Five ships of the United States Navy have been named Ariel, after the sprite Ariel in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
Ariel Sharon | USS Monitor | USS Constitution | USS ''Constitution'' | Ariel | USS Defiant | Ariel University | USS ''Monitor'' | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) | USS Cole bombing | USS New Ironsides | USS Merrimack | USS Enterprise (CV-6) | USS ''Enterprise'' | Ariel RamÃrez | Ariel Pink | Ariel Dorfman | USS ''Somers'' | USS Quincy (CA-71) | USS Quincy | USS Pueblo | USS ''Nautilus'' | USS ''Merrimac'' | USS ''Lexington'' | USS ''Kearsarge'' | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) | USS Enterprise | USS ''Defiant'' | USS Brooklyn |