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Navy Statistics

as of October 5, 2007

Navy Personnel

Active Duty: 339,355

  • Officers: 51,748
  • Enlisted: 283,204
  • Midshipmen: 4,403

Ready Reserve: 115,427 [As of 07 Aug]

  • Selected Reserves: 58,736
  • Individual Ready Reserve: 56,691

Reserves currently mobilized: 5,727 [As of 3 Oct]

Personnel on deployment: 53,307

Navy Department Civilian Employees: 176,758

Ships and Submarines

Deployable Battle Force Ships: 279

  • Ships Underway (away from homeport): 121 ships (43% of total)
  • On deployment: 103 ships (37% of total)
  • Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 29 submarines (53%)
  • On deployment: 20 submarines (37%)
Ships Underway

Carriers:

  • USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Persian Gulf
  • USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Pacific Ocean

Amphibious Warfare Ships:

  • USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Pacific Ocean
  • USS Nassau (LHA 4) - Atlantic Ocean
  • USS Wasp (LHD 1) - Red Sea
  • USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Persian Gulf
  • USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - Arabian Sea
  • USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) - Atlantic Ocean
Aircraft (operational): 4000+