Navies around the world engage in surface and sub-surface military operations at sea. Learn how aircraft carriers, carrier battle groups and next generation destroyers work.
The crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln returned home this week, after a wearying 10 months at sea. Take a tour of the U.S. military's most monumental machines, from flight deck to hangar bay to engine room. See more »
The crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln returned home this week, after a wearying 10 months at sea. Take a tour of the U.S. military's most monumental machines, from flight deck to hangar bay to engine room.
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How does one of the most valuable pieces of military equipment travel around the world? When they move, an entire fleet of protective air and water craft moves with them. Learn all about carrier battle groups.
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Fanciful ideas of underwater submersibles fascinated engineers centuries before the nuclear submarine ever took shape. How did the nuclear submarine evolve? And what, exactly, makes it nuclear?
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The U.S. Navy's new subs will use photonics masts instead of periscopes. Learn how these imaging devices will work.
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Nations are facing a more guerilla-style warfare – even at sea, and the equipment must evolve to meet new demands. Enter the Sea Fighter. Learn about this experimental, high-speed, "invisible" ship.
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The Zumwalt is the military's class of next-generation destroyers. Find out how the Zumwalt class destroyer works and learn about Zumwalt technology.
See more »Battle Cruiser, a large, fast, heavily armed warship. The battle cruisers of World War I and World War II were the size of battleships and had the heavy guns of battleships, but were lightly armored, giving them the speed of cruisers.
See more »Battleship, a large, heavily gunned warship, protected by armor plate. For more than 50 years these vessels were the capital (major) ships of the world's navies, and a nation's naval strength was measured by the number of its battleships.
See more »Destroyer, a highly maneuverable warship of small to medium size. The destroyer is designed to attack enemy vessels, especially submarines, and to protect other types of ships from air, surface, and submarine attacks.
See more »Frigate, a naval vessel designed to defend aircraft carriers and merchant ships against submarines.
See more »Galleon, a large sailing ship of the 16th to 18th century, designed to be a warship.
See more »Galley, a narrow, single- or half-decked ship propelled by oars and sails. Most galleys had only one sail and depended chiefly on the rowers for motion.
See more »Gunboat, a small, lightly armed warship. Gunboats patrol rivers, harbors, and coastlines, where larger vessels cannot maneuver.
See more »Patrol Boat, or Patrol Craft, a small, high-speed naval vessel used for antisubmarine warfare, coastal patrol, harbor defense, and river warfare.
See more »Piracy, in international law, robbery on the high seas. Piracy is a crime against all nations.
See more »Submarine, a vessel designed to operate below the surface of the water. Submarines were of major importance in both World Wars and today rank with aircraft carriers as the most important ships in the world's navies.
See more »Tugboat, or Tug, a boat with a powerful engine used to tow or push ships and barges.
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