2007-07-15 17:57:54 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
as was said, United States Ship, and only applies to Navy ships. USNS (United States Naval Ship) is a civilian manned auxillary ( stores, supply, repair) ship belonging to either the Navy or the Maritime Administration.....it's a bookeeping thing....
and by the way, SS stands for Steam Ship....a sailing ship would be SV for Sailing Vessel
2007-07-16 02:48:07 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
United States Ship of course.
2007-07-16 04:46:27 · answer #2 · answered by nygrrl0602 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
United States Ship
The names of commissioned ships of the U.S. Navy start with "USS"[26], designating 'United States Ship'. Non-commissioned, civilian-manned vessels of the U.S. Navy have names that begin with "USNS", standing for 'United States Naval Ship'. Additionally, each ship is given a letter-based hull classification symbol (for example CVN and DDG) to indicate the vessel's type and a hull number. The names of ships are officially selected by the Secretary of the Navy and are usually those of U.S. states, cities, towns, important people, famous battles, fish, or ideals. All ships in the U.S. Navy inventory are placed in the Naval Vessel Register, which tracks data such as the current status of a ship, the date of its commissioning, and the date of its decommissioning. Vessels that are removed from the register prior to disposal are said to be stricken from the register. The Navy also maintains a reserve fleet of inactive vessels that are maintained for reactivation in times of need.
2007-07-15 23:48:27 · answer #3 · answered by Damon_ru 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
United States Ship, and it's only applied to ships of the line (war ships). USNS is used for non-combatants.
2007-07-15 18:26:33 · answer #4 · answered by :not_the_usual1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
united states ship
the SS on private boats stands for sailing ship
2007-07-15 18:07:19 · answer #5 · answered by Josh D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋