Naval ship

A naval ship is a military ship (or sometimes boat, depending on classification) used by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated from civilian ships by construction and purpose. Generally, naval ships are damage resilient and armed with weapon systems, though armament on troop transports is light or non-existent.

Naval ships designed primarily for naval warfare are termed warships, as opposed to support (auxiliary ships) or shipyard operations.

Naval ship classification

Naval ship classification is a field that has changed over time, and is not an area of wide international agreement, so this article currently uses the system as currently used by the United States Navy.

Aircraft carrier – ships that serve as mobile seaborne airfields, designed primarily for the purpose of conducting combat operations by Carrier-based aircraft which engage in attacks against airborne, surface, sub-surface and shore targets.

Surface combatant – large, heavily armed surface ships which are designed primarily to engage enemy forces on the high seas, including various types of battleship, battlecruiser, cruiser, destroyer, and frigate.

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PN vessel launched in China

Dawn 12 Dec 2018

The ship will be commissioned and inducted into the PN Fleet in August 2019 after completion of harbour and sea acceptance trials, the navy said, adding “the new ship will be one of the most technologically advanced survey vessels of Pakistan Navy and ......

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Legislative committee cuts budget for navy’s planned fleet of fast-attack craft

Taipei Times 12 Dec 2018

The funding cut came after a review of the navy’s budget by the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee ... Following the retirement of ships from the amphibious landing branch, as well as minesweepers, the navy would have an excess of personnel to crew the new vessels, he said....

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'We must do better' in wake of Marine deaths, lawmakers say

Stars and Stripes 12 Dec 2018

And that’s driving concerns that the Navy is not yet putting enough sailors on ships to cover its workload and now a study is underway to examine ship manning requirements ... Since 2012, the Navy has lost more than 27,000 days of ship and submarine availability, and this year was particularly challenging, Pendleton said....

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Model ship builder brings World War II to life in Rockville Centre

LI Herald 12 Dec 2018

“Somehow, when they should have been sunk in 15 minutes, this group managed to hold off the Japanese for two and a half hours,” said George Wells, gazing at a group of American ships sailing on a shelf on the second floor of Rockville Centre’s American Legion Post 303 ... Wells, 70, of Hewlett, served in the Navy from 1966 to 1972 ... Navy,” he said....

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US military's Aegis system intercepts test missile in Hawaii

Omaha World-Herald 12 Dec 2018

The Navy tracked it and launched an interceptor missile from Kauai ... system for ships and then adapted it for land ... Japanese navy ships have the Aegis system and Japan is installing Aegis Ashore....

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US military’s Aegis system intercepts test missile in Hawaii

West Hawaii Today 12 Dec 2018

The Navy tracked it and launched an interceptor missile from Kauai ... Japanese navy ships have the Aegis system and Japan is installing Aegis Ashore....

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US 7th Fleet expands cooperation with Indian Navy

Suryaa 12 Dec 2018

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The US Seventh Fleet and Indian Navy on Wednesday convened the 21st Executive Steering Group (ESG) on bilateral naval cooperation here. Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Phil Sawyer co-chaired the two-day conference with Deputy Navy Chief Vice Admiral G....

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Shell confirms small oil leak in seaborne transfer in Brazil waters

Petroleum World 12 Dec 2018

A small amount of crude oil belonging to Royal Dutch Shell Plc leaked during a ship-to-ship oil transfer in Brazilian waters last month, the company confirmed to Reuters on Monday ... ANP and the Navy did not respond to requests for comment. During ship-to-ship (STS) maneuvers, ......

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Fairbanks Morse Powering U.S. Coast Guard Vessel OPC #2

Market Watch 12 Dec 2018

Navy since World War II,” said Fairbanks Morse President Deepak Navnith ... Navy have turned to Fairbanks Morse for over 70 years to provide quality diesel engines for marine propulsion and ship service systems ... Navy ships that have a medium speed power application....

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Crisis in the Azov sea: the fate of Ukraine’s naval personnel in Russia

Open Democracy 12 Dec 2018

The Ukrainian Navy would subsequently describe this as a “planned movement” of ships ... Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Navy had begun transferring its ships to the Sea of Azov, with two small Gurza-M-class armoured artillery boats transported there by land in September....

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Turkish VP Also Warns US Over Cyprus Meddling, Drilling

The National Herald 12 Dec 2018

The legitimate government of Cyprus, a member of the European Union that Turkey wants to join while barring Cypriot ships and planes, has licensed foreign energy companies to drill in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ,) parts of which Turkey doesn’t recognize ... The Navy has ......

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Japan is loading up on F-35s for an aircraft carrier meant to check China

Business Insider 12 Dec 2018

The ship is similar in size to the USS Wasp, a US Navy amphibious assault ship that has been used to launch F-35 stealth fighters, according to the Military Times....

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Robert W. Swanson

Lincoln Journal Star 12 Dec 2018

July 1, 1925 – December 7, 2018 ... Heitmann ... He served in the South Pacific on the USS LSM 213 amphibious ship during WWII while in the US Navy ... Memorial service ... ....