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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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Events per year 2022–2026
2022 — 16 events 16 2022 2023 — 18 events 18 2023 2024 — 20 events 20 2024 2025 — 22 events 22 2025 2026 to 24 Oct — 40 events 40 2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 24 Oct 2026.

By event type 117 events logged · 2 hulls lost
  • Sunk 6
  • Captured 1
  • Retired 49
  • Commissioned 29
  • Delivered 17
  • Damaged 10
  • Ordered 5

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United States navy losses, sinkings & commissionings

  1. OCT 62026 LCAC 100 Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Contract modification worth about $230 million for two more Ship-to-Shore Connector hovercraft from Textron, New Orleans.
  2. OCT 32026 USS Ted Stevens (Arleigh Burke) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Whittier, Alaska, Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be homeported at Norfolk.
  3. SEP 302026 USS Shiloh (Ticonderoga) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, her homeport, after 34 years of service.
  4. SEP 292026 MUSV Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Production agreements for 30 medium unmanned surface vessels, ten each from Galliano Marine, HII and Saronic.
  5. SEP 252026 USS Lake Erie (Ticonderoga) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego after more than 33 years of service.
  6. SEP 252026 ex-USS Klakring (Oliver Hazard Perry) Sunk 🇺🇸 United States · Sunk as a target off northwest Scotland during the Atlantic Thunder 2026 SINKEX, final blow by a submarine torpedo.
  7. SEP 242026 USS Germantown (Whidbey Island) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego, her original homeport, after more than 40 years of service.
  8. SEP 152026 LCU 1700 Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Prototype agreements worth $280.5 million awarded to three Gulf Coast yards for two or three LCU 1700 craft each.
  9. SEP 82026 Dive-LD Captured 🇺🇸 United States · Anduril Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle seized by the IRGC at the entrance to the strait; the US says it had malfunctioned.
  10. AUG 252026 USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (Lewis B. Puller) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by General Dynamics NASSCO at San Diego, sixth and final expeditionary sea base.
  11. AUG 142026 LCU 1710 (LCU 1700) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered at Mobile after INSURV acceptance trials, first of the LCU 1700 class and Austal USA's first steel ship for the Navy.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. JUL 312026 USNS Pecos (Henry J. Kaiser) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated after 35 years of service and transferred to the Maritime Administration.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. JUL 292026 Virginia Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Navy awarded 42.1 billion dollars for nine Block VI boats plus long-lead material for a tenth.
  18. JUL 292026 Columbia Ordered 🇺🇸 United States · Navy awarded 29.5 billion dollars for five Build II boats recapitalising the sea-based nuclear deterrent.
  19. JUL 242026 USS Benfold (Arleigh Burke) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Generator failure caused a four-day loss of power and propulsion in the South China Sea; towed to Subic Bay.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. JUL 12026 USNS Watkins (Watson) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated per the Navy's FY2026 schedule after nearly three decades of sealift service.
  23. JUL 12026 USNS VADM K.R. Wheeler (VADM K.R. Wheeler) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Offshore petroleum distribution ship inactivated after two decades of service.
  24. JUN 292026 USS Alexandria (Los Angeles) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, on the 35th anniversary of her commissioning.
  25. JUN 242026 USS Indianapolis (Freedom) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Fire while moored at Naval Station Mayport, Florida; seven sailors treated for minor injuries.
  26. JUN 92026 USNS Sojourner Truth (John Lewis) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by GD NASSCO at San Diego; sixth John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler.
  27. 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.
  28. MAY 162026 USS Cleveland (Freedom) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Cleveland, Ohio; 16th and final Freedom-class LCS to enter active service.
  29. 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.
  30. APR 252026 USS Idaho (Virginia) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London; 26th Virginia-class and eighth Block IV submarine.
  31. APR 192026 USS Zumwalt (Zumwalt) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Pierside fire at Pascagoula shipyard during hypersonic upgrade; three sailors injured.
  32. APR 142026 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nimitz) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Onboard fire at Norfolk Naval Shipyard during scheduled maintenance; three sailors injured.
  33. 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.
  34. APR 102026 USS Boise (Los Angeles) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Navy abandoned $1.6B overhaul effort; sub mothballed after decade pier-side awaiting repairs.
  35. APR 12026 USNS Pomeroy (Watson) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Removed from service under the FY2026 schedule and transferred to the Maritime Administration.
  36. MAR 312026 USNS Big Horn (Henry J. Kaiser) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Inactivated under the FY2026 schedule and transferred to the Maritime Administration.
  37. MAR 282026 USS Massachusetts (Virginia) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Conley Terminal in South Boston; 25th Virginia-class and seventh Block IV submarine.
  38. MAR 122026 USS Gerald R. Ford (Gerald R. Ford) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Non-combat fire in laundry spaces while operating in the Red Sea; 2 sailors burned, sailed to Souda Bay for repairs.
  39. FEB 122026 USS Truxtun (Arleigh Burke) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Collided with fleet oiler USNS Supply during an underway replenishment in the SOUTHCOM area.
  40. JAN 312026 USS Newport News (Los Angeles) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Departed NB New London for decommissioning after nearly 37 years of service.
  41. DEC 292025 USS Ted Stevens (Arleigh Burke) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Accepted from HII Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
  42. DEC 162025 USNS Lucy Stone (John Lewis) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by NASSCO; fifth John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler.
  43. DEC 152025 USS Idaho (Virginia) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by Electric Boat; 26th Virginia-class submarine.
  44. NOV 262025 USS Cleveland (Freedom) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by Fincantieri Marinette Marine; 16th and final Freedom-class LCS.
  45. NOV 212025 USS Massachusetts (Virginia) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by Newport News Shipbuilding; 25th Virginia-class submarine.
  46. NOV 172025 USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (Arleigh Burke) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by Bath Iron Works; Flight IIA Technology Insertion destroyer.
  47. NOV 152025 USS Pierre (Independence) Commissioned 🇺🇸 United States · Commissioned at Panama City, FL; 19th and final Independence-class LCS.
  48. SEP 252025 USS Devastator (Avenger) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at NSA Bahrain; last Avenger-class ship in the Middle East.
  49. SEP 252025 USS Philippine Sea (Ticonderoga) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser decommissioned after 36 years at Naval Station Norfolk.
  50. SEP 252025 USS Normandy (Ticonderoga) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser decommissioned after 36 years at Naval Station Norfolk.
  51. SEP 242025 USS Sentry (Avenger) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Mina Salman Port, Bahrain, after 36 years of service.
  52. SEP 122025 USS Key West (Los Angeles) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, exactly 38 years to the day after commissioning.
  53. SEP 42025 USS Gladiator (Avenger) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Mina Salman Port, Bahrain, after over 30 years of service.
  54. SEP 32025 USS Dextrous (Avenger) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Decommissioned at Mina Salman Port, Bahrain, after over 30 years of service.
  55. AUG 202025 USS New Orleans (San Antonio) Damaged 🇺🇸 United States · Fire burned for about 12 hours while anchored off Okinawa; two sailors treated for minor injuries.
  56. JUL 252025 USS Helena (Los Angeles) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine decommissioned after 38 years of service at Keyport, WA.
  57. JUN 302025 USNS GySgt. Fred W. Stockham (Shughart) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Stricken and sailed under her own power to Brownsville, Texas, for scrapping after 28 years.
  58. JUN 242025 USNS Point Loma (Spearhead) Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Delivered by Austal USA at Mobile, Alabama, second Flight II expeditionary fast transport with enhanced medical facilities.
  59. JUN 92025 USNS Fall River (Spearhead) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Deactivated and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register after just ten years in service.
  60. MAY 12025 USNS Spearhead (Spearhead) Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register after five years moored in reduced operating status at Philadelphia.

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