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          ABOUT THE LISTS OF UNITED STATES NAVY SHIPS
                      (Updated 17 Feb 94)

The Navy Public Affairs Library provides three lists of United
States Navy ships.  These lists follow a consistent format and
differ only in the way the information is sorted.
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CONTENTS
    1.  Format
    2.  Sorting
    3.  Retrieval
    4.  Source
    5.  Feedback
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1.  FORMAT.  From left to right on each line of the lists:

    -- Prefix and ship name.  The prefix is USNS ("United States
Naval Ship") for ships operated by the Military Sealift Command.
The prefix is USS ("United States Ship") for ships of the active
fleet and the Naval Reserve Force.

    -- Type and hull number.  The letter "T" preceding the type
designation refers to a ship operated by the Military Sealift
Command.

    -- A single letter appearing in a column headed by an asterisk
(*).  The letter "A" in this column indicates a ship of the active
fleet.  The letter "M" indicates a ship operated by the Military
Sealift Command.  The letter "R" indicates a ship of the Naval
Reserve Force.

    -- Homeport.  Listed for active and Naval Reserve Force ships
only.
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2.  SORTING.  These lists are sorted by ship name, type and hull
number, and homeport.
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3.  RETRIEVAL.  The latest updates to these lists may be retrieved
electronically as follows:

    -- From the Navy Public Affairs Library, using the World Wide
Web (WWW) or anonymous file transfer (FTP).  Here are the Uniform
Resource Locators (URLs):

    http://www.ncts.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/lists/filename.txt
    ftp://ftp.ncts.navy.mil/pub/navpalib/ships/lists/filename.txt

Replace filename.txt in the URL with

    Readme.txt   for this file
    home.txt     for the list sorted by homeport
    ship.txt     for the list sorted by ship name
    type.txt     for the list sorted by type and hull number

Remember that all file and directory names are case sensitive.

    -- From the Navy Leadership Policy Bulletin Board, in the
Miscellaneous area.
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4.  SOURCE.  The information contained in these lists is compiled
and maintained by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
(N802).  Formatting for electronic distribution is handled by the
Navy Office of Information.
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5.  FEEDBACK.  Your comments, questions, and suggestions for
improving these lists are invited and may be sent by electronic
mail to navpalib@opnav-emh.navy.mil.
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