessel
    The Cassiopea class is a heavy series of four patrol boats of the Italian Marina Militare.They were built in the late 1980s on civilian standards. They are designed for patrol in safe areas....

     offshore patrol vessel
    • Builder
    • Displacement: 1475 tons
    • Operator: 4 in service

  • Cassiopea 2 class offshore patrol vessel
    • Builder
    • Displacement: 1518 tons
    • Operator: 2 in service

  • Comandanti class offshore patrol vessel
    • Builder
    • Displacement: 1512 tons
    • Operator: 4 in service

  • HMS Clyde (P257)
    HMS Clyde (P257)
    HMS Clyde is the ninth ship in the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was launched on 14 June 2006 in Portsmouth Naval Base by VT Group shipbuilders in Portsmouth, England and is the fourth vessel of the River class and the first of a lengthened variety with a larger displacement of 1,850 tonnes and...

     offshore patrol vessel
    • Builder
    • Displacement: 1850 tons
    • Operator: 1 in commission

  • Eithne class patrol ship
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,915 tons
    • Operator: : 1 ship acquired in 1984

  • Endurance
    HMS Endurance (A171)
    MV Polar Circle was built in Norway in 1990, chartered by the Royal Navy as HMS Polar Circle, and finally purchased as HMS Endurance. She is a former Antarctic ice patrol ship, and is a class 1A1 icebreaker...

     Antarctic patrol ship
    • Builder:
    • Displacement 6,100 tons
    • Operator: 1 in commission

  • Harstad
    NoCGV Harstad
    NoCGV Harstad is a purpose-built offshore patrol vessel for the Norwegian Coast Guard. She is named after the city Harstad in Northern Norway....

     offshore patrol vessel
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 3,121 tons
    • Operator:

  • Kingston class
    Kingston class patrol vessel
    The Kingston-class consists of 12 coastal defence vessels operated by the Royal Canadian Navy.The class is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project...

     patrol vessel (MM 700)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 970 tons
    • Operator: : 12 in commission

  • Roisin class patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,700 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 2 new-build boats acquired since 1999

  • Svalbard
    NoCGV Svalbard
    |...

     offshore patrol vessel
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 6,500 tons
    • Operator:

  • Þór offshore patrol vessel
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 3,920 tons
    • Operator:

Missile boats

  • Houxin class large missile boat (Type 343M/Project 037-II)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 478 tons
    • Operator: : 14 in service

  • Končar class
    Končar class fast attack craft
    The Končar class is a class of fast attack craft that was built for the SFR Yugoslav Navy in the late 1970s. Following the break-up of Yugoslavia one craft went to the Croatian Navy whilst the remaining five went to the Montenegro Navy...

     missile boat (Type 240)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 240 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 1 in service
      • : 5 in service

  • Kralj class
    Kralj class fast attack craft
    The Kralj class is a class of two fast attack craft, one of which was on order for the SFR Yugoslav Navy and one of which, following the break-up of Yugoslavia, was built for the Croatian Navy. As of 2009 both vessels remain in service....

     missile boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 385 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service plus 1 building

  • Kronstadt class missile boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 320 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 1 (of 4 delivered in the 1950s)

  • Osa class
    Osa class missile boat
    The Project 205 Tsunami, more commonly known by their NATO reporting name Osa, are a class of missile boats developed for the Soviet Navy in the early 1960s. The Osas are probably the most numerous class of missile boats ever built, with over 400 vessels constructed for both the Soviet Navy and for...

     missile boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 245 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 4 Osa II of a number delivered in service, limited operational use
      • : 38 Osa I and local Huangfeng version in service of 104 acquired
      • : 5 Huangfeng class made by China
      • : 1 Osa I in service without missiles as a patrol boat
      • : 4 Osa II in service as fast minelayers
      • : 1 Osa I of several remaining in service as a patrol boat
      • : 8 Osa II in service

  • Tarantul class
    Tarantul class corvette
    The Project 1241.1 Molniya are a class of Soviet missile corvettes. They have the NATO reporting name Tarantul...

     missile boat (Project 1241.1 Molnaya)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 475 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 1 transferred in 1989 from the USSR
      • : 34 in service, including 1 Tarantul I, 5 Tarantul II, and 28 Tarantul III
      • : 1 transferred in 1997 from Russia
      • : 4 in service

Torpedo boats

  • Shanghai II class torpedo patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 135 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 5 (of at least 6 delivered in the 1970s)

  • Turya class
    Turya class torpedo boat
    The Turya class is the NATO reporting name for a class of hydrofoil torpedo boats built for the Soviet Navy and Soviet allies. The Soviet designation was Project 206M.-Design:...

     torpedo boat (Project 206 Shtorm)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 250 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service of many built, plus one missile-armed variant Matka.

Patrol boats

  • Agdlek class fisheries patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 330 tons
    • Operator: : 3 in service for Greenland patrol

  • Archer class
    Archer class patrol vessel
    The Archer class is a class of patrol and training vessels in service with the British Royal Navy, commonly referred to as a Fast Training Boat.-History & operations:...

     patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 49 tons
    • Operator: 16 in commission

  • Armidale class
    Armidale class patrol boat
    The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy . Planning for a class of twelve vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process...

     patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 270 tonnes (aluminium construction)
    • Operator: : 14 in commission

  • Babochka class patrol boat (Project 1141.1 Sokol)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 465 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in service, plus one modified variant Mukha

  • Barracuda class patrol boat (WPB 87301)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 91 tons
    • Operator: : 54 in commission

  • Barso class patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 155 tons
    • Operator: : 9 in service

  • Cyclone class
    Cyclone class patrol ship
    The Cyclone class patrol ships are a class of United States Navy coastal patrol boats. Most of these ships were launched between 1992 and 1994....

     patrol boat (PC 1)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 350 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 13 in commission
      • 1 in commission

  • Diciotti class
    Diciotti class
    The Diciotti class is an Italian designed offshore patrol vessel, presently in use with the Italian Coast Guard, Armed Forces of Malta and Iraqi Navy...

     patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 393 tons
    • Operators:
      •   Italian Coast Guard
    • Subclasses: Malta - P61 : Iraq - Saettia MK4
    • Total ships planned = Italy: 5, Malta: 1, Iraq: 4

  • Espadon 50 patrol boat
    • Displacement: 410 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in service

  • Flyvefisken class
    Flyvefisken class patrol vessel
    The Flyvefisken class patrol vessels are warships of the Royal Danish Navy. The class is also known as the Standard Flex 300 or SF300 class.-Containerised weapon systems:...

     patrol boat (Standardflex 300 or SF300)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 320 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 10 in service, 1 decommissioned in 2006
      • : as of 2008.11 1 in service, 1 on the way + 1 optional

  • Fulmar class fisheries patrol boat
    • Displacement: 680 tons
    • Operator:

  • Hainan class patrol boat (Project 037)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 430 tons
    • Operator: : Up to 100 in service, : Unknown number

  • Haiqing class patrol boat (Project 037-I)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 478 tons
    • Operator: : 20 in service plus more building

  • Haizhu class patrol boat (Project 062-I)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 170 tons
    • Operator: : 13 in service plus more building, : Unknown number

  • Island class patrol boat (WPB 1301)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 160 tons
    • Operator: : 49 in commission

  • Mirna class patrol boat (Type 140)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 140 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 4 in service

  • OPV 54 patrol boat
    • Displacement: 375 tons
    • Operator: : 3 in service

  • P400 class patrol vessel
    P400 class patrol vessel
    The P400 patrol ships are small vessels of the French Navy. They were designed to accomplish police operations in the large French Exclusive Economic Zone....

    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 375 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 10 in service as the L'Audacieuse class

  • Pacific class patrol boat
    Pacific class patrol boat
    The Pacific class is a class of 22 patrol boats built by Australia and donated to twelve South Pacific countries. Constructed from 1985 to 1997 and operated by militaries, coast guards or police forces of the twelve island nations, these boats are supported by the Pacific Patrol Boat Program...

    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 170 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 6 modified versions in service as the Protector class

  • Pauk class patrol boat (Project 1241.2 Molnaya 2)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 440 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 2 Pauk II in service, delivered in 1989 and 1990
      • : 4 Pauk I in service plus 1 Pauk II
      • : 1 "Pauk" in service

  • Poti class patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 545 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 4 of 6 delivered in the 1960s remain in service

  • Rihtniemi class patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 110 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 2 delivered in 1999

  • Scimitar class patrol boat
    • Bulider:
    • Displacement: 24 tons
    • Operator:


  • Shanghai class patrol boat (Project 062)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 135 tons
    • Operator:
      • : Up to 100 Shanghai II in service, including as many as 20 modified for minesweeping
      • : At least 8 in active service

  • Sterne fisheries patrol boat
    • Displacement: 380 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in service

  • Storm class
    Storm class patrol boat
    The Storm class fast patrol boats were a class of 20 vessels built for the Royal Norwegian Navy.In Norwegian these boats were called missilkanonbåter meaning boats with missiles and guns. They were operated by the Coastal Combat Flotilla together with the MTBs, or Missile Torpedo Boats. None of...

     patrol boat
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 125 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 4 delivered in 1995, all in service
      • : 3 delivered in 1994, all in service

Mine countermeasures vessels

  • Avenger-class
    Avenger class mine countermeasures ship
    Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships are a class of 14 ships constructed by the United States Navy 1987–1994. The ships are designed to clear mines from vital waterways. The ships have the hull designator MCM.-Background:In the early 1980s, the U.S...

     mine countermeasures vessel (MCM 1)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,400 tons
    • Operator: : 14 in commission

  • Gorya-class mine countermeasures vessel (Project 1266)
    • Builder: /
    • Displacement: 1,228 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service

  • Hunt class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 762 tons
    • Operator: , : 13 in commission

Minehunters

  • Lerici-class
    Lerici class minehunter
    The Lerici class is a class of minehunters constructed by Intermarine SpA and owned and operated by the Marina Militare, the Italian Navy...

     minehunter
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 620 tons, 697 tons
    • Operator: 12 in service

Subclasses:
Lerici class
Second Series Gaeta class

Export derivatives:
Mahamiru class (Malaysia and Nigeria)
Osprey class
Osprey class coastal minehunter
Osprey-class coastal minehunters are designed to find, classify, and destroy moored and bottom naval mines from vital waterways. They use sonar and video systems, cable cutters and a mine detonating device that can be released and detonated by remote control...

 (USA)
Huon class
Huon class minehunter
The Huon class Minehunter Coastal ships are a group of minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy . Following problems with the Bay class minehunters, a request for tender was issued in 1993 for a class of six coastal minehunters under the project designation SEA 1555...

 (Australia)
Lat Ya class (Thailand)
Katanpää class (Finland)
  • Osprey-class minehunter (MHC 51)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 900 tons
    • Operator:
      2 with Hellenic Navy
      2 with Egyptian Navy
      2 with Lithuanian Navy
      2 with Turkish Navy
      2 with Taiwan Navy

  • Sandown-class
    Sandown class minehunter
    The Sandown class is a class of minehunter originally built for the British Royal Navy). Sandown-class vessels also serve with the Royal Saudi Navy and the Estonian Navy...

     minehunter
    • Builder
    • Displacement: 484 tons
    • Operator: , ,

  • Sirius-class minehunter/sweeper
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 440 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service

  • Type 331 minehunter
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 402 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 1 delivered in 2000 (former Cuxhaven)
      • : 1 delivered in 1999
      • : 2 delivered in 1999

  • Type 394 inshore minehunter
    • Builder:
    • Displacement:
    • Operators:
      • : 2 delivered in 1997 (former Minerva and Diana)

Minesweepers

  • Agile-class minesweeper
    • Builder:
    • Displacement:
    • Operators:
      • : 1 remains in service for trials

  • Antares-class minesweeper
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 340 tons
    • Operator: : 3 in service

  • Ham-class
    Ham class minesweeper
    The Ham class was a class of inshore minesweepers , known as the Type 1, of the British Royal Navy. The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of rivers and estuaries. It took its name from the fact that all the ship names were British place names ending in -"ham"...

     minesweeper
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 164 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in service of a few delivered in the 1960s

  • KMV-class minesweeper
    • Builder: and
    • Displacement: 644 tons
    • Operators:
      • : Planned acquisition of 4 remains in question

  • Kingston-class
    Kingston class patrol vessel
    The Kingston-class consists of 12 coastal defence vessels operated by the Royal Canadian Navy.The class is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project...

     minesweeper (MM 700)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 970 tons
    • Operator: : 12 in commission

  • Kondor I-class minesweeper
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 361 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 1 delivered in 1994 (former Meteor)
      • : 3 delivered from 1992 unarmed, local armament added

  • Kondor II-class minesweeper
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 479 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 2 delivered in 1994 plus an additional parts ship

  • Lianyun-class coastal minesweeper
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 400 tons
    • Operator: : Up to 60 in service

  • Natya-class
    Natya class minesweeper
    The Natya class were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers during the 1970s and '80s. The Soviet designation was Project 266M Avkvamarin. The ships were used for ocean minesweeping.-Design:...

     minesweeper (Project 266 Akvamarine)
    • Builder: /
    • Displacement: 873 tons
    • Operator: : 13 Natya I plus 3 building, as well as 1 Natya II for trials

  • Sonya-class
    Sonya class minesweeper
    The Sonya class were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and Soviet allies between 1971 and 1991. The Soviet designation is Project 1265 Yakhont.-Design:...

     minesweeper (Project 1265 Yakhont)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 450 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 4 delivered from 1981
      • : 25 in service plus 27 in reserve

  • T-43 patrol minesweeper
    • Builder: /
    • Displacement: 569 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 1 delivered in 1960
      • : 40 in service, including locally built models, plus 3 modified as coastal survey ships
      • : At least 1 in active service

  • T-301 patrol minesweeper
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 164 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 1 or 2 remaining

  • Vanya-class
    Vanya class minesweeper
    The Vanya class were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy between 1960 and 1973. The Soviet Designation was Project 257-Design:...

     coastal minesweeper
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 245 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 4 of many delivered from 1970

Minelayers

Amphibious assault ships

  • America class amphibious assault ship (LHA-6)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 45,000 tons
    • Operator: : (1 under construction, at least 3 more planned)

  • Juan Carlos I
    Buque de Proyección Estratégica
    Juan Carlos I is a multi-purpose warship in the Spanish Navy . Similar in concept to the American Wasp class LHDs it has the addition of a ski jump for STOVL operations. The ship will be equipped with fighter jets of the AV-8B Harrier type and will primarily be used as an aircraft carrier...

     (L-61) landing helicopter dock (LHD)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 27,000 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in commission, , (two on order)

  • Dokdo class amphibious assault ship (LPX)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 18,800 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in commission

  • Hyūga class
    Hyuga class helicopter destroyer
    The are a type of helicopter carrier being built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Two ships of the class were built to replace the two 7,000-ton Haruna-class helicopter destroyers. The new ships are the largest combatant ship operated by Japan since the Imperial Japanese Navy was...

     ASW helicopter (carrier) destroyer
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 18,000
    • Operator: : 2 in commission

  • Mistral class
    Mistral class landing platform dock
    The Mistral class is a class of three amphibious assault ships, also known as a helicopter carrier, of the French Navy. Referred to as "projection and command ships" , a Mistral class ship is capable of transporting and deploying 16 NH90 or Tiger helicopters, four landing barges, up to 70 vehicles...

     projection and command ship
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 21,300 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in commission (plus 1 building), (2 ordered & 2 planned)

  • HMS Ocean
    HMS Ocean (L12)
    HMS Ocean of the Royal Navy is an amphibious assault ship , the sole member of her class. She is designed to support amphibious landing operations and to support the staff of Commander UK Amphibious Force and Commander UK Landing Force...

     Landing Platform, Helicopter
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 21,500 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in commission

  • Tarawa class
    Tarawa class amphibious assault ship
    The Tarawa class is a ship class of amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy . Five ships were built by Ingalls Shipbuilding between 1971 and 1980; another four ships were planned, but later cancelled...

     amphibious assault ship (LHA 1)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 40,000 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in commission (3 decommissioned)

  • Wasp class
    Wasp class amphibious assault ship
    The Wasp class is a class of Landing Helicopter Dock amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy. Based on the Tarawa class, with modifications to operate more advanced aircraft and landing craft, the Wasp class is capable of transporting almost the full strength of a United States...

     amphibious assault ship (LHD 1)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 40,500 tons
    • Operator: : 8 in commission

Amphibious transport docks

  • Albion class
    Albion class landing platform dock
    The Albion class is a class of landing platform dock, and are the newest amphibious assault vessels in the Royal Navy fleet. The class consists of two vessels, and and they were ordered in 1996 under a programme known as LPD to replace the aging Fearless class...

     landing platform dock
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 21,500 tons
    • Operator: 2 in commission

  • Austin class
    Austin class amphibious transport dock
    The Austin class of amphibious transport dock followed theRaleigh class and was followed by the San Antonio classes. Note that some sources consider Cleveland and Trenton ships to be a part of the Austin class, but the Naval Vessel Registry lists them as a separate class.- Ships :-Cleveland...

     amphibious transport dock (LPD 4)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 17,000 tons
    • Operator: , : 5 in commission

  • Bay class landing ship dock
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 16,160 tons
    • Operator: , (
      Royal Fleet Auxiliary
      Royal Fleet Auxiliary
      The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...

      ), 3 in commission, , (1 commission in 2012)

  • Endurance class
    Endurance class landing platform dock ship
    The Endurance class landing platform dock ships are the largest class of ships in the Republic of Singapore Navy . They were designed and built locally by Singapore Technologies Marine to replace the old County class tank landing ships...

     landing platform dock
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 8,500 tons
    • Operator: : 4 in commission (1 Building)

  • Foudre class
    Foudre class landing platform dock
    The Foudre type vessels are landing platforms of the French Navy.They carry large stowage areas which can be used to ferry battle tanks and vehicles, a 52-ton elevating platform, a lateral ramp and a flight deck able to simultaneously operate several helicopters.Three rotations of such ships can...

     dock landing ship
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 12,000 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service

  • Harpers Ferry class
    Harpers Ferry class dock landing ship
    The Harpers Ferry class of the United States Navy is a class of dock landing ships completed in the early 1990s. Modified from the Whidbey Island class, it loses landing craft capacity for more cargo space, making it closer to an amphibious transport dock type, but was not designated as such. ...

     amphibious transport dock (LSD 49)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 16,500 tons
    • Operator: : 4 in commission

  • Hsu Hai class
    Anchorage class dock landing ship
    The Anchorage class dock landing ships were a series of five dock landing ships constructed and commissioned by the United States Navy between 1965 and 1972. US Navy decommissioned all five of them by 2003. They are succeeded by Whidbey Island class LSDs and Harpers Ferry class LSDs.-Ship List: ...

     dock landing ship
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 14,225 tons
    • Operator: 1 in commission (5 built)

  • Kanimbla class
    Kanimbla class landing platform amphibious
    The Kanimbla class is a class of amphibious transport ships operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Two ships were purchased by Australia in 1994 and modified...

     landing platform amphibious
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 8,534
    • Operator: : 2 in commission

  • Makassar class landing platform dock
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 11,394 tons
    • Operator: : 4 in commission

  • Ouragan class
    Ouragan class landing platform dock
    The Ouragan was a class of French landing platform docks operated by the French Navy. They were called Transport de chalands de débarquement .-Overview:The ships in this class were used for:...

     amphibious transport dock
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 8,500 tons
    • Operator: : 2 (Retired in 2007)

  • Ōsumi class
    Osumi class LST
    The Ōsumi class LST , is a Japanese amphibious transport dock. While the JMSDF describes the Ōsumi class as tank landing ships, they lack the bow doors and beaching capability traditionally associated with LSTs...

     LST amphibious transport dock
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 14,000 tons
    • Operator: : 3 in commission

  • San Antonio class
    San Antonio class amphibious transport dock
    The San Antonio class is the United States Navy's new primary class of amphibious transport dock in the beginning of the 21st century...

     amphibious transport dock (LPD 17)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 25,000 tons
    • Operator: : 5 in commission (with 5 building or planned)

  • San Giorgio class
    San Giorgio class amphibious transport dock
    Three San Giorgio class amphibious transport dock were built by Fincantieri for the Marina Militare Italiana. These ships can lift a battalion of troops, and up to 36 armoured vehicles. The stern floodable dock can accommodate three landing craft and the flight deck has three landing spots. San...

     amphibious transport dock
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 7,650 tons
    • Operator : 3 in service

  • Type-071 (Yuzhao) class
    Type 071 amphibious transport dock
    The Type 071 are amphibious warfare ships of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. They are built by the Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, and the first entered service in late-2007.-Design:...

     amphibious transport dock
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 20,000 tons
    • Operator : 1 in commission (1 building)

  • Whidbey Island class
    Whidbey Island class dock landing ship
    The Whidbey Island class dock landing ship is a dock landing ship of the United States Navy. Introduced to fleet service in 1985, this class of ship features a massive well deck for the transport of four LCAC hovercraft for landing Marines....

     dock landing ship (LSD 41)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 16,300 tons
    • Operator: : 8 in commission

  • Rotterdam class  amphibious transport dock (A 800)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 12,750 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in commission

  • Johan de Witt class  amphibious transport dock (A 801)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 17,550 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in commission

Landing Ship Tank (LST)

  • Alligator class
    Alligator class landing ship
    Project 1171 class landing ship is a class of Soviet / Russian general purpose, beachable amphibious transport docks ....

     LST (Project 1171 Tapir)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 4,350 tons
    • Operator: : 5 in service

  • Newport class
    Newport class tank landing ship
    Newport-class tank-landing ships are an improved class of American tank-landing ship , intended to provide substantial advantages over their World War II-era predecessors...

     tank landing ship
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 8500 tons
    • Operator: , , , , , , , , : 14 in commission (20 built)

  • General Frank S. Besson, Jr. class LST (LSV 1)
    General Frank S. Besson, Jr. class Logistics Support Vessel
    The General Frank S. Besson class Logistics Support Vessels are the largest powered watercraft in the United States Army, and are designed to give the Army a global strategic capability to deliver its vehicles and cargo.-Design:...

    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 4,200 tons
    • Operator: : 8 in commission

  • Go Jun Bong class landing ship tank
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 4,300 tons
    • Operator:

  • Ivan Rogov class
    Ivan Rogov class landing ship
    The Ivan Rogov, or Project 1174 class "large landing ships" are a class of amphibious transports used by the Russian Navy. Originally a class of three ships built during the cold war, only one, the Mitrofan Moskalenko, is still in service....

     large landing ship (Project 1174)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 14,000 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in service

  • Ropucha class
    Ropucha class landing ship
    The Ropucha , or Project 775 class landing ships are classified in the Russian Navy as "large landing craft" . They were built in Poland in the Stocznia Północna shipyards, in Gdansk. They are designed for beach landings and can carry a 450 ton cargo...

     large landing ship (Project 775)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 4,000 tons
    • Operator: : 13 Ropucha I and 3 Ropucha II in service

  • Yukan class large landing ship (Project 072)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 4,170 tons
    • Operator: : 7 in service

  • Yuting class large landing ship (Project 074)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 4,800 tons
    • Operator: : 6 in service

Medium landing craft

  • Barbe class
    Barbe class utility landing craft
    The Type 520 Barbe class utility landing craft are small units of the German Navy used for landing or transporting troops, supply, equipment and also for coastal mine laying....

     landing craft
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 430 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service

  • Champlain class
    BATRAL
    The Bâtiment de Transport Léger are small landing ships of the French Navy. They are able to ferry over 400 tons of matériel, in the hangar and on the deck. Loading and unloading can be done from a harbour or from a beach. Two flat-bottom vessels allow unloading 50 men and light vehicles each...

     light transport
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,300 tons
    • Operator: : 5 in service

  • Cetina class utility landing craft
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 880 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service

  • Polnocny class
    Polnocny class landing ship
    The Polnocny -class ships are amphibious warfare vessels. They were designed in Poland, in cooperation with the Soviet Navy and were built in Poland between 1967 and 2002. They now serve in several different navies, and some have been converted to civilian use...

     landing craft (Project 771/774)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement:
    • Operator: : 1 Polnocny B and 4 Polnocny C in service

  • Runnymede class landing craft (LCU 2000)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,100 tons
    • Operator: : 35 in commission

  • Vydra class landing craft
    • Builder: as well as
    • Displacement: 550 tons
    • Operators:
      • : 3 of many delivered, including locally built examples, converted for mine laying

  • Yudao class landing craft (Project 073)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,460 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service plus more in reserve

  • Yudeng class landing craft
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 1,850 tons
    • Operator: : 1 in service

  • Yuhai class utility landing craft
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 800 tons
    • Operator: : 12 in service plus more building

  • Yuling class utility landing craft (Project 079)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 600 tons
    • Operator: : 23 in service

Hovercraft landing craft

  • Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) hovercraft landing craft
    • Builder:
    • Operator: : 74 in service : 6 in service

  • Pomornik class hovercraft landing craft (Project 1232.2 Zubr)
    • Builder:
    • Displacement: 550 tons
    • Operator: : 2 in service

Other naval vessels

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