List of naval ship classes in service

The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes 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:
* List of submarine classes in service
* List of auxiliary ship classes in service

Aircraft carriers

Cruisers

Destroyers

Frigates

Corvettes

* "Dergach" class corvette (Project 1239 "Sivuch")
** Builder: RUS
** Displacement: 1,050 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS: 2 in service

* "Emer" class patrol boat
** Builder: IRL
** Displacement: 1,003 tons
** Operator: navy|IRL: 3 ships acquired from 1978

* "Nanuchka" class corvette (Project 1234)
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 730 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|RUS: 17 "Nanuchka III" in service plus 1 "Nanuchka IV"

* "Nils Juel" class corvette
** Builder: DEN
** Displacement: 1,320 tons
** Operator: navy|DNK: 3 in service

* "Pohang" class corvette
** Builders: KOR
** Displacement: 1,350 tons
** Operators: navy|KOR : 24 delivered in 1991

* "Parchim" class corvette (Project 133)
** Builder: DDR
** Displacement: 935 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS: 12 in service

* "Peacock" class corvette
** Builder: UK
** Displacement: 712 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|IRL: 2 delivered in 1988 (former HMS "Swift" and "Swallow")
*** PHL: 3 Delivered in 1997

* "Reliance" class patrol cutter
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 1,050 tons
** Operator:
*** Navy USCG: 14 in commission
*** navy|SRI: 1 in service

Large patrol vessels

* "Albatros" polar fisheries patrol ship
** Displacement: 2,800 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA

* "Barentshav" class offshore patrol vessel
** Builder: NOR
** Displacement: 3,200 tons
** Operator: navy|NOR: 2 in commission

* "Bear" class patrol cutter (WMEC 901)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 1,780 tons
** Operator: Navy USCG: 13 in commission

* "Eithne" class patrol ship
** Builder: IRL
** Displacement: 1,915 tons
** Operator: navy|IRL: 1 ship acquired in 1984

* "Harstad" offshore patrol vessel
** Builder: NOR
** Displacement: 3,121 tons
** Operator: navy|NOR

* "Kingston" class patrol vessel (MM 700)
** Builder: CAN
** Displacement: 970 tons
** Operator: navy|CAN: 12 in commission

* "Roisin" class patrol boat
** Builder: UK
** Displacement: 1,700 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|IRL: 2 new-build boats acquired since 1999

* Svalbard offshore patrol vessel
** Builder: NOR
** Displacement: 6,500 tons
** Operator: navy|NOR

Minor surface combatants

Missile boats

* "Houxin" class large missile boat (Type 343M/Project 037-II)
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 478 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: 14 in service

* "Koncar" class missile boat (Type 240)
** Builder: YUG
** Displacement: 240 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|HRV: 1 in service
*** navy|SCG: 5 in service

* "Kralj Petar Kresimir IV" class missile boat
** Builder: CRO
** Displacement: 385 tons
** Operator: navy|HRV: 2 in service plus 1 building

* "Kronstadt" class missile boat
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 320 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|ALB: 1 (of 4 delivered in the 1950s)

* "Osa" class missile boat
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 245 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|BGR: 4 "Osa II" of a number delivered in service, limited operational use
*** navy|CHN: 38 "Osa I" and local "Huangfeng" version in service of 104 acquired
*** navy|BGD: 5 "Huangfeng" class made by China
*** navy|HRV: 1 "Osa I" in service without missiles as a patrol boat
*** navy|FIN: 4 "Osa II" in service as fast minelayers
*** navy|LVA: 1 "Osa I" of several remaining in service as a patrol boat
*** VNM: 8 "Osa II" in service

* "Tarantul" class missile boat (Project 1241.1 "Molnaya")
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 475 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|BGR: 1 transferred in 1989 from the USSR
*** navy|RUS: 34 in service, including 1 "Tarantul I", 5 "Tarantul II", and 28 "Tarantul III"
*** navy|UKR: 1 transferred in 1997 from Russia
*** VNM: 4 in service

Torpedo boats

* "Shanghai II" class torpedo patrol boat
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 135 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|ALB: 5 (of at least 6 delivered in the 1970s)

* "Turya" class torpedo boat (Project 206 "Shtorm")
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 250 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS : 2 in service of many built, plus one missile-armed variant "Matka". VNM

Patrol boats

* "Agdlek" class fisheries patrol boat
** Builder: DEN
** Displacement: 330 tons
** Operator: navy|DNK: 3 in service for Greenland patrol

* "Armidale" class patrol boat
** Builder: AUS
** Displacement: 270 tonnes
** Operator: navy|AUS: 7 in commission + 7 to be delivered

* "Babochka" class patrol boat (Project 1141.1 "Sokol")
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 465 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS: 1 in service, plus one modified variant "Mukha"

* "Barracuda" class patrol boat (WPB 87301)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 91 tons
** Operator: Navy USCG: 54 in commission

* "Barso" class patrol boat
** Builder: DEN
** Displacement: 155 tons
** Operator: navy|DNK: 9 in service

* "Cyclone" class patrol boat (PC 1)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 350 tons
** Operator: navy|USA Navy USCG: 13 in commission

* Espadon 50 patrol boat
** Displacement: 410 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA: 1 in service

* "Flyvefisken" class patrol boat (StanFlex 300)
** Builder: DEN
** Displacement: 320 tons
** Operator: navy|DNK: 14 in service

* "Fulmar" class fisheries patrol boat
** Displacement: 680 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA

* "Hainan" class patrol boat (Project 037)
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 430 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: Up to 100 in service, navy|BGD: Unknown number

* "Haiqing" class patrol boat (Project 037-I)
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 478 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: 20 in service plus more building

* "Haizhu" class patrol boat (Project 062-I)
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 170 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: 13 in service plus more building, navy|BGD: Unknown number

* "Island" class patrol boat (WPB 1301)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 160 tons
** Operator: Navy USCG: 49 in commission

* Mirna class patrol boat (Type 140)
** Builder: YUG
** Displacement: 140 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|HRV: 4 in service

* OPV 54 patrol boat
** Displacement: 375 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA: 3 in service

* P400 class patrol vessel
** Builder: FRA
** Displacement: 375 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|FRA: 10 in service as the "L'Audacieuse" class

* Pacific class patrol boat
** Builder: AUS
** Displacement: 170 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|HKG: 6 modified versions in service as the "Protector" class

* "Pauk" class patrol boat (Project 1241.2 "Molnaya 2")
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 440 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|BGR: 2 "Pauk II" in service, delivered in 1989 and 1990
*** navy|RUS: 4 "Pauk I" in service plus 1 "Pauk II"
*** VNM: 1 "Pauk" in service

* "Poti" class patrol boat
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 545 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|BGR: 4 of 6 delivered in the 1960s remain in service

* "Rihtniemi" class patrol boat
** Builder: FIN
** Displacement: 110 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|EST: 2 delivered in 1999

* "Sea Panther" class patrol command boat [http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/asiapac/hongkong.htm]
** Builder: flag|Hong Kong|colonial
** Displacement: 450 tons
** Operator: navy|HKG: 2 in service, built 1988

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

* "Sterne" fisheries patrol boat
** Displacement: 380 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA: 1 in service

* "Storm" class patrol boat
** Builder: NOR
** Displacement: 125 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|LVA: 4 delivered in 1995, all in service
*** navy|LTU: 3 delivered in 1994, all in service

Mine warfare vessels

Mine countermeasures vessels

* "Avenger"-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCM 1)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 1,400 tons
** Operator: navy|USA: 14 in commission

* "Gorya"-class mine countermeasures vessel (Project 1266)
** Builder: USSR / RUS
** Displacement: 1,228 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS: 2 in service

Minehunters

* "Osprey"-class minehunter (MHC 51)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 900 tons
** Operator: navy|USA: 12 in commission

* "Sirius"-class minehunter/sweeper
** Builder: FRA
** Displacement: 440 tons
** Operator: navy|SCG: 2 in service

* Type 331 minehunter
** Builder: FRG
** Displacement: 402 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|EST: 1 delivered in 2000 (former "Cuxhaven")
*** navy|LVA: 1 delivered in 1999
*** navy|LTU: 2 delivered in 1999

* Type 394 inshore minehunter
** Builder: FRG
** Displacement:
** Operators:
*** navy|EST: 2 delivered in 1997 (former "Minerva" and "Diana")

Minesweepers

* "Agile"-class minesweeper
** Builder: BEL
** Displacement:
** Operators:
*** navy|BEL: 1 remains in service for trials

* "Antares"-class minesweeper
** Builder: FRA
** Displacement: 340 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA: 3 in service

* "Ham"-class minesweeper
** Builder: UK
** Displacement: 164 tons
** Operator: navy|SCG: 1 in service of a few delivered in the 1960s

* KMV-class minesweeper
** Builder: BEL and NLD
** Displacement: 644 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|BEL: Planned acquisition of 4 remains in question

* "Kingston"-class minesweeper (MM 700)
** Builder: CAN
** Displacement: 970 tons
** Operator: navy|CAN: 12 in commission

* "Kondor I"-class minesweeper
** Builder: DDR
** Displacement: 361 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|EST: 1 delivered in 1994 (former "Meteor")
*** navy|MLT: 3 delivered from 1992 unarmed, local armament added

* "Kondor II"-class minesweeper
** Builder: DDR
** Displacement: 479 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|LVA: 2 delivered in 1994 plus an additional parts ship

* "River"-class minesweeper
** Builder: UK
** Displacement: 850/890 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|BGD: 4 Ex-Royal Navy vessals
*** navy|BRA: 7 Ex-Royal Navy vessals

* "Lianyun"-class coastal minesweeper
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 400 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: Up to 60 in service

* "Natya"-class minesweeper (Project 266 "Akvamarine")
** Builder: USSR / RUS
** Displacement: 873 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS: 13 "Natya I" plus 3 building, as well as 1 "Natya II" for trials

* "Sonya"-class minesweeper (Project 1265 "Yakhont")
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 450 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|BGR: 4 delivered from 1981
*** navy|RUS: 25 in service plus 27 in reserve

* T-43 patrol minesweeper
** Builder: USSR / PRC
** Displacement: 569 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|ALB: 1 delivered in 1960
*** navy|CHN: 40 in service, including locally built models, plus 3 modified as coastal survey ships
*** navy|BGD: At least 1 in active service

* T-301 patrol minesweeper
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 164 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|ALB: 1 or 2 remaining

* "Vanya"-class coastal minesweeper
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 245 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|BGR: 4 of many delivered from 1970

Minelayers

Amphibious warfare vessels

Amphibious assault ships

* "Dokdo" class amphibious assault ship (LPX)
** Builder: KOR
** Displacement: 18,800 tons
** Operator: navy|KOR: 1 in commission

* "Mistral" class projection and command ship
** Builder: FRA
** Displacement: 20,000 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA: 2 in commission

* "HMS Ocean" Landing Platform, Helicopter
** Builder: UK
** Displacement: 21,500 tons
** Operator: navy|UK: 1 in commission

* "Tarawa" class amphibious assault ship (LHA 1)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 40,000 tons
** Operator: navy|USA: 5 in commission

* "Wasp" class amphibious assault ship (LHD 1)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 40,500 tons
** Operator: navy|USA: 7 in commission plus 1 building

Amphibious transport docks

* "Austin" class amphibious transport dock (LPD 4)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 17,000 tons
** Operator: navy|USA: 11 in commission

* "Foudre" class dock landing ship
** Builder: FRA
** Displacement: 12,000 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA: 2 in service

* "Harpers Ferry" class amphibious transport dock (LSD 49)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 16,500 tons
** Operator: navy|USA: 4 in commission

* "Ouragan" class amphibious transport dock
** Builder: FRA
** Displacement: 8,500 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA: 2 in service

* "San Antonio" class amphibious transport dock (LPD 17)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 25,000 tons
** Operator: navy|USA: 1 in commission with 6 building

* "Whidbey Island" class dock landing ship (LSD 41)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 16,300 tons
** Operator: navy|USA: 8 in commission

* "Rotterdam" class amphibious transport dock (A 800)
** Builder: NED
** Displacement: 12,750 tons
** Operator: navy|NLD: 1 in commission

* "johan de Witt" class amphibious transport dock (A 801)
** Builder: NED
** Displacement: 17,550 tons
** Operator: navy|NLD: 1 in commission

Landing Ship Tank (LST)

* "Alligator" class LST (Project 1171 "Tapir")
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 4,350 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS: 5 in service

* "General Frank S. Besson, Jr." class LST (LSV 1)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 4,200 tons
** Operator: army|USA: 8 in commission

* "Ivan Rogov" class large landing ship (Project 1174)
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 14,000 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS: 1 in service

* "Ropucha" class large landing ship (Project 775)
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 4,000 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS: 13 "Ropucha I" and 3 "Ropucha II" in service

* "Yukan" class large landing ship (Project 072)
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 4,170 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: 7 in service

* "Yuting" class large landing ship (Project 074)
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 4,800 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: 6 in service

Medium landing craft

* "Barbe" class landing craft
** Builder: GER
** Displacement: 430 tons
** Operator: navy|GER: 2 in service

* "Champlain" class light transport
** Builder: FRA
** Displacement: 1,300 tons
** Operator: navy|FRA: 5 in service

* "Cetina" class utility landing craft
** Builder: CRO
** Displacement: 880 tons
** Operator: navy|HRV: 2 in service

* "Polnocny" class landing craft (Project 771/774)
** Builder: POL
** Displacement:
** Operator: navy|RUS: 1 "Polnocny B" and 4 "Polnocny C" in service

* "Runnymede" class landing craft (LCU 2000)
** Builder: USA
** Displacement: 1,100 tons
** Operator: army|USA: 35 in commission

* "Vydra" class landing craft
** Builder: USSR as well as BUL
** Displacement: 550 tons
** Operators:
*** navy|BGR: 3 of many delivered, including locally built examples, converted for mine laying

* "Yudao" class landing craft (Project 073)
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 1,460 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: 2 in service plus more in reserve

* "Yudeng" class landing craft
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 1,850 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: 1 in service

* "Yuhai" class utility landing craft
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 800 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: 12 in service plus more building

* "Yuling" class utility landing craft (Project 079)
** Builder: PRC
** Displacement: 600 tons
** Operator: navy|CHN: 23 in service

Hovercraft landing craft

* "Pomornik" class hovercraft landing craft (Project 1232.2 "Zubr")
** Builder: USSR
** Displacement: 550 tons
** Operator: navy|RUS: 2 in service

Other naval vessels

* List of auxiliary ship classes in service
* List of submarine classes in service

See also

* List of naval ship classes