CONTENTS INTRODUCTION l l CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS A NAVY Why Is a Navy Important Command structure United States Naval Academy 17 21 22 CHAPTER 2 FROM GALLEY TO SHIP OF THE LINE NAVIES FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO C 1850 Age of the Galley Greek Galleys Roman Sea Power Battle of Mylae 25 28 Battle of Lepanto 29 Age of Sail Transition from Galley to Ship of the Line 31 Ship of the Line 34 Vikings 30 38 CHAPTER 3 THE AGE OF STEAM AND STEEL NAVIES FROM C 1850 TO 1945 Steamships New Firepower Battleships Aircraft and Aircraft carriers The Battle of Leyte Gulf 38 40 41 44 CHAPTER 4 SIGNIFICANT NAVAL ENGAGEMENTs SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR Korean War 47 C Turner Joy 49
Suez Crisis Vietnam War Pueblo Incident 53 56 CHAPTER 5 NAVIES IN THE MODERN AGE Combat Vessels Aircraft Carriers USS Enterprise Attack Submarines Ballistic Missile Submarines 57 58 60 61 Cruisers 62 62 Destroyers Frigates and Littoral Combat Ships Amphibious Warfare Ships Ships for Logistics Aircraft 63 64 67 68 CHAPTER 6 NOTABLE NAVIES OF THE WORLD China 69 69 72 73 75 France North Korea Russia South Korea United Kingdom Battle of Trafalgar Horatio Nelson 77 78 Bo 82 CHAPTER 7 THE UNITED STATES NAVY Administration 87 87 90 92 92 Forces at Sea Shore Units and Activities Naval Reserves Seabees Navy SEALs The Navy in Exploration 94 95 97
101 101 102 104 105 CHAPTER 8 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY Post Revolutionary period The First Submarine Attacks The Civil War Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack Post Civil War Period The World Wars and Cold War Battle of Midway Chester Nimitz Naval Engagements in the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries 107 108 108 109 111 115 16 CONCLUSION GLOSSARY FOR MORE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER READING 120 124 INDEX HER 126
