naval operation
Maritime military action
A naval operation is a military action conducted by a navy, typically involving warships, submarines, or other maritime forces.
Operations range from combat missions and blockades to amphibious landings and search-and-rescue efforts: The allied naval operation secured the shipping lanes.
The term emphasizes coordinated planning and execution at sea.
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- fleet admiralTop naval officer grade
- armadaFleet of warships
- battle groupMilitary naval unit
- convoyGuarded traveling group
destroyer · submarine · depth charge · battleship · amphibious · blockade · sea lane · carrier · torpedo · bombardment · landing · maneuver · admiral · sortie · deployment · joint task force · maritime · engagement
naval operationground assault
Attack by foot soldiers
land battle · air campaign · land invasion · ground war · desert campaign
naval operationmerchant shipping
Commercial maritime freight transport
commercial shipping · pleasure cruise · fishing expedition · recreational boating
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