There's a "USS" in the name of every commissioned ship in the United States Navy. But other designations are more obscure.

United States Navy ships from the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and the Zumwalt-class destroyer USS Michael Monsoor, far right, sail in formation in the Western Pacific Ocean on April 10 ...

A contingent of international military officers joined U.S. sailors Friday as command of the Navy’s largest destroyer ...

A guided-missile destroyer was dispatched to patrol the Eastern Pacific on Friday, the Navy announced. USS Stockdale (DDG-106 ...