What is Navy?
[[File:US Navy 030615-N-0905V-006 Aerial view of the guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) part of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Force.jpg|thumb|right|''USS Lassen'' of the [[United States]] Navy]] {{about|the part of the military|the colour|Navy blue}} The '''navy''' is the part of a country's [[military]] that fights on water using [[boat]]s. People in the navy are called sailors. The navy is mostly made up of [[warship]]s. It may also have its own [[air force]] and [[soldier]]s. It may have special boats that can go underwater, called [[submarine]]s, or another kind of special boat that is meant to carry [[airplane]]s, called [[aircraft carrier]]s. == History == Originally, Naval war was fought by ramming other ships and then jumping onto them to fight the crew. In [[Ancient Greece]] and [[ancient Rome|Rome]], the ships were usually powered by [[oar]]s. During the [[Middle Ages]], the [[cannon]] was invented. These could be shot at other ships from a great distance. Warships around this time also began to use [[sail]]s instead of oars for power. In the middle 19th century, ships began to be plated in [[armor]] for protection. [[Steam engine]]s allowed them move while carrying the armor, and better ones soon made them much faster. These early warships, called [[ironclad]]s, are thought to have begun the type of Naval [[war]]fare used today. Ships and guns soon became much larger. == Related pages == {{commonscat}} * [[Royal Navy]] * [[United States Navy]] * [[Royal Australian Navy]] * [[Royal New Zealand Navy]] == Other websites == * [https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Navy Navy] -Citizendium {{Military branches | state = expanded}} [[Category:Navy| ]]