Navy Inventory Updates
Overview
This page lists all recorded changes to naval inventories worldwide: ships sunk, destroyed, delivered, commissioned, or retired. Each event reflects a verified update to a country's fleet composition.
Navy inventory updates
Jul 14
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🇰🇼 Kuwait
· Damaged
Struck during Iranian missile and drone attacks on Kuwait, injuring four naval personnel.
Jul 14
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🇷🇺 Russia
Izumrud (Rubin)
· Sunk
Sunk pier-side at Gelendzhik by a Ukrainian Sargan-3000 naval drone during the night of 13-14 July.
Jul 12
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🇮🇷 Iran
Ghadir
· Destroyed
Destroyed pier-side at Bandar Abbas NB by three Corsair USVs, first U.S. combat employment of armed sea drones.
Jul 11
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🇮🇳 India
INS Mahendragiri (Nilgiri)
· Commissioned
Commissioned at Visakhapatnam, sixth Project 17A (Nilgiri-class) stealth frigate.
Jul 8
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🇩🇪 Germany
MEKO A-200
· Ordered
Bundestag Budget Committee approved 6.3 billion euros for four MEKO A-200 frigates, designated F128 class.
Jul 7
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🇵🇭 Philippines
Abukuma
· Ordered
Deal finalized in Manila to acquire five ex-JMSDF Abukuma-class destroyer escorts from Japan.
Jul 1
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🇺🇸 United States
USNS Watkins (Watson)
· Retired
Inactivated per the Navy's FY2026 schedule after nearly three decades of sealift service.
Jul 1
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🇺🇸 United States
USNS VADM K.R. Wheeler (VADM K.R. Wheeler)
· Retired
Offshore petroleum distribution ship inactivated after two decades of service.
Jun 29
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🇯🇵 Japan
JS Nagara (Mogami)
· Commissioned
Commissioned at Kure, tenth Mogami-class multi-mission stealth frigate.
Jun 24
🇫🇷 France
De Grasse (Suffren)
· Delivered
Delivered to the French Navy at Cherbourg, fourth Suffren-class (Barracuda) nuclear attack submarine.
Jun 24
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🇺🇸 United States
USS Indianapolis (Freedom)
· Damaged
Fire while moored at Naval Station Mayport, Florida; seven sailors treated for minor injuries.
Jun 21
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🇮🇳 India
INS Dunagiri (Nilgiri)
· Commissioned
Commissioned at Kolkata alongside INS Sanshodhak and INS Agray, fifth Project 17A stealth frigate.
Jun 20
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🇷🇴 Romania
Contraamiral August Roman (Hisar)
· Commissioned
Commissioned at Istanbul, ex-TCG Akhisar, Romania's first newly built warship in 35 years.
Jun 20
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🇹🇷 Turkey
TCG Koçhisar (Hisar)
· Delivered
Delivered at Istanbul Naval Shipyard, first Hisar-class OPV for the Turkish Navy.
Jun 19
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🇰🇷 South Korea
ROKS Gyeongbuk (Chungnam)
· Delivered
Delivered by SK Oceanplant at Goseong, second FFX Batch-III (Chungnam-class) frigate.
Jun 9
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🇵🇭 Philippines
BRP Rajah Lakandula (Rajah Sulayman)
· Commissioned
Commissioned at Manila on the Philippine Navy's 128th anniversary, second Sulayman-class offshore patrol vessel.
Jun 9
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🇺🇸 United States
USNS Sojourner Truth (John Lewis)
· Delivered
Delivered by GD NASSCO at San Diego; sixth John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler.
Jun 3
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🇷🇺 Russia
Boikiy (Steregushchiy)
· Damaged
Struck and set ablaze by Ukrainian drones in the Veleshchynsky dry dock at Kronstadt naval base.
May 31
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🇨🇳 China
Tongchuan (Luyang III)
· Commissioned
Commissioned into the PLAN South Sea Fleet, the 35th Type 052D destroyer in service.
May 28
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🇺🇸 United States
USS Patrick Gallagher (Arleigh Burke)
· Delivered
Accepted by the U.S. Navy at Bath, Maine, the final Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
May 21
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🇯🇵 Japan
JS Natori (Mogami)
· Commissioned
Commissioned at MHI Nagasaki Shipyard; ninth Mogami-class (30FFM) multirole frigate, among the first with Mk-41 VLS fitted from keel.
May 16
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🇺🇸 United States
USS Cleveland (Freedom)
· Commissioned
Commissioned at Cleveland, Ohio; 16th and final Freedom-class LCS to enter active service.
May 12
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🇮🇷 Iran
IRIS Alborz (Alvand)
· Destroyed
Destroyed in dry dock at Bandar Abbas by airstrikes during the 2026 Iran war; confirmed via satellite imagery.
May 7
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🇪🇨 Ecuador
BAE Jambeli (Tae Pyung Yang)
· Commissioned
Commissioned at Puerto Bolívar; formerly Korean Coast Guard vessel KCG-3001, now Ecuador's largest warship.
Apr 30
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🇮🇳 India
INS Mahendragiri (Nilgiri)
· Delivered
Sixth Nilgiri-class (P17A) stealth frigate delivered by MDSL at Mumbai.