Naval ship

Generally, naval ships are damage resilient and armed with weapon systems, though armament on troop transports is light or non-existent.

Naval ships designed primarily for naval warfare are termed warships, as opposed to support (auxiliary ships) or shipyard operations.

Naval ship classification is a field that has changed over time, and is not an area of wide international agreement, so this article uses the United States Navy general classifications.

[1] In rough order of tonnage (largest to smallest), modern surface naval ships are commonly divided into the following different classes.

Navies also use auxiliary ships for transport and other non-combat purposes.

A United States Navy Atlantic Fleet task force underway in 1959. The ships include an aircraft carrier , two submarines , and seven destroyers .
United States Navy and Philippine Navy vessels in the Sulu Sea in 2005
The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) , the longest naval vessel ever built, near Portsmouth , England in 2004
The USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201) replenishment oiler resupplying HMS Dauntless (D33) in 2012
HNoMS Haakon VII (A537) , a Royal Norwegian Navy training ship , off Washington, D.C. in 1970. The vessel formerly served as the USS Gardiners Bay (AVP-39) until 1958.