Navies

thumb|330x330px|, a modern guided-missile destroyer, escorting a reproduction of the 18th-century . A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the branch of a state's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes anything conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields.

bell made for use on a ship

personnel board and take over enemy ship

event where a gathering of ships from a particular navy is paraded and reviewed

personnel comprising the crew of a naval vessel

in maritime context, emergency control of situations which may cause the sinking of a ship

method of transferring fuel, munitions, and stores from one ship to another while under way

ship used to service fast self-propelled weapon carriers at sea

thumb|The , a non-combatant vessel crewed by civilian mariners under the [[United States Navy's Military Sealift Command, is used to preposition tanks, trucks and other supplies needed to support an Army heavy brigade.]]

showering technique that saves water and time