List of United States Navy ships: M

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This section of the list of United States Navy ships contains all ships of the United States Navy with names beginning with M.

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For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy.

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M–Mai

Maj–Maq

Mar

Mas–Maz

Mc–Mem

Men–Mey

Mia–Min

Mir–Miz

Moa–Mon

Moo–Mou

Mu–My

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United States ship naming conventions for the U.S. Navy were established by congressional action at least as early as 1862. Title 13, section 1531, of the U.S. Code, enacted in that year, reads, in part,

The vessels of the Navy shall be named by the Secretary of the Navy under direction of the President according to the following rule: Sailing-vessels of the first class shall be named after the States of the Union, those of the second class after the rivers, those of the third class after the principal cities and towns and those of the fourth class as the President may direct.

Ships numbered 177 include:

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