Marine Abbreviations of ship types

Below are marine Abbreviations of ship types you may encounter;

• S/M – SubMarine SB – Small Boat
• SC – Submarine Chaser
• SD – Submarine Dutch
• SES – Surface Effect Ship
• SFS – Surface-Effect Fast Sealift Ship
• SGB – Steam GunBoat
• SOB – Single Outboard Boat
• SOTL – Ship Of The Line
• SP – Shore Patrol vessel
• SS – Fleet Submarine
• SSB – Ballistic Missile Submarine, Conventional Powered
• SSBN – Ballistic Missile Nuclear Submarine
• SSG – Guided Missile Submarine Conventional Powered
• SSGN – Guided Missile Submarine, Nuclear Powered
• YGB – Yard Icebreaker (Yardcraft, General, ice Breaker)
• YGN – Yard Craft, Garbage Lighter
• YN – Yardcraft Netlayer
• YNG – Yardcraft Net Gate
• YNS – Yllennocian Naval Ship
• YO – Yard Oiler
• YP – Yard Patrol boat
• YR – Yard Repair
• YSP – Yard Salvage Pontoon
• YT – Yard Tug
• YTB – Yard Tug Big
• YTL – Yard Tug Small
• YTM – Yard Tug, Medium
• YTT – Yardcraft Torpedo Testing barge
• YW – Yardcraft Water barge
• LST – Landing Ship Tank
• LST – Large Slow Target
• LSU – Landing Ship Utility
• LSV – Landing Ship Vehicle
• LV – Landing Vehicle
• LVA – Landing Vehicle Assault
• LVT – Landing Vehicle Tracked
• LVW – Landing Vehicle, Wheeled
• LWT – Warping Tug (Landing, Warping, Tug)

• M/S – Motor Ship
• MCM – Mine Counter-Measures ship (Minesweeper)
• MCMV – Mine Counter-Measures Vessel
• MCS – Mine Countermeasures Ship
• MFV – Motor Fishing Vessel
• MHA – MineHunter Auxiliary
• MM – Minelayer (Minecraft, Minelayer)
• MMC – Coastal Minelayer (Minecraft, Minelayer, Coastal)
• MMD – Destroyer Minelayer (Minecraft, Minelayer, Destroyer)
• MMF – Fleet Minelayer (Minecraft, Minelayer, Fleet)
• MOW – Man-O-War MS MineSweeper
• MSA – MineSweeper Auxiliary
• MSB – MineSweeping Boat
• MSC – MineSweeper Coastal
• MSCO – MineSweeper Coastal Old
• MSD – MineSweeping Drone
• MSF – Fleet Minesweeper (MineSweeper, Fleet)
• MSI – MineSweeper, In-shore
• MSL – MineSweeping Launch
• MSM – MineSweeper
• MSSB – Mine-Sweeping Shrimp Boat
• MTB – Motor Torpedo Boat
• N/S – Nuclear Ship
• NMS – New Medical Ship
• NSSN – New Nuclear-powered Attack Submarine

• OBB – Old Battleship
• OC – Outrigger Canoe
• OM – Open Motorboat
• OSV – Offshore Supply Vessel
• PACV – Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle
• PB – Patrol Boat
• PBR – River Patrol Boat
• PC – Patrol Craft
• PCE – Patrol Craft Escort
• PCER – Patrol Craft Escort Rescue
• PCF – Patrol Craft Fast
• PCG – Patrol Craft Guided Missile
• PCH – Patrol Craft Hydrofoil
• PCM – Patrol Craft Missile
• PCS – Patrol Craft anti-Submarine
• PF – Patrol Frigate
• PG – Patrol Gunboat
• PGG – Guided-missile Gunboat
• PGH – Patrol Gunboat Hydrofoil
• PHM – Patrol Hydrofoil Missile
• PR – River Gunboat
• PSV – Platform Supply Vessel
• PT – Torpedo Boat
• PTF – Fast Torpedo Boat
• PTGB – Torpedo GunBoat
• RHIB – Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
• RIBL – Rigid Inflatable Boat Light
• RIBM – Rigid Inflatable Boat Medium
• RIBS – Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat Small
• RMS – Royal Mail Steamship
• RPL – Ramped Powered Lighter

• SSK – Hunter- Killer Submarine
• SSN – Submarine Submarine Nuclear
• SSP – Submarine Submarine Personnel
• SSS – Strategic Sealift Ship
• SST – Training Submarine
• SSV – Aircraft Carrying Submarine (Submarine Submarine, heaVier than air aircraft)
• SSX – Next Generation Submarine
• SV – Sailing Vessel
• SWATH – Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull
• TB – Torpedo Boat
• TCD – Transport de Chaland de Debarquement
• TS – Training Ship
• TVB – Torpedo Volg Boot (Torpedo following boat)
• ULCC – Ultra Large Crude Carrier
• USAT – United States Army Transport
• USCGD – United States Coast Guard Destroyer
• USLT – United States Lighthouse Tender
• USNT – United States Naval Transport
• USS – United States Ship
• VLCC – Very Large Crude Carrier
• VPB – Vietnamese Patrol Boat

• WAGC – Coast Guard Amphibious Command Ship
• WDE – United States Coast Guard Destroyer Escort
• WIX – Coast Guard Unclassified
• WLB – Seagoing Buoy Tender WLB-401 Sassafras class Coast Guard Cutter Buoy Tender
• WLBB – Lake IceBreaker Coast Guard (Coast Guard, Large Buoy Breaker)
• WLBR – Seagoing Buoy Tender Replacement Vessel
• WLI – Inland Buoy Tender
• WLIC – Inland Construction Buoy Tender
• WLM – Coastal Buoy Tender
• WLMR – Coastal Buoy Tender Replacement Vessel
• WLR – River Buoy Tender
• WPG – Coast Guard Patrol Gunboat
• WSES – Coast Guard Surface Effect Ship
• YB – Boom vessel
• YC – Open Car Lighter (Yardcraft, Car lighter)
• YCF – Car Float (Yardcraft, Car Float)
• YCU – Yard Craft Utility
• YD – Floating Crane (Yardcraft, Derrick)
• YDG – Garbage Scow (Yardcraft, Disposal, Garbage)
• YDT – Diving Tender (Yardcraft, Diving Tender)
• YF – Yardcraft, Ferryboat (Self-Propelled)
• YFD – Yardcraft Floating Drydock
• YFN – Yardcraft Covered Lighter (Non-Self Propelled)
• YFNX – Yardcraft, Lighter (Special-Purpose)
• YFR – Yardcraft Refrigerated Covered Lighter ( Self-Propelled)
• YFRN Yardcraft Refrigerated Covered Lighter ( Non-Self-Propelled)
• YG Yardcraft Garbage Lighter (Self-Propelled)

• AGTR – Technical Re Ship
• AH – Hospital Ship
• AHTS – Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel
• AKA – Attack Cargo Ship
• AKD – Dock Cargo Ship
• AKL – Light Cargo Ship
• AKR – Roll-on/Roll-off Cargo Ship
• AKV – Aircraft Ferry
• AM – Minelayer
• AMC – Coastal Minesweeper
• AMC – Armed Merchant Cruiser
• AMS – Minesweeper
• ANL – Netlayer ship
• APB – Barracks ship
• APC – Coastal Transport
• APD – Auxiliary Personnel Destroyer
• APH – Hospital Transport
• APS – Afloat Pre-positioning Ship
• AR – Repair ship
• CVN – Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier ( vessel nuclear carrier)
• CVS – Anti-Submarine Aircraft Carrier (Cruiser, heaVier-than-air, anti-Submarine)
• CVX – Next Generation Aircraft Carrier
• CZ – Lighter-than-air Aircraft Carrier
• DD Destroyer
• DDE – Escort Destroyer
• DDG – Guided-Missile Destroyer
• DDH – Helicopter-carrying Destroyer (Destroyer Helicopter carrier)
• DDK – Hunter-Killer Destroyer
• DDR – Radar Picket Destroyer
• DDX – Destroyer next generation
• DE – Destroyer Escort
• DEG – Destroyer Escort Guided-missile
• DER – Destroyer Escort Radar Picket
• DFL – Destroyer Flotilla Leader
• DL – Destroyer Leader
• DLG – Destroyer Leader Guided missile
• DM – Destroyer Minelayer
• DMS – Destroyer Minesweeper

• AGF – Amphibious Force Command Ship
• AGI – Intellligence Collector ship
• AGM – Missile Range Instrumentation ship
• AGOS – Ocean Surveillance ship
• AGP – Motor Torpedo Boat Tender
• AGR – Radar Picket Ship
• AGRM – Major Communications Relay Ship
• AGS Survey Ship
• ERRV – Emergency Rescue and Recovery Vessel
• FCB – Ferro-Concrete Barge
• FDS – Field Development Ship
• FF – Frigate
• FFG – Guided-Missile Frigate
• FFH – Fast Frigate Helicopter
• FRB – Fast Rescue Boat
• FSS – Fast Sealift Ship
• GGG – Galleon GAL Galleon
• GOD – Gallery Of Death
• HIN – Hull Identification Number
• HQS – HeadQuarters Ship
• IBS – Inflatable Boat Small
• IBS – Itty Bitty Ship

• AALC – Amphibious Assault Landing Craft
• AB – Crane Ship
• ABSD – Advanced Base Sectional Dock AC Collier
• ACR – Armored Cruiser
• ACS – Auxiliary Crane Ship
• AD – Destroyer Tender
• ADG – De-gaussing ship
• ADS – Air Defence Ship
• AE – Ammunition ship
• AF – Stores Ship
• AFDB – Floating Drydock Large
• AFDL – Floating Drydock Small
• AFDM – Floating Drydock Medium
• AFS – Combat Stores Ship
• AG – General Auxiliary
• AGB – Icebreaker
• AGC – Command Ship
• AGDE – Destroyer Escort Research ship
• AGEH – Hydrofoil Research Ship
• AGER – Environmental Research Ship

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