This list of battleships of the United States Navy includes all ships with the hull classification symbol "BB". A number of these were started but never completed. There are no battleships currently in service in the U.S. Navy.
American battleships can be roughly divided into five types: coastal defense, pre-dreadnought, dreadnought, standard, and fast.
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