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N4M GROUPS: Listed By Name of US Naval Ships (actual US Naval vessels in service)
GROUPS: Listed by Name of US Naval Ships (actual US Naval vessels in service)
Looking for other Navy For Moms members with sailors on the same ship/boat?
Here is a list in alphabetical order by name of ship. List doe NOT include groups with fewer than 3 members and/or groups which have been inactive in the last 8 months. Cllckable links have been provided. Just click on the name of the ship. Please post a comment if I missed your sailor's ship (with a link, if possible). Please note that if your son/daughter is in boot camp, his/her barracks are named after ships. The groups listed below are not Navy For Moms groups designated for barracks (please see groups associated with PIR dates). Edited & updated Feb 2017 by BunkerQB.
This list refers to the REAL thing - with sailors, guns, etc.
name of group last date of comment/activity
- USS Abraham Lincoln CVN72 (last comment Nov 29, 2019)
- USS Alabama SSBN 731 (last comment April 12, 2019)
- USS Alaska SSBN 732 (last activity Oct 25, 2016)
- USS Albany SSN 753 (last activity Dec 12, 2019)
- USS Alexandria SSN 757 (last comment Dec 2015)
- USS Annapolis SSN 760 (last comment Oct 2013)
- USS Antietam CG 47 (last comment Nov 2015)
- USS Anzio CG 68 (last comment May 2015)
- USS Arleigh Burke DDG51 (last comment Feb 2016)
- USS Arlington LPD 24 (last comment Feb 2016)
- USS Asheville SSN758 (last comment Nov 2016))
- USS Ashland LSD 48 (last comment Dec 2016
- USS Bainbridge (in Norfolk) (last comment Dec 2016)
- USS Barry DDG 52 (last comment Jan 2017 active)
- USS Bataan LHD 5 (last comment Dec 2016)
- USS Benfold DDG 65 (last comment Dec 2016)
- USS Blue Ridge LLC 19 (last comment May 2016)
- USS Boise SSN 764 (last comment Aug 2013)
- USS Bonhomme Richard LHD 6 (last comment Dec 2016)
- USS Boxer LHD 4 (last comment Mar 2016)
- USS Buffalo SSN 715 (last comment Jun 2016)
- USS Bulkeley DDG 84 (last comment Sep 2015)
- USS Bunker Hill CG 52 (last comment Sep 2014)
- USS California SSN 781 (last comment Dec 2016)
- USS Cape St. George CG 71 (last comment Jun 2015)
- USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 (last comment Feb 2017 active)
- USS Carney DDG64 (last comment Mar 2016)
- USS Carter Hall LSD 50 (last comment Dec 2016)
- USS Charlotte SSN 766 (last comment Oct 2012)
- USS Chicago SSN 721 (last comment Aug 2015)
- USS Chicago SSN 721 Pearl Harbor (last comment April 2012)
- USS Cleveland LPD 7 (last comment June 2012)
- USS Cleveland LPD 7 (last comment 2010)
- USS Columbia SSN771 (last comment Aug 2014)
- USS Columbus SSN782 (last comment July 2014)
- USNS Comfort Family AH 20 (last comment Nov 2015)
- USS Comstock LSD 45 (last comment Aug 2016)
- USS Connecticut SSN 22 (last comment Jan 2016)
- USS Cowpens CG-63 (last comment Apr 2015)
- USS Crommelin FFG 37 (last comment 2012)
- USS Curtis Wilbur DDG 54 (last comment Dec 2013)
- USS De Wert FFG 45 (last comment Dec 2013)
- USS Decatur DDG 73 (last comment Apr 2016)
- USS Denver LPD 9 (last comment May 2014)
- USS Dewey DDG 105 (last comment Nov 2016)
- USS Dubuque LPD 8 (last comment June 2012)
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN 69 (last comment Feb 2017 active)
- USS Emory S. Land AS 39 (last activity Aug 2016)
- USS Enterprise CNV 65 (last activity Jun 2016)
- USS Essex LHD 2 (last comment Dec 2016)
- USS Farragut DDG 99 (last comment Aug 2016)
- USS Fitzgerald DDG 62 (last activity Jun 2017)
- USS Florida SSGN 728 (last activity Nov 2015)
- USS Forrest Sherman DDG 98 (last activity May 2016)
- USS Fort McHenry LSD 43 (last activity May 2013)
- USS Frank Cable AS 40 (last activity Aug 2016)
- USS George Washington CVN 73 (last activity Jan 2017 active)
- USS George H. W. Bush CVN 77 (last activity Jul 2017 active)
- USS Georgia SSGN 729 (last activity Feb 2017 active)
- USS Germantown LSD 42 (last activity Apr 2017)
- USS Gonzalez DDG 66 (last activity Feb 2017 active)
- USS Gravely DDG 107 (last activity Feb 2016)
- USS Green Bay LPD 20 (last activity May 2015)
- USS Gridley CG 21 (last activity Jan 2016)
- USS Halyburton FFG 40 (last activity Feb 2014)
- USS Hampton SSN 767 (last activity Aug 2014)
- USS Harpers Ferry LSD 49 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS Harry S. Truman CVN 75 (last activity Jun 2017 active)
- USS Henry M Jackson SSBN 730 (last activity Jan 2017 active)
- USS Higgins DDG 76 (last activity Dec 2013)
- USS Hopper DDG 70 (last activity Aug 2016)
- USS Howard DDG 83 (last activity Jun 2016)
- USS Hue City CG 66 (last activity May 2016)
- USS Iwo Jima LHD 7 (last activity Mar 2017 active)
- USS Jacksonville SSN 699 (last activity Oct 2015)
- USS Jason Dunham DDG 109 (last activity Aug 2015)
- USS John C. Stennis CVN 74 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS John Paul Jones DDG 53 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS John S. McCain DDG 56 (last activity May 2015)
- USS Kauffman FFG 59 (last activity Nov 2013)
- USS Kearsarge LHD 3 (last activity Feb 2017 active)
- USS Key West SSN 722 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS Kidd DDG 100 (last activity May 2016)
- USS Lake Champlain CG 57 (last activity May 2016)
- USS Lake Erie CG 70 (last activity Aug 2015)
- USS Lassen DDG 82 (last activity Jul 2014)
- USS Leyte Gulf CG 55 (last activity Jul 2014)
- USS Louisiana SSBN 743 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS Mahan DDG 72 (last activity Sep 2016)
- USS Makin Island LHD 8 (last activity Feb 2017 active)
- USS Maine SSBN 741 Bangor (last activity Apr 2015)
- USS Maryland SSBN 738 (last activity Nov 2016)
- USS Mason DDG 87 (last activity Sep 2016)
- USS McCampbell DDG 85 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS McFaul DDG 74 (last activity Apr 2015)
- USNS Mercy AH 19 (2010) (last activity May 2012)
- USS Mesa Verde LPD 19 (last activity Jun 2015)
- USS Miami SSN755 (last activity Aug 2014)
- USS Michael Murphy DDG 112 (last activity Jun 2016)
- USS Michigan SSGN 727 (last activity Jan 2017)
- USS Milius DDG 69 (last activity Mar 2015)
- USS Milius DDG 69 Friends and Family (last activity Aug 2015)
- USS Mobile Bay CG 53 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS Momsen DDG 92 (last activity Feb 2017)
- USS Monterey CG 61 (last activity Jan 2017)
- USS Montpelier SSN 765 (last activity May 2016)
- USS Mustin DDG 89 (last activity Feb 2017 active)
- USS Nassau LHA 4 (last activity Apr 2011)
- USS Nevada SSBN 733 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS New Hampshire SSN 778 (last activity Nov 2016)
- USS New Mexico SSN 779 (last activity Dec 2012)
- USS New Orleans LPD 18 (last activity Feb 2016)
- USS New York LPD 21 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS Nimitz CVN 68 (last activity Feb 2017 active)
- USS Nitze DDG 94 (last activity May 2015)
- USS Normandy CG 60 (last activity Dec 2015)
- USS O'Kane DDG 7 (last activity Jul 2015)
- USS Oklahoma City SSN 723 (last activity Apr 2015)
- USS Oscar Austin DDG 79 (last activity Sep 2016)
- USS Pasadena SSN 752 (last activity Sept 2016)
- USS Paul Hamilton DDG 60 (last activity Jan 2017)
- USS Pearl Harbor LSD 52 (last activity Jul 2017)
- USS Philippine Sea CG 58 (last activity Jan 2017)
- USS Pinckney DDG 91 (last activity Feb 2014)
- USS Pittsburgh SSN 720 (last activity Feb 2017)
- USS Ponce LPD 15 (last activity Apr 2014)
- USS Port Royal CG 73 (last activity Oct 2016)
- USS Princeton CG 59 (last activity Nov 2016)
- USS Ramage DDG 61 (last activity Jul 2016)
- USS Rentz FFG 46 (last activity Dec 2013)
- USS Reuben James FFG 57 (last activity Apr 2015)
- USS Rhode Island Blue SSBN 740 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS Rhode Island Gold SSBN 740 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS Robert Bradley FFG 49 (last activity Oct 2013)
- USS Rodney M. Davis FFG 60 (last activity Nov 2014)
- USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76 Families (last activity Feb 2017 active)
- USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76 (Wifes, GF) (last activity Jul 2016)
- USS Roosevelt DDG 80 (last activity Sep 2016)
- USS Ross DDG 71 (last activity May 2016)
- USS Rushmore LSD 47 (last activity Aug 2015)
- USS Sampson DDG 102 (last activity Jan 2017 active)
- USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG 58 (last activity Sep 2014)
- USS San Antonio LPD 17 (last activity Jun 2016)
- USS San Francisco SSN 711 (last activity Dec 2016 active)
- USS Seawolf SSN 21 (last activity Nov 2014)
- USS Shiloh CG 67 (last activity Mar 2013)
- USS Shoup DDG 86 (last activity Jan 2016)
- USS Simpson FFG 56 (last activity Jan 2015)
- USS Spruance DDG 111 (last activity Sep 2016)
- USS Stockdale DDG 206 (last activity Nov 2015)
- USS Sterett DDG 106 (last activity Mar 2016)
- USS Stethem DDG 63 (last activity Sep 2014)
- USS Taylor FFG 60 (last activity Sep 2012)
- USS Tennessee SSBN 734 (last activity Dec 2016 active)
- USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 (last activity Feb 2017)
- USS Topeka SSN 688 (last activity Jun 2016)
- USS Tortuga LSD 46 (last activity Aug 2014)
- USS Truxtun DDG 103 (last activity Nov 2015)
- USS Vandergrift FFG 48 (last activity Dec 2014)
- USS Vella Gulf CG 72 (last activity Mar 2016)
- USS Vicksburg CG 69 (last activity Mar 2015)
- USS Virginia SSN 774 (last activity Nov 2015)
- USS Virginia SSN 774 (second group) (last activity Mar 2012)
- USS Wasp LHD 1 (last activity Jan 2017)
- USS Wayne E Meyer DDG 108 (last activity Jan 2017)
- USS West Virginia SSBN 736 (last activity Mar 2016)
- USS Whidbey Island LSD 41 (last activity Dec 2016)
- USS Winston Churchill DDG 81 (last activity Sep 2016)
You may also find members with sons/daughters on a particular ship in one of the following groups, or start your own - it's easy and fun:
AMPHIBIOUS (GATOR NAVY) Active
CARRIER FAMILIES Active
DESTROYER MOMS Active
FRIGATE MOMS (last activity May 2014)
HELICOPTER SQUADRON 14 (last activity Jul 2013)
MN MOMS & MINEMAN MOMS (last activity Jan 2017)
PELELIU READY GROUP (AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON 3) (last activity Dec 2014)
SUB MOMS Active
I have listed 168 groups associated with ships plus the above 8 groups. If you have a group that is currently active and would like to have the link to your group included on the above list, please post a comment with the link and/or send me a message.
BunkerQBee
Checked the information on the ships as they are listed with the Naval Vessel Register. You'll find it quite interesting.
Click here for a chart of ship classifications NVR Ship Hull Classification Symbols
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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Alisha & Chefswifey, how about one of you starting a group and title it "Frigate Wives, Girlfriends and Moms"
The Elrod and the Nicholas are both frigates (same class). I know very little about ships except what I learn on the internet. My son is on a fast attack sub. After you form the group, you could check the above list for other groups with FFG next to the name, join that group and invite all the members to come over to your new group. :)
I found this on the internet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_frigates_of_the_United_States_...
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Permalink Reply by Johanna on
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Hi, Is there any chance to get something going for the
USS MISSOURI? My son is the youngest on the boat
and out for his first deployment. Would love to touch base
with others that have loved ones on this boat.
Thank you,
Johanna
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Johanna, find out from the ombudsman for your son's boat if there is a Family Readiness Group on Facebook. My son' sub had a secret group on FB, which means you have to ask the ombudsman for acceptance to the group. She will check you out and add you as a member. You have to been a member of FB. If the group is secret then you won't see the title or the members. I didn't find one, so I am assuming it is a secret group. It's possible that there is no FRG for the boat. The group is usually put together by the wife of a senior officer. Therefore, it's going to be different for each boat. You should have received something prior to enlistment.
OK, everyone - any one out there on the USS Elrod, USS Missouri or the USS Nicholas - please check in. We have some ladies who would love to connect with others.
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Thank you for the info. I have been in touch with the ombudsman, and it is as
you said! I am waiting to get on the FB. Seems to be secret. Quick question. Since there doesn't seem
to be a group for our boat , am I able to start one and if so, how the heck do I get started? Thanks!!
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EASY, Johanna. On the menubar, click GROUPS, then click +ADD on upper right.
USS MIssouri SSN 780 (you should put this name of group). After you set up the group, go to the Sub Moms group and make an announcement (comment on page) that you have created a group for the USS Missouri. Repeat for the two groups below. Scroll up you'll see the link to the Sub Moms group. Here are links to the Groton group & Connecticut Moms. We don't have a group for my son's sub. About 10 of us do have each others phone numbers which we used once in a blue moon - mostly we communicate on the FRG clean FB group's page.
Groton, CT. Sub School & "a" School Moms
Remember to please, please keep in mind NOT to disclosure dates, locations of where the sub will be going - this is critical to their safety. Since you are the creator of the group, you can make the group private or public. You can also delete comments which violate our OPSEC rules.
Alisha & Chefswifey, here are the official designation for the Elrod & the Nicholas, if you are thinking of creating groups or a group for frigates.
USS Nicholas FFG 47
USS Elrod FFG 55
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Permalink Reply by SubWife2011 on
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My husband just found out today that he will be on the USS Scranton.
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There is no group started for the USS Scranton on Navy 4 Moms. I also did a search for groups on Facebook. I didn't see any Open or Closed groups. Now there might be a "secret" Family Readiness Group because there was a secret group for my son's submarine. You should contact the ombudsman for your husband's sub. Send her an email requesting to be admitted to any Facebook there might be for the group. I don't think every sub has a FRG. Good luck. If you should want to start a group for the Scranton, please feel free to do so and I will add it to the list above. You can then post a note in the Sub Moms group and see if you'll find others. I did run across two moms in the Sub Moms group because search for USS Scranton in Groups. The result were a number posts in the Sub Moms group. Good luck.
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A number of new groups (on Navy For Moms) associated with ships have been created. Please click on underlined lines for more info.
Anyone interested in starting a group for the USS Scranton, please feel free to go ahead. Let me know if you need help.
Here is the link to this list (in case you need to copy and paste)
http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-listed-by-name-of-us
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Permalink Reply by NavyMomx3 on
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I'm looking for another Mom who has a sailor on the U.S.S. Bremerton--submarine.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Join the group, Sub Moms (clickable link), and you may find one or more.
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My son is on a sub. We do not have a Navy For Moms group - most of the N4M's groups are for carriers and destroyers. There is a Facebook Family Readiness Group for my son's boat. It's a secret group, so you need to contact the boat's ombudsman to get approval to be a member. Of course, there are "public" sites from everyone on Facebook but those pages won't get you in contact with the other families. The USS Bremerton may or may not have a FRG on FB - just depends on the person who is the ombudsman which is usually the wife of a senior officer.
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Permalink Reply by lorraineld on
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Hello, My daughter is on the USS Porter. Is there any way to start a group for that ship? Thanks
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