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United States Navy Losses, Sinkings & Commissionings

Every recorded change to the United States fleet: warships sunk, destroyed, delivered, commissioned or retired, each with a date and source. View all navy events.

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  1. AUG 62026 USS San Juan (Los Angeles) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington, exactly 38 years to the day after commissioning.
  2. JUL 312026 USNS John Ericsson (Henry J. Kaiser) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated after 35 years of service, retained as a logistics support asset to be cannibalised for spare parts.
  3. JUL 312026 USNS Pecos (Henry J. Kaiser) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated after 35 years of service and transferred to the Maritime Administration.
  4. JUL 312026 USS Georgia (Ohio) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Began inactivation at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay after 42 years, first Ohio-class SSGN withdrawn from service.
  5. JUL 292026 USS Fort Worth (Freedom) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego after nearly 14 years, the oldest active Freedom-variant hull.
  6. JUL 292026 Virginia Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Navy awarded 42.1 billion dollars for nine Block VI boats plus long-lead material for a tenth.
  7. JUL 292026 Columbia Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Navy awarded 29.5 billion dollars for five Build II boats recapitalising the sea-based nuclear deterrent.
  8. JUL 172026 USS Peleliu (Tarawa) Sunk 🇺🇸 United States · Sunk as a target more than 50 nm north of Kauai during RIMPAC 2026 SINKEX; a Navy kamikaze sea drone delivered a strike in a service first.
  9. JUL 122026 USS Mobile Bay (Ticonderoga) Sunk 🇺🇸 United States · Sunk as a target more than 50 nm north of Kauai during RIMPAC 2026 SINKEX, final blow by a Canadian submarine.
  10. JUL 12026 USNS Watkins (Watson) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated per the Navy's FY2026 schedule after nearly three decades of sealift service.
  11. JUL 12026 USNS VADM K.R. Wheeler (VADM K.R. Wheeler) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Offshore petroleum distribution ship inactivated after two decades of service.
  12. JUN 292026 USS Alexandria (Los Angeles) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, on the 35th anniversary of her commissioning.
  13. JUN 242026 USS Indianapolis (Freedom) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Fire while moored at Naval Station Mayport, Florida; seven sailors treated for minor injuries.
  14. JUN 92026 USNS Sojourner Truth (John Lewis) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by GD NASSCO at San Diego; sixth John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler.
  15. MAY 282026 USS Patrick Gallagher (Arleigh Burke) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Accepted by the U.S. Navy at Bath, Maine, the final Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
  16. MAY 162026 USS Cleveland (Freedom) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Cleveland, Ohio; 16th and final Freedom-class LCS to enter active service.
  17. APR 282026 USS Higgins (Arleigh Burke) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Engineering casualty caused shipwide loss of power and propulsion in the Indo-Pacific; no injuries, fully restored.
  18. APR 252026 USS Idaho (Virginia) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London; 26th Virginia-class and eighth Block IV submarine.
  19. APR 192026 USS Zumwalt (Zumwalt) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Pierside fire at Pascagoula shipyard during hypersonic upgrade; three sailors injured.
  20. APR 142026 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nimitz) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Onboard fire at Norfolk Naval Shipyard during scheduled maintenance; three sailors injured.
  21. APR 112026 USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (Arleigh Burke) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk.
  22. APR 102026 USS Boise (Los Angeles) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Navy abandoned $1.6B overhaul effort; sub mothballed after decade pier-side awaiting repairs.
  23. APR 12026 USNS Pomeroy (Watson) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Removed from service under the FY2026 schedule and transferred to the Maritime Administration.
  24. MAR 312026 USNS Big Horn (Henry J. Kaiser) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated under the FY2026 schedule and transferred to the Maritime Administration.
  25. MAR 282026 USS Massachusetts (Virginia) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Conley Terminal in South Boston; 25th Virginia-class and seventh Block IV submarine.