Navy

A Navy is the branch of a country's military forces principally designated for naval warfare, namely maritime or ocean-borne combat operations and other functions. It includes operations conducted by surface vessels (ships), submarine vessels, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields; recent developments have included space-related operations.

History

Naval warfare first developed whenever humankind conducted fighting from water-borne vessels. By the late 20th century, naval power had seen a great and varied evolution through history, and remains today a major element in the military and strategic security power of a a country's power projection capabilities, though some would suggest its importance has declined in the wake of the development of military aviation and air power.

See also

• List of navies
• Modern naval tactics
• Naval history
• Naval warfare
• Fleet

Other meanings

• The nickname of the United States Naval Academy in the intercollegiate athletics and academic context
• The colour navy blue.
• "Naval" is occasionally a misspelling of navel.

Types of naval vessel

• Aircraft carrier
• Amphibious assault ship
• Battlecruiser
• Battleship
• Bireme
• Bomb ketch
• Corvette
• Cruiser
• Destroyer
• Dromon
• Escort aircraft carrier
• Frigate
• Gunboat
• Hospital ship
• Ironclad
• Liburnian
• PT Boat
• Quinquireme
• Seaplane tender
• Ship of the line
• Sloop-of-war
• Submarine (also U-boat)
• Submarine chaser
• Survey ship
• Trireme
• Xebec (Chebek/Shebec/Zebec)

For a list of the prefixes used with ship names (HMS, USS, &c.) see ship prefix.

External links

• NOSI (Naval Open Source Intelligence) – a digital library of world naval operational news, curated from open source intelligence, and intended to serve as a source of continuing education on naval and military affairs
• Naval & Maritime page of the World Wide Web Virtual Library