List of U.S. military vessels named after women

Most of these were named in civilian service and then subsequently commissioned into the United States Navy as combat vessels, or as service vessels with U.S. Military Sealift Command.

Ships often are named after people who served in the Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, or the government.

Women have only recently been in such prominent positions, and therefore few have been so honored by the Navy.

The following is a list of ships in the United States Navy named after specific women:[1] Many of these ships served in one or both of World War I, World War II, and some also during the interwar period.

Many were the patrol boats (SP), while others were civilian craft (ID) taken into naval service.