USS
n. countablen. Stands for United States Ship. It is the official title used before the name of a United States Navy ship.
n. Abbreviation for United States Ship. A prefix used to identify commissioned ships of the United States Navy. It functions as an acronym and is applied only while the vessel is in active commission.
The USS Enterprise is a famous aircraft carrier.
The crew boarded the USS Gerald R. Ford for its first official deployment across the Atlantic.
Historical records indicate that the prefix USS was not formally standardized until 1907, when President Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order establishing a consistent naming convention for all naval vessels.
Always capitalized; typically precedes the specific name of the vessel without an article (e.g., 'the USS Constitution' or simply 'USS Constitution').