| SSCS | Battlestar Excaliber |
| SCS | Warstar |
| CVA | All Battlestar variants*1 |
| CVS Gunstar | Gunstar, Missilestar, PBB |
| CA Fighting Star | |
| CVS Triton | Triton, prototype |
| BC | Osiris, Osiris refit |
| CA Protecter | |
| CA Tiger | |
| TF | All variants*1 |
| DVL | |
| CVM | |
| DD | DD, DDV, DDD, DDS |
| CLE Ranger | |
| CL | CL, CLC, CLD, CLE, CFL, CVL, CLR, CLS, CPL, MSL, SRL, TTL, ATL, PFL |
| Patrol Boats | Gryphon, Hippogriff, Pegasi |
| Fighters | Viper*2 |
YBB | YBBS, YBBV |
| YCVA | |
| YCA | YCA, YCC |
| YCL | |
| YDD | |
| Fighters | Scarab Viper |
| DN | DND |
| SCS | All baseship variants |
| CAS | |
| ACA | |
| ACL | ACL, ACS, ACT*1 |
| CA | Half Ship, Attack Star |
| Tanker | All variants |
| Fighters | Raiders*3 |
| Heavy Fighters | Heavy Raider, Scout Raider, Minelayer, Ringlord, Stalker |
YSCS | |
| Fighters | Early Raider |
| FP-S | F-S |
Apep Pirate Cruiser, Firebird Pirate Cruiser - as Colonial CL.
All civilian craft are unique.
All Skafraxian craft are unique.
*1 Ships of this group may only be distingushed from each other by their actions (eg, how many fighters they launch), or by boarding them.
*2 Starhound Vipers and Asps are identical in appearance.
*3 Cylon Raiders, Wraiths and Ghost Fighters are identical in appearance. Death squads are not a fighter type.
Power ships are always identified at Level C intelligence.
