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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Memorial honors POWs who died on infamous Japanese ‘hellships’ of WWII

Stars and Stripes 16 Aug 2018

The freighter Enoura Maru had been used to transport horses before the wretched POWs were crammed into the same manure-filled bottom hold of the ship ... The ships were unmarked as carrying prisoners ... Shortly before dawn the ship had made it north only to Subic Bay when it was bombed and strafed by Navy planes ... 9, 1945, the ship — unmarked as carrying prisoners — was attacked by Navy bombers while at Formosa....

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Nao Sena Medal to Hyderabad naval officer

Suryaa 16 Aug 2018

Boddapati and a six-member all-women crew made the nation proud by sailing in the Indian Naval Shipping Vessel (INSV) Tarini.  ... INSV Tarini is the second sailboat of the Indian Navy ... After undergoing extensive sea trials, the ship was commissioned to Indian Navy service on February 18, 2017. ....

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Widows lose appeal over pilot deaths on 'unreasonably dangerous' destroyer

San Diego Union-Tribune 16 Aug 2018

An appeal in a lawsuit filed by the widows of two Navy pilots killed in a 2013 accident was dismissed by a three-judge panel last week, the latest blow in a three-year legal fight that began shortly after the Navy partially blamed bad judgment and flawed ship design. The pilots, Lt. Cmdr. Landon... ....

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Survivor of newly found WWII shipwreck: 'So many' to rescue

PhysOrg 16 Aug 2018

Scientists they have discovered part of a ship that was blown off a U.S. Navy destroyer during World War II in Alaska's Aleutian Islands ... ....

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National news briefs: Colorado baker says no cake for gender transition celebration

Akron Beacon Journal 16 Aug 2018

DENVER. Another cake request refused. A Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds — a stance partially upheld by the U.S ... ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Part of WWII ship discovered. Scientists say they have discovered part of a ship that was blown off a U.S. Navy destroyer during World War II in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands ... It was the only one of the war fought on North American soil ... LOS ANGELES....

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Mission Accomplished: Why Solidarity Boats to Gaza Succeed Despite Failing to Break the Siege

CounterPunch 16 Aug 2018

They hugged him, chanted for Palestinian freedom and performed the customary native Haka dance ... The siege grew tighter ... The most tragic of these incidents was in May 2010 when the Israeli navy the ‘Mavi Marmara’ ship – which sailed alongside other boats – killing 10 activists and wounding many more ... In other words, whether the boats arrive on the Gaza coast or are hijacked by the Israeli navy, it makes little difference ... ....

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Team Freedom Lays Keel on Nation's 23rd Littoral Combat Ship

Market Watch 15 Aug 2018

Navy's 23 [rd] Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Cooperstown, in a ceremony held at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin ... "Ships and their crews have a special bond with their namesake, and I know the village of Cooperstown will proudly support this ship throughout her construction, and when she is commissioned and enters the Navy fleet."....

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The One-Man Blockade of Great Britain – Thomas Boyle and the “Pride of Baltimore”

War History Online 15 Aug 2018

He did it without the support of the United States Navy, and his total military force was one sixteen-gun clipper ship, the . Despite this, he panicked British shipping, caused a precipitous rise in insurance rates, and caused seventeen Royal Navy warships to hold stations in defense of British waters rather than being used elsewhere....

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Navy carriers: Expensive in birth and death

Federal News Radio 15 Aug 2018

The ship was formally decommissioned in 2017 ... As the first nuclear carrier launched and the first to be scrapped, the ship is a trendsetter in death as in birth ... The Navy isn’t sentimental about these things, and few ships escape this fate ... US Navy. Welding problem found on missile tubes for new subs Business News Navy’s first female admiral has died Navy US Navy ship’s water no longer testing positive for E....

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This Tragedy At Sea Still A Mystery

War History Online 15 Aug 2018

Navy ship just vanished into thin air ... No mayday call, no SOS to a passing ship ... The Navy soon admitted bewilderment at what could have happened to the vessel. “The disappearance of this ship has been one of the most baffling mysteries in the annals of the Navy, and all attempts to locate her have proved unsuccessful,” reads its official position on the ship’s fate....

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If you want peace, prepare for war

Watertown Public Opinion 15 Aug 2018

The protracted strategy, of which this enormous operation — 15 nations’ navies, 250 ships, more than 1,000 aircraft — was a harbinger, came to be referred to by some Soviets as the “Lehman strategy.” In “Oceans Ventured ... Navy to 600 ships and using it for purposes beyond merely keeping sea lanes open to deliver supplies for land forces....

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George Will - Book underlines axiom that if you want peace, prepare for war

The Crescent News 15 Aug 2018

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Shipping Corporation's crude tanker suffers explosion; three missing, one injured

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