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Military and government vessels

Navy, coast guard and other government ships

386 on the map now, and 1,677 heard in the last year.Counted , from live AIS reports.

Warships, coast guard and police boats, and the survey and research ships of governments. A warship need not send AIS, and many switch it off, so the ones heard here are those that choose to be.

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Each dot is one of the military and government vessels on the map now. Receivers on land hear them, so one crossing an ocean appears again near the next coast. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO

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Longest first, 100 ships a page. Then every military or government vessel heard in the last year, A to Z, from page 4.

ShipSizeWhereHeard
🇺🇸USNS COMFORT⁠has a photoHospital ship273 m32 m wideIn port at Hampton Roads PtUnited States
🇺🇸US GOV VESSEL⁠has a photoAuxiliary vessel240 m50 m wideIn port at OaklandUnited States
🇬🇧RFA MOUNTS BAY⁠has a photoDock landing ship177 m33 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 8.8 knots
🇺🇸CG KIMBALL140 m18 m wideIn port at HonoluluUnited States
🇩🇪NATO WARSHIP139 m17 m wideIn port at WilhelmshavenGermany
🇦🇬BEOGRAD138 m24 m wideBound for GibraltarGibraltar, 14.7 knots
🇳🇱MPI ADVENTURE⁠has a photoJackup rig138 m40 m wideBound for BelfastDominica, 7.3 knots
🇳🇴KV HOPENCoastguard ship136 m22 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 11.3 knots
🇳🇴KV JAN MAYEN⁠has a photoCoastguard ship136 m22 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 9.0 knots
🇵🇹NATO WARSHIP F334123 m14 m wideIn port at LisboaPortugal
🇫🇷FORMION122 m18 m wideIn port at LorientFrance
🇬🇷NEARCHOS122 m18 m wideIn port at LorientFrance
🇺🇸CG POLAR STAR⁠has a photoIcebreaker121 m25 m wideIn port at SeattleUnited States
🇦🇷ALMIRANTE IRIZAR⁠has a photoIcebreaker119 m25 m wideIn port at Dock SurArgentina
🇩🇰HDMS HVIDBJOERNEN⁠has a photoOcean patrol frigate112 m13 m wideIn port at FrederikshavnDenmark
🇺🇸BURLINGTON⁠has a photo103 m28 m wideIn port at NorfolkUnited States
🇳🇴KV SVALBARD⁠has a photoCoastguard ship103 m18 m wideIn port at FloraNorway
🇺🇸NEWPORT⁠has a photo103 m29 m wideIn port at AtrecoUnited States
🇺🇸USNS APALACHICOLA103 m29 m wideIn port at NorfolkUnited States
🇺🇸USNS POINT LOMA103 m29 m wideIn port at CharlestonUnited States
🇩🇪GERMAN WARSHIP101 m16 m wideIn port at KielGermany
🇬🇧RFA PROTEUS⁠has a photo98 m20 m wideIn port at PortlandUnited Kingdom
🇲🇹VIOLA97 m12 m wideIn port at DrielNetherlands
🇺🇸MG ROBERT SMALLS95 m18 m wideIn port at Pearl HarborUnited States
🇳🇴KV SORTLAND⁠has a photoCoastguard ship94 m17 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 3.6 knots
🇳🇴KV BARENTSHAV⁠has a photo93 m17 m wideIn port at HammerfestNorway
🇳🇴KV BISON⁠has a photoSupport vessel91 m22 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 9.7 knots
🇩🇪GORCH FOCK90 m12 m wideIn port at KielGermany
🇳🇴POLARSYSSEL⁠has a photoPlatform supply vessel88 m18 m wideIn port at LongyearbyenSvalbard & Jan Mayen
🇩🇪BAMBERG⁠has a photoCoastguard ship87 m12 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 9.5 knots
🇩🇪NEUSTADT⁠has a photoCoastguard ship87 m12 m wideIn port at Burgstaaken/FehmarnGermany
🇺🇸TSV-5 VINDICATOR87 m18 m wideIn port at NorfolkUnited States
🇺🇸VIRGINIA ANNPlatform supply vessel87 m18 m wideIn port at LisboaPortugal
🇬🇧JURA⁠has a photoPatrol vessel84 m13 m wideIn port at HullUnited Kingdom
🇺🇸USAV LTG W. BUNKER83 m7 m wideIn port at YokohamaJapan
🇺🇸CG FORWARD⁠has a photo82 m12 m wideIn port at NorfolkUnited States
🇺🇸CG TAMPA⁠has a photo82 m12 m wideIn port at NorfolkUnited States
🇪🇸ESPNAVY A33⁠has a photoResearch vessel82 m14 m wideIn port at CartagenaSpain
🇳🇱HNLMS LUYMES⁠has a photoResearch vessel82 m14 m wideIn port at LondonUnited Kingdom
🇳🇱HNLMS SNELLIUS⁠has a photoMotor ship82 m13 m wideIn port at Den HelderNetherlands
🇿🇦SARAH BAARTMAN82 m13 m wideIn port at PaardeneilandSouth Africa
🇸🇪SWE COAST GUARD 001⁠has a photoOffshore patrol vessel81 m16 m wideIn port at LandskronaSweden
🇬🇧HMS SEVERN⁠has a photoOffshore patrol vessel80 m14 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 17.8 knots
🇲🇾MEGA BAKTI80 m17 m wideIn port at Kota Kinabalu, SabahMalaysia
🇳🇱SCHELDESTROOM80 m21 m wideIn port at RotterdamNetherlands
🇫🇷FRENCH WARSHIP79 m12 m wideIn port at NouméaNew Caledonia
🇿🇦AFRICANA⁠has a photo78 m15 m wideIn port at Cape TownSouth Africa
🇳🇴RONJA QUEEN⁠has a photoLive fish carrier77 m18 m wideIn port at FjellstrandNorway
🇵🇱POLISH WARSHIP 28276 m11 m wideIn port at GdyniaPoland
🇺🇸USNS ARROWHEAD⁠has a photoSubmarine tender75 m18 m wideIn port at Port AngelesUnited States
🇩🇪SEEADLER⁠has a photoFishery protection vessel73 m13 m wideIn port at WarnemündeGermany
🇩🇰HDMS KNUD RASMUSSEN⁠has a photoPatrol vessel72 m15 m wideIn port at FrederikshavnDenmark
🇮🇩KRI CUCUT-86672 m13 m wideIn port at Muntok, BankaIndonesia
🇺🇸USNS VICTORIOUS⁠has a photoResearch vessel72 m29 m wideIn port at YokohamaJapan
🇳🇱AQUARIUS-G⁠has a photo68 m15 m wideIn port at PeelIsle of Man
🇺🇸CG FIR⁠has a photo68 m14 m wideIn port at SeattleUnited States
🇺🇸CG JUNIPER⁠has a photo68 m14 m wideIn port at HonoluluUnited States
🇺🇸CG MAPLE⁠has a photo68 m14 m wideIn port at Morehead CityUnited States
🇺🇸OKEANOS EXPLORER⁠has a photo68 m13 m wideIn port at Pearl HarborUnited States
🇺🇸OSCAR ELTON SETTE⁠has a photoResearch vessel68 m13 m wideIn port at Pearl HarborUnited States
🇺🇸TSV 1 PREVAIL⁠has a photo68 m13 m wideIn port at Lynnhaven RoadsUnited States
🇳🇱ZWERVER I68 m24 m wideIn port at NorddeichGermany
🇳🇴BOEMLAFJORD⁠has a photoCar ferry67 m15 m wideIn port at LangevågNorway
🇫🇮ARANDA⁠has a photoQ11316188666 m14 m wideIn port at HelsinkiFinland
🇳🇱GUARDIAN⁠has a photo66 m16 m wideIn port at Den HelderNetherlands
🇳🇴VANNES66 m14 m wideIn port at HansnesNorway
🇳🇱EIVISSA65 m8 m wideIn port at RotterdamNetherlands
🇫🇷FRENCH WARSHIP65 m14 m wideIn port at NouméaNew Caledonia
🇱🇹NATO WARSHIP⁠has a photoMinelayer65 m12 m wideIn port at LiepajaLatvia
🇺🇸CG ACTIVE⁠has a photo64 m9 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 7.1 knots
🇺🇸CG RELIANCE 615⁠has a photo64 m9 m wideIn port at PensacolaUnited States
🇺🇸CG VIGILANT⁠has a photo64 m9 m wideIn port at Port CanaveralUnited States
🇩🇪ODIN64 m10 m wideIn port at NordstrandGermany
🇺🇸NOAAS REUBEN LASKER⁠has a photoResearch vessel63 m15 m wideIn port at San DiegoUnited States
🇺🇸OCEAN VICTORY⁠has a photo63 m17 m wideIn port at CharlestonUnited States
🇳🇱ZIRFAEA⁠has a photoResearch vessel63 m12 m wideIn port at ScheveningenNetherlands
🇬🇧HMS LEDBURY60 m12 m wideStoppedAt sea
🇦🇺ABFC CAPE NELSON59 m11 m wideIn port at CairnsAustralia
🇦🇺ABFC CAPE YORK⁠has a photoPatrol vessel59 m11 m wideIn port at CairnsAustralia
🇦🇺CAPE DENISON⁠has a photoPatrol boat59 m11 m wideIn port at HendersonAustralia
🇫🇷FRENCH WARSHIP59 m11 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 10.5 knots
🇵🇱ORP JASKOLKA59 m10 m wideIn port at GdanskPoland
🇵🇱ORP RYBITWA59 m10 m wideIn port at GdanskPoland
🇺🇸DISCOVERY BAY57 m12 m wideIn port at KeyportUnited States
🇪🇸ESPS TOFINO A-3257 m12 m wideIn port at Las Palmas de Gran CanariaSpain
🇺🇸NOAA NANCY FOSTER⁠has a photoResearch vessel57 m12 m wideIn port at Charleston HeightsUnited States
🇦🇷GC189 PR GARCIA56 m12 m wideIn port at UshuaiaArgentina
🇩🇰GUNNAR THORSON⁠has a photo56 m12 m wideIn port at FrederikshavnDenmark
🇩🇪FRIESLAND55 m10 m wideIn port at WilhelmshavenGermany
🇩🇰GUNNAR SEIDENFADEN⁠has a photo55 m12 m wideIn port at KorsørDenmark
🇺🇸CG WILLIAM TATE⁠has a photoCutter53 m10 m wideIn port at PhiladelphiaUnited States
🇺🇸OREGON II⁠has a photoResearch vessel53 m10 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 9.8 knots
🇩🇪BALTRUM52 m12 m wideIn port at Neustadt in HolsteinGermany
🇺🇦BLUE452 m9 m wideIn port at PortsmouthUnited Kingdom
🇫🇮NATO WARSHIP52 m10 m wideIn port at LiepajaLatvia
🇸🇪SWE COAST GUARD 034⁠has a photo52 m11 m wideIn port at LandskronaSweden
🇸🇪SWE COAST GUARD 201⁠has a photo52 m9 m wideIn port at LandskronaSweden
🇸🇪SWE COAST GUARD 202⁠has a photo52 m9 m wideIn port at HargshamnSweden
🇳🇴ASPER AGATHA⁠has a photoResearch vessel50 m10 m wideIn port at Vikan - SmølaNorway
🇳🇬DPMS IDAHOSA50 m8 m wideIn port at OnneNigeria