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
British naval hero Horatio Nelson Admiral Nelson won a number of important victories during his time with the Royal Navy DEA G Nimatallah De Agostini Getty Images
INTRODUCTIO dm Horatio Nelson and other great naval commanders of the past might have trouble recognizing today's navies It s not just the technology that has changed the role and tactics of today s navies are also vastly different than they were throughout much of naval history and increasingly the individuals who comprise those navies are also changing The technological changes have led to large vessels capable of moving at great speeds both on and below the surface of the water Landing craft are designed to move seamlessly from water to dry land while sophis ticated weapons systems combine immense firepower with state of the art radar systems to target enemies on land on or under the water or in the air Meanwhile satellite positioning systems have made possible navir gation with pinpoint precision Technology and weapons systems have contributed to the evolution of naval tactics but so has the nature of modern warfare On one level the ability to launch ball listic missiles from ships and submarines makes a navy a valuable part of the nuclear deterrent wielded by global powers On another level navies have had to become more agile and versatile Fighting terrorism and inter vening in civil conflicts require the ability to strike swiftly at targets that are often isolated and highly specific Modern navies have responded to this need with small high speed boats and elite fighting units trained for action at sea or on land In short as the scope of war fare has become both more global and more localized navies have had to adapt to both
