Navy
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A navy is a military organization with the principal mission of fighting from, above, or under water. Some of the basic naval missions go back to antiquity, while others, such as ballistic missile defense, are recent.
This preliminary list includes both techniques (e.g., anti-air warfare) and overall missions (e.g., sea control}}
- Amphibious warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anti-air warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anti-surface warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anti-submarine warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ballistic missile defense [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Close air support [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Combat search and rescue [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Land attack [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mine warfare [r]: An area of military technology and doctrine, which deals with the development, use of, defense against, and removal of land mines, improvised explosive devices, and sea mines. These devices are characterized by being distributed prior to the presence of an adversary; the mines trigger either by sensing the enemy, or by command from friendly forces. [e]
- Power projection [r]: The capability to deploy military forces, even if limited to air and special operations, on short notice over intercontinental ranges [e]
- Sea control [r]: "The employment of naval forces, supported by land and air forces as appropriate, in order to achieve military objectives in vital sea areas. Such operations include destruction of enemy naval forces, suppression of enemy sea commerce, protection of vital sea lanes, and establishment of local military superiority in areas of naval operations." (U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) [e]
"Modern" is assumed to be from the beginning of the 20th century; some types, such as battleships, are no longer part of current navies and unlikely to return
Combatant
- Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations [e]
- Battleship [r]: A heavily-armored, warship optimized for fighting other warships using large-caliber guns; certain armor requirements differentiated from cruisers; obsolete by end of World War II. [e]
- Cruiser [r]: While definitions vary with time and doctrine, a large warship capable of acting independently, as a flagship, or a major escort; capabilities include anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, land attack, and possibly ballistic missile defense [e]
- Destroyer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fast attack craft [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ocean escort [r]: Add brief definition or description
Amphibious warfare
Some types listed may overlap; a given vessel type might have both a helicopter flight deck and a (dock) well deck
- Amphibious transport [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Helicopter carrier [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dock landing ship [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Landing craft [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Prepositioning ship [r]: Add brief definition or description
Support
- Command ship [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intelligence collection ship [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oceanographic ship (naval) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oiler [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Repair ship [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Replenishment ship [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tender [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Monitor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dreadnought [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ship of the line [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Frigate (sail) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sloop [r]: Add brief definition or description