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A floating nation that turns the ocean into both highway and home field.
means A nation's organized fleet of warships and the personnel who operate them, the branch of the armed forces that fights at sea.
from From the Old French 'navie,' meaning a fleet or ship, which traces back to the Latin 'navis,' simply 'ship.' That same 'navis' is the deep ancestor of 'navigate,' 'nave' (a church's long central hall, shaped a bit like an inverted hull), and even 'nausea' — by way of Greek 'naus,' a cousin of the Latin word, since seasickness was the original kind. The dark uniform color called 'navy blue' came much later, named for the standard dress of the British Royal Navy.
- oldest tradition
- Saluting started so knights could show empty hands
- rum ration
- British sailors got daily rum until 1970
- navy blue
- The color named after 18th-century British uniforms
- crossing the line
- Equator crossings trigger rowdy initiation ceremonies
- floating cities
- Aircraft carriers house 5,000 people at sea
united states navy — world's largest navy with 330+ ships and 370,000 personnel as of 2024
royal navy — britain's navy, founded 1660, oldest continuous navy still in operation
people's liberation army navy — china's navy, world's second largest by ship count with 355+ vessels
indian navy — world's fifth largest navy with 160+ ships operating in indian ocean