Norfolk Naval Shipyard was established in 1767 and remains active today, maintaining the ships of the Atlantic Fleet. Visit the shipyard here and see it from the air on Google here.
| Navy Type | Pennant # | Original Name | Type | Tons | Delivered | Disposition |
| Chesapeake | Frigate | 1,244 | Jan-00 | Captured by the British 1813 | ||
| Ferret | Schooner | 148 | 18-Apr-09 | Captured by the British 1813 | ||
| Delaware | Ship of the Line | 2,633 | 10-Feb-28 | Burned 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces | ||
| New York | Ship of the Line | 2,633 | Cancelled and burned | |||
| St. Lawrence | Frigate | 1,708 | 17-Aug-48 | Sold 1875 | ||
| Natchez | Sloop | 691 | 1827 | Scrapped 1840 | ||
| Macedonian | Frigate | 1,341 | 1836 | Sold 1875 | ||
| Yorktown | Sloop | 566 | 15-Nov-40 | Grounded in the Cape Verde I. 1950 and lost | ||
| Germ | Paddlewheeler | 1841 | Experimental vessel | |||
| Union | Schooner | 956 | 1843 | Sold 1858 | ||
| Truxtun | Brig | 331 | 18-Feb-43 | Grounded in Mexico 1846 and lost | ||
| Southampton | Stores Ship | 567 | 27-May-45 | Sold 1855 | ||
| Perry | Brig | 280 | 13-Oct-43 | Sold 1865 | ||
| Jamestown | Sloop | 1,150 | 12-Dec-44 | Destroyed by fire at Norfolk NSY 1913 | ||
| Powhatan | Bark | 2,415 | 2-Sep-52 | Scrapped 1887 | ||
| Constellation | Corvette | 1,278 | 28-Jul-55 | Museum in Baltimore MD | ||
| Roanoke | Frigate | 3,400 | 4-May-57 | Scrapped 1883 | ||
| Colorado | Frigate | 3,400 | 13-Mar-58 | Sold 1885 | ||
| Dacotah | Sloop | 998 | 1-May-60 | Sold 1873 | ||
| Richmond | Sloop | 2,700 | 1860 | Scrapped 1919 | ||
| Richmond | Ram | 1862 | ||||
| Nansemond | Gunboat | 80 | 1862 | |||
| Hampton | Gunboat | 80 | 1862 | |||
| Norfolk | Gunboat | 80 | Burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces | |||
| Portsmouth | Gunboat | 80 | Burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces | |||
| Escambia | Gunboat | 80 | Burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces | |||
| Elizabeth | Gunboat | 80 | Burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces | |||
| Yadkin | Gunboat | 80 | Burned on the stocks 1863 by evacuating Confederate forces | |||
| Huron/Alliance | Bark | 1,375 | 18-Jan-77 | Struck 1911 | ||
| Galena | Sloop | 1,900 | 26-Aug-80 | Grounded on Mara's Vineyard 1890 and scrapped | ||
| Daisy | Ferry | 1885 | ||||
| C | 8 | Raleigh | Cruiser | 3,213 | 17-Apr-94 | Scrapped 1921 |
| ACR | 1 | Texas/San Marcos | Cruiser | 6,315 | 15-Aug-95 | Sunk as target 1911 |
| Courier | Ferry | 1897 | ||||
| AT | 5 | Samoset | Tug | 115 | 1897 | Later YT 5, then YTM 5, sold 1947 |
| Navy Yard | Ferry | 1901 | ||||
| Indian | Ferry | 1906 | ||||
| AT | 11 | Patuxent | Tug | 755 |