Warship/Related Articles

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Naval warfare [r]: The military history of the organized navies of the world from 300 BCE to the present. ^[e]
Ship [r]: Vessel larger than a boat for transporting people, goods, or defence by sea, and capable of crossing open waters. ^[e]

Anti-air warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
Anti-submarine warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
Anti-surface warfare [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]
Naval gunfire support [r]: Add brief definition or description
Strategic strike [r]: Add brief definition or description

Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations ^[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

Submarine [r]: A ship or boat that can travel underwater ^[e]
- Ballistic missile submarine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Attack submarine [r]: Add brief definition or description
Littoral Combat Ship [r]: Lighter than a U.S. destroyer or frigate, (but heavier than a corvette or fast attack craft) relatively low-cost United States Navy warship type, capable of ocean crossings but optimized for coastal operations including mine warfare (MIW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASW). ^[e]

Battlecruiser [r]: A large warship with guns comparable to those of a battleship, equal or greater speed, but less armor; "can catch what it can kill and run away from what can kill it"; had disastrous experiences when fighting true battleships ^[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]
Monitor (warship) [r]: An armored warship, possibly limited to coastal waters, with large-caliber guns in one or more turrets ^[e]
Ship of the line [r]: A major sailing warship, intended to fight in fleet actions (i.e., in line of battle) ^[e]