These Warships and Submarines Are the Future of the U.S. Navy

On April 5, 2025, the United States Navy unveiled its latest submarine, the USS Iowa. This new 377-foot-long submarine is a Virginia-class fast attack vessel built by General Dynamics Electric Boat. The USS Iowa can dive deeper than 800 feet and travel 29 miles per hour. Because it has a nuclear reactor, it never needs refueling. The submarine also has a special torpedo room that can be changed for different missions and carries Tomahawk cruise missiles. At the submarine’s commissioning ceremony, Navy Secretary John Phelan emphasized, “Make no mistake, naval warfare is evolving”. He explained that the U.S. needs to update its structure, ships, and weapons to effectively handle today’s global conflicts and protect the nation.

The good news is that the United States is doing just that as it continues to add new and improved ships and submarines to its arsenal. To determine the future warships and submarines of the U.S. Navy, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the Upcoming U.S. Navy Commissionings, a military data site. We compiled data on all ships and submarines that have at least had their keel laid and ordered these alphabetically. We also included supplemental information regarding the vessel’s classification, unit type, and current status.

This is an updated version of a previously published story to reflect the newest additions and plans for future U.S. Navy warships and submarines.

Why This Matters Today

As a force of over 430,000 active and reserve personnel, the U.S. Navy greatly impacts U.S. jobs and the economy.  The introduction of new vessels like the USS Iowa illustrates the Navy’s strategic priorities, the evolution of naval warfare, and how it plans to ensure national security and support American development. The USS Iowa’s advanced features demonstrate where the Navy is expanding its efforts in undersea warfare and power projection and how the U.S. is extending its global influence while maintaining a secure balance within an international community.

These are the ships and submarines entering U.S. Navy service in the coming years:

USS Arizona (SSN 803)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Under construction
• Construction site: Groton, CT

USS Arkansas (SSN 800)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Christened December 2024
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Atlanta (SSN 813)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Groton, CT

USS Baltimore (SSN 812)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Groton, CT

USS Barb (SSN 804)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Attack submarine
• Status: Under construction
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Beloit (LCS 29)

• Class: Freedom-class
• Unit type: Littoral combat ship
• Status: Commissioned November 23, 2024
• Construction site: Marinette, WI

USS Bougainville (LHA 8)

• Class: America-class
• Unit type: Amphibious assault ship
• Status: Launched October 2023
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Charles J. French (DDG 142)

• Class: Arleigh Burke
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile destroyer
• Status: Authorized
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Chesapeake (FFG 64)

• Class: Constellation-class
• Unit type: Guided-missile frigate
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Marinette, WI

USS Cleveland (LCS 31)

• Class: Freedom-class
• Unit type: Littoral combat ship
• Status: Launched April 2023
• Construction site: Marinette, WI

USS Congress (FFG 63)

• Class: Constellation-class
• Unit type: Guided-missile frigate
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Marinette, WI

USS Constellation (FFG 62)

• Class: Constellation-class
• Unit type: Guided missile frigate
• Status: Keel Laid April 2024
• Construction site: Marinette, WI

USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826)

• Class: Columbia-class
• Unit type: Ballistic missile submarine
• Status: Keel Laid June 2022
• Construction site: Groton, CT

USS Doris Miller (CVN 81)

• Class: Gerald Ford-class
• Unit type: Aircraft carrier
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Enterprise (CVN 80)

• Class: Gerald Ford-class
• Unit type: Aircraft carrier
• Status: Keel Laid August 2022
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Ernest E. Evans (DDG 141)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile destroyer
• Status: Authorized
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Fallujah (LHA 9)

• Class: America-class
• Unit type: Amphibious assault ship
• Status: Keel Laid September 2023
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Galvez (FFG 67)

• Class: Contellation-class
• Unit type: Guided-missile frigate
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Marinette, WI

USS George M. Neal (DDG 131)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided-missile destroyer
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS George W. Bush (CVN 83)

• Class: Gerald Ford-class
• Unit type: Aircraft carrier
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Hamilton (FFG 66)

• Class: Constellation-class
• Unit type: Guided-missile frigate
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Marinette, WI

USS Harrisburg (LPD 30)

• Class: San Antonio-class
• Unit type: Amphibious transport dock
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Christened July 2023
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS Hector A. Cafferata (ESB 8)

• Class: ESB-class
• Unit type: Expeditionary mobile base
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: San Diego, CA

USS Helmand Province (LHA 10)

• Class: America-class
• Unit type: Amphibious assault ship
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Idaho (SSN 799)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Groton, CT

USS Iowa (SSN 797)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Commissioned April 5, 2025
• Construction site: Groton, CT

USS J. William Middendorf (DDG 138)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile destroyer
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS John Basilone (DDG 122)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Commissioned November 9, 2024
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS John Dalton (SSN 808)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Attack submarine
• Status: Authorized
• Construction site: Groton, CT

USS John E. Kilmer (DDG 134)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)

• Class: Gerald Ford-class
• Unit type: Aircraft carrier
• Status: Fitting Out
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile destroyer
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Lafeyette (FFG 65)

• Class: Constellation
• Unit type: Guided-missile frigate
• Status: Announced in June 2023
• Construction site: Marinette, WI

USS Long Island (SSN 809)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Attack submarine
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Louis H. Wilson, Jr. (DDG 126)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Keel Laid May 2023
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002)

• Class: Zumwalt-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Sea trials
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS Massachusetts (SSN 798)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Launched February 2024
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Miami (SSN 811)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Attack submarine
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Michael G. Mullen (DDG 144)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile destroyer
• Status: Authorized
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS Nantucket (LCS 27)

• Class: Freedom-class
• Unit type: Littoral combat ship
• Status: Commissioned November 16, 2024
• Construction site: Marinette, WI

USS Oklahoma (SSN 802)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Christened July 2024
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS Philadelphia (LPD 32)

• Class: San Antonio-class
• Unit type: Amphibious transport dock
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Pierre (LCS 38)

• Class: Independence-class
• Unit type: Littoral combat ship
• Status: Launched August 2024
• Construction site: Mobile, AL

USS Pittsburgh (LPD 31)

• Class: San Antonio-class
• Unit type: Amphibious transport dock
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Quentin Walsh (DDG 132)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS Richard G. Lugar (DDG 136)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile destroyer
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS Richard J. Danzig (DDG 143)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile destroyer
• Status: Authorized
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7)

• Class: ESB-class
• Unit type: Expeditionary mobile base
• Status: Accepted
• Construction site: San Diego, CA

USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile destroyer
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: TBA

USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS San Francisco (SSN 810)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Attack submarine
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Groton, CT

USS Silversides (SSN 807)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Attack submarine
• Status: Under construction
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Tang (SSN 805)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Attack submarine
• Status: Under construction
• Construction site: Groton, CT

USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Telesforo Trinidad (DDG 139)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile destroyer
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Thad Cochran (DDG 135)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Aegis guided missile class destroyer
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS Utah (SSN 801)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Pascagoula, MS

USS Wahoo (SSN 806)

• Class: Virginia-class
• Unit type: Nuclear attack submarine
• Status: Under Construction
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS William Charette (DDG 130)

• Class: Arleigh Burke-class
• Unit type: Guided missile destroyer
• Status: Keel Laid August 24
• Construction site: Bath, ME

USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82)

• Class: Gerald Ford-class
• Unit type: Aircraft carrier
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827)

• Class: Columbia-class
• Unit type: Ballistic missile submarine
• Status: Announced
• Construction site: Newport News, VA

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