navies
Countries' warship collections
Navies is the plural of navy—a nation's military fleet and the organization that operates it.
Countries may have multiple naval forces or be compared: The world's largest navies competed for dominance in the Pacific.
The term also pluralizes navy blue: The store carries three different navies.
Vehicles under unified command
- armadaFleet of warships
- flotillaSmall naval fleet
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- destroyersFast armed naval vessels
carriers · submarines · cruisers · battleships · frigates · corvettes · gunboats · dreadnoughts
One who commands
- commodoreOne-star naval officer
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- ensignFlag or junior officer
midshipman · sailor · seaman · rating · recruit · corpsman · navigator · helmsman
Armed hostile engagement
- torpedoPropelled undersea explosive
- blockadeSealing off a place
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
strategy · artillery · bombardment · antisubmarine · minelaying
Something that extends outward
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- imperialRelating to supreme rule
- expeditionaryOf forces sent abroad
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
destroyers · carriers · submarines · cruisers · battleships · frigates · corvettes · gunboats · dreadnoughts · cutters
captain
One who commands
- commodoreOne-star naval officer
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
ensign · midshipman · sailor · seaman · rating · recruit · corpsman · navigator · helmsman · gunner
combat
Armed hostile engagement
- torpedoPropelled undersea explosive
- blockadeSealing off a place
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
tactics · strategy · artillery · bombardment · antisubmarine · minelaying
projection
Something that extends outward
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- imperialRelating to supreme rule
- expeditionaryOf forces sent abroad
dockyard
Maritime vessel construction site
arsenal · anchorage · berth · pier · depot · commissary · barracks
- naval historybattleships, naval battles, naval history, battleship, admirals
- naval powerfleet, fleets, warship, carrier, carriers
- powerauthority, electric power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- competitive organizationssports teams, corporations, political parties, sports leagues, tech companies
naviesarmies
Organized military forces
land forces · air forces · ground forces · infantry · cavalry
naviesmerchant marines
Civilian commercial shipping fleet
commercial fleets · merchant fleets · fishing fleets · cargo shipping · merchant shipping
- marine navigationDirecting vessels across water
- maritime navigationDirecting ships across oceans
- merchant naviesCommercial seafaring fleets