battle fleet
Warships sailing together
A battle fleet is a naval force assembled for major combat operations, typically comprising the most powerful warships—battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, and their supporting vessels.
The term evokes large-scale naval warfare: The battle fleet steamed toward the enemy's coastline.
In modern usage, it often appears in historical contexts describing World War I and II naval engagements.
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
- warshipArmed naval vessel
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- dreadnoughtHeavily armored warship type
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- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
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- fleet types
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battle fleetmerchant fleet
Commercial vessel collective
fishing fleet · commercial fleet · freighters · cruise ships · merchant marine
battle fleetsitting ducks
Helpless potential victims
hospital ships · supply ships · refugee boats · troop transports
battle fleetpatrol boat
Coastal surveillance vessel
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