naval combat
Warships exchanging fire
Naval combat is warfare conducted at sea between ships or other maritime forces.
It encompasses everything from ancient galley battles to modern missile engagements between warships and submarines.
The term distinguishes sea-based fighting from land or air warfare: The admiral had extensive experience in naval combat.
Naval combat may also include amphibious operations and attacks on coastal targets.
- warshipArmed naval vessel
- mine countermeasuresActions defeating underwater explosives
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
blockade · electronic warfare · Spanish Armada · guided missiles · aircraft carrier · Battle of Midway · sonar technology · torpedoes · submarine · amphibious landing · Trafalgar · depth charges · radar systems · corvette · seaborne · man overboard · broadside · fire at will
- combatbattle, fight, grappling, defend, striking
- naval historybattleships, admiral, battleship, navies, admirals
- naval warfarebattleship, destroyer, sea battles, warship, cruiser
- ancient naviestrireme, bireme, galley, Greek fire, corvus
- nautical printsseascapes, harbor views, sailing ships, sea battles, clipper ships
- Pacific WarPearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, Midway, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
naval combatground combat
Fighting on terrain
land battle · infantry combat · ground operations · trench warfare · desert warfare
naval combatfreedom of navigation
Right to traverse international waters
peace · peacetime · armistice · ceasefire · merchant shipping