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| | unit_name = United States Navy
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| | image = Emblem of the United States Navy.svg
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| | caption = Emblem of the United States Navy
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| | country = {{Flagu|United States}}
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| | type = [[Navy]]
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| | size = 334,896 active duty personnel<ref name="Defense Manpower Data Center- Active Duty Military Strength Report">[Strength Changes (Last 12 Months)</ref><br />54,741 Navy Reserve personnel<ref name="Defense Manpower Data Center- Selected Reserves by Rank/Grade">[https://dwp.dmdc.osd.mil/dwp/api/download?fileName=DRS_42486_SelRes_202307.pdf&groupName=resRankGrade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918045809/https://dwp.dmdc.osd.mil/dwp/api/download?fileName=DRS_42486_SelRes_202307.pdf&groupName=resRankGrade |date=18 September 2023 }}, DMDC official website, accessed 14 September 2023</ref><br />387,637 total uniformed personnel (official data as of July 31, 2023)<br />279,471 civilian employees ({{As of|2018}})<ref name="status"/><br />480 [[List of current ships of the United States Navy|ships total]], of which 300 are deployable ({{As of|2019}})<ref name="status"/><br />2,623 aircraft ({{As of|2018}})<ref name="WAF2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/21905|title=World Air Forces 2018|publisher=flightglobal.com|page=17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614045619/https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/21905|archive-date=14 June 2018|access-date=1 May 2022}}{{Registration required}}</ref>
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| | command_structure = [[United States Armed Forces]]<br />[[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]]
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| | garrison = [[The Pentagon]] <br />{{nowrap|[[Arlington County, Virginia]], U.S.}}
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| | garrison_label = Headquarters
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| | motto = {{lang|la|Semper Fortis}} ('Always Courageous'), (unofficial).<br />{{lang|la|Non sibi sed patriae}} ('Not for self but for country') (unofficial)
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| | colors = Blue and gold<ref>{{cite web|title=Customs and Traditions, Navy|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/customs-traditions-navy.html#navycolors|publisher=United States Navy|website=History.Navy.mil|access-date=27 August 2022|quote=The official Navy colors are blue and gold|archive-date=20 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820212705/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/customs-traditions-navy.html#navycolors|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=America's Navy Color Palette: Digital|url=https://media.defense.gov/2021/Apr/08/2002616384/-1/-1/1/FINALLICENSINGGUIDELINES_DIGITAL_2162021.PDF#page=34|work=United States Navy Licensing Guide|date=8 April 2021|access-date=27 August 2022|archive-date=31 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831225037/https://media.defense.gov/2021/Apr/08/2002616384/-1/-1/1/FINALLICENSINGGUIDELINES_DIGITAL_2162021.PDF#page=34|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{color box|#022A3A}} {{color box|#E8B00F}}
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| | march = "[[Anchors Aweigh]]" {{audio|AnchorsAweigh.ogg|Play}}
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| | equipment = [[List of equipment of the United States Navy]]
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| | start_date = 27 March 1794<br />({{Age in years and months|1794|3|27}})<br />(in current form)
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| 13 October 1775<br />({{Age in years and months|1775|10|13}})<br />(as the [[Continental Navy]])<ref name="Establishment of the Navy, 13 October 1775">{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/e/establishment-of-the-navy.html|title=Establishment of the Navy, 13 October 1775|publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command|access-date=6 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428081502/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/e/establishment-of-the-navy.html|archive-date=28 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/birthday2.htm|title=Precedence of the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps|date=4 October 2009|publisher=[[Naval History & Heritage Command]]|access-date=14 February 2010|archive-date=11 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311062402/http://www.history.navy.mil/birthday2.htm}}</ref>
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| | battles = {{collapsible list
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| |[[American Revolutionary War]]<br />[[Quasi-War]]<br />[[First Barbary War]]<br />[[War of 1812]]<br />[[Second Barbary War]]<br />[[West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States|West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations]]<br />[[Seminole Wars]]<br />[[African Anti-Slavery Operations of the United States|African Anti-Slavery Operations]]<br />[[Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States|Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations]]<br />[[First Sumatran expedition]]<br />[[United States Exploring Expedition|United States exploration expedition]]<br />[[Patriot War]]<br />[[Second Sumatran expedition]]<br />[[Ivory Coast Expedition]]<br />[[Capture of Monterey]]<br />[[Mexican–American War]]<br />[[Bombardment of San Juan del Norte|Bombardment of Greytown]]<br />[[Battle of Ty-ho Bay]]<br />[[First Fiji Expedition]]<br />[[Filibuster War]]<br />[[Second Opium War]]<br />[[Second Fiji Expedition]]<br />[[Reform War]]<br />[[Paraguay expedition]]<br />[[American Civil War]]<br />[[Bombardment of Qui Nhon]]<br />[[Shimonoseki Campaign]]<br />[[Formosa Expedition]]<br />[[United States expedition to Korea]]<br />[[Egyptian Expedition (1882)]]<br />[[Bering Sea Anti-Poaching Operations]]<br />[[Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii|Kingdom of Hawaii overthrowal]]<br />[[Second Samoan Civil War]]<br />[[Banana Wars]]
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| * [[Spanish–American War]]
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| * [[Negro Rebellion]]
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| * [[United States occupation of Nicaragua|Occupation of Nicaragua]]
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| * [[United States occupation of Haiti|Occupation of Haiti]]
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| * [[United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24)|Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916)]]
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| [[Philippine–American War]]<br />[[Boxer Rebellion]]<br />[[World War I]]<br />[[Bombardment of Samsun]]<br />[[World War II]]<br />[[Korean War]]<br />[[First Taiwan Strait Crisis]]<br />[[1958 Lebanon crisis]]<br />[[Second Taiwan Strait Crisis|1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis]]<br />[[Vietnam War]]<br />[[United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66)|Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965)]]<br />[[Operation Eagle Claw|Iranian Hostage Rescue]]<br />[[Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)]]<br />[[Multinational Force in Lebanon]]<br />[[Invasion of Grenada]]<br />[[Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)]]<br />[[Bombing of Libya (1986)]]<br />[[Tanker War]]
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| * [[Operation Earnest Will|Earnest Will]]
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| * [[Operation Prime Chance|Prime Chance]]
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| * [[Operation Eager Glacier|Eager Glacier]]
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| * [[Operation Nimble Archer|Nimble Archer]]
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| * [[Operation Praying Mantis|Praying Mantis]]
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| [[1989 air battle near Tobruk]]<br />[[United States Invasion of Panama|Invasion of Panama]]<br />[[Gulf War]]<br />[[Iraqi no-fly zones]]<br />[[Somali Civil War]]<br />[[Operation Deliberate Force|Bosnian War]]<br />[[Third Taiwan Strait Crisis]]<br />[[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|Kosovo War]]<br />[[International Force for East Timor]]<br />[[Operation Enduring Freedom]]
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| * [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Afghanistan (2001–2014)]]
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| * [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines|Philippines]]
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| * [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa|Horn of Africa]]
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| * [[Georgia Train and Equip Program|Pankisi Gorge]]
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| * [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara|Trans Sahara]]
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| * [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Caribbean and Central America|Caribbean and Central America]]
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| [[Iraq War]]<br />[[Operation Burnt Frost]]<br />[[Operation Ocean Shield]]<br />[[Operation Odyssey Dawn]]<br />[[War against the Islamic State|2014 Intervention against ISIL]]<br />[[Operation Inherent Resolve]]<br />[[War in Afghanistan (2015–2021)]]<br />[[2017 Shayrat missile strike]]<br />[[Operation Prosperity Guardian]]<br />[[2024 missile strikes in Yemen]]
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| | commander1 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the President of the United States of America.svg|size=25px}} [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]]
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| | commander1_label = [[Powers of the president of the United States#Commander-in-chief|Commander-in-Chief]]
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| | commander2 = {{Flagicon image|USSecDefflag.svg|size=25px}} [[Lloyd Austin]]
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| | commander2_label = [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]
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| | commander3 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy.svg|size=25px}} [[Carlos Del Toro]]
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| | commander3_label = [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]]
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| | commander4 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the United States Chief of Naval Operations.svg|size=25px}} [[Admiral (United States)|ADM]] [[Lisa Franchetti]]
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| | commander4_label = [[Chief of Naval Operations]]
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| | commander5 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the United States Vice Chief of Naval Operations.svg|size=25px}} [[Admiral (United States)|ADM]] [[James W. Kilby]]
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| | commander5_label = [[Vice Chief of Naval Operations]]
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| | commander6 = [[File:MCPON.svg|25px]] [[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy|MCPON]] [[James Honea]]
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| | commander6_label = [[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy]]
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| | identification_symbol = [[File:Flag of the United States Navy (official).svg|border|100px]]
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| | identification_symbol_label = [[Flag of the United States Navy|Flag]]
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| | identification_symbol_2_label = [[Ensign of the United States|Ensign]]
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| The '''United States Navy''' ('''USN''') is the [[naval warfare|maritime]] [[military branch|service branch]] of the [[United States Armed Forces]] and one of the eight [[uniformed services of the United States]]. It is the world's most powerful [[navy]] and the largest by tonnage, at 4.5 million tons in 2021<ref>{{cite web |last1=Axe |first1=David |title=Yes, The Chinese Navy Has More Ships Than The U.S. Navy. But It's Got Far Fewer Missiles. |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/11/10/yes-the-chinese-navy-has-more-ships-than-the-us-navy-but-its-got-far-fewer-missiles/?sh=45775f7e61b6 |website=Forbes |date=10 November 2021 |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> and in 2009 an estimated battle fleet tonnage that exceeded the next 13 navies combined.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-russian-navy-is-aiming-to-be-much-larger-than-the-us-navy-2014-9?IR=T |title=The Russian Navy Is Aiming To Be Much Larger Than The US Navy |date=24 September 2014 |work=Business Insider |access-date=12 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126035318/http://www.businessinsider.com/the-russian-navy-is-aiming-to-be-much-larger-than-the-us-navy-2014-9?IR=T |archive-date=26 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> It has the world's largest [[aircraft carrier]] fleet, with [[List of aircraft carriers in service|11 in service]], one undergoing trials, two new carriers under construction, and six other carriers planned as of 2024. With 336,978 personnel on [[active duty]] and 101,583 in the [[Ready Reserve]], the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 299 deployable combat vessels and about 4,012 operational aircraft as of July 18, 2023.<ref>[[#classified|Classified Report to Congress]]</ref><ref>[[#aircraft|Navy aircraft inventory by type U.S. 2024]]</ref> | | The '''United States Navy''' ('''USN''') is the [[naval warfare|maritime]] [[military branch|service branch]] of the [[United States Armed Forces]] and one of the eight [[uniformed services of the United States]]. It is the world's most powerful [[navy]] and the largest by tonnage, at 4.5 million tons in 2021<ref>{{cite web |last1=Axe |first1=David |title=Yes, The Chinese Navy Has More Ships Than The U.S. Navy. But It's Got Far Fewer Missiles. |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/11/10/yes-the-chinese-navy-has-more-ships-than-the-us-navy-but-its-got-far-fewer-missiles/?sh=45775f7e61b6 |website=Forbes |date=10 November 2021 |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> and in 2009 an estimated battle fleet tonnage that exceeded the next 13 navies combined.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-russian-navy-is-aiming-to-be-much-larger-than-the-us-navy-2014-9?IR=T |title=The Russian Navy Is Aiming To Be Much Larger Than The US Navy |date=24 September 2014 |work=Business Insider |access-date=12 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126035318/http://www.businessinsider.com/the-russian-navy-is-aiming-to-be-much-larger-than-the-us-navy-2014-9?IR=T |archive-date=26 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> It has the world's largest [[aircraft carrier]] fleet, with [[List of aircraft carriers in service|11 in service]], one undergoing trials, two new carriers under construction, and six other carriers planned as of 2024. With 336,978 personnel on [[active duty]] and 101,583 in the [[Ready Reserve]], the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 299 deployable combat vessels and about 4,012 operational aircraft as of July 18, 2023.<ref>[[#classified|Classified Report to Congress]]</ref><ref>[[#aircraft|Navy aircraft inventory by type U.S. 2024]]</ref> |
