Also, do other countries use these same abbreviations?
2007-01-11 16:39:55 · 6 answers · asked by democrat13 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
USS stands for United States Ship, and is applied to warships.
USNS also stands for United States Naval Ship (also Naval Service) and is applied to non warships. This can include Navy research vessels and other auxilliary type ships.
The nations of the United Kingdoms (i.e.- Canada, Austrailia, New Zealand) use the prefix of HMS, for Her (His) Majesty's Ship.
2007-01-14 00:28:52 · answer #1 · answered by The_moondog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ship with the USS desination is a US warship and is filled with Navy sailors. A USNS is a support ship that is very important to the navy, but is mostly staffed by civilian mariners, but has a few navy sailors aboard. The designations are due to budget constraints. The meaning of the letters is correctly posted above.
Other countries use much different letters, The UK. Canada, and Australia use HMS Her (or His, if there is a king) Majesty's Ship. Look up Janes Military Defense for other prefixes.
2007-01-12 02:14:26 · answer #2 · answered by Dude 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
USS = United State Ship ie. USS Germantown
USNS = United States Naval Service
USAF = US Air Force
USAR = US Army
USMC = US Marine Corps
Other countries use abbreviations, but not these.
HMS = Her Majesty's Ship is used by the British.
2007-01-12 00:45:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A ship titles USS means that it is a warship such as the USS Carl Vinson CVN 70. Carl Vinson is a Nimitz class aircraft carrier. Think fighting ship when you see USS. USNS when applied to a ship means united States Naval Ship, such as USNS Comfort which is a hospital ship if I remember correctly. USNS ships are support vessels and not combat units. If I remember right most USNS ships are part of the Military Sealift Command and are part military, part civilian crew.
2007-01-12 01:00:19 · answer #4 · answered by Chuck J 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
USS stands for United States Ship run by the US Navy while USNS stands for United States Naval Ship run by Military Sealift Command. Each countr does it's own thing for naming of ships.
2007-01-12 14:37:30 · answer #5 · answered by jaymactx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
uss means united states surface ship. usns means untied states naval ship
2007-01-12 00:43:07 · answer #6 · answered by catchup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋