What is Naval ship?
[[Image:HMS Invincible (R05).jpg|thumb|right|{{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}}, a British aircraft carrier]] [[Image:USS Port Royal CG-73.jpg|right|thumb|{{USS|Port Royal|CG-73|6}}, an American cruiser]] [[Image:EGV Berlin.JPG|right|thumb|A {{sclass-|Berlin|replenishment ship|1}} of the [[German Navy]]]] [[Image:US Navy 040625-N-9769P-082 The Canadian destroyer HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283) is shown underway in close formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and the guided missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54).jpg|thumb|right|{{HMCS|Algonquin|DDH 283|6}}, a Canadian destroyer]] [[Image:HMAS Darwin (FFG 04).jpg|thumb|right|{{HMAS|Darwin|FFG 04|6}}, an Australian frigate]] [[File:Al-Fahaheel-(P3721)-130521-N-GZ984-197-crop.jpg|thumb|right| ''Al-Fahaheel'', a La Combattante-class fast attack craft of the [[Kuwaiti Navy]]]] A '''naval ship''' is a military [[ship]] (or sometimes [[boat]], depending on classification) used by a [[navy]]. ==Types of ships== *[[Aircraft carrier]]{{spaced ndash}}ships that are mobile seaborne [[airfields]]. They were designed for the purpose of doing combat by [[Carrier-based aircraft]]. They do attacks against airborne, surface, sub-surface and shore targets. *[[Surface combatant]]{{spaced ndash}}big, heavily armed surface ships. They are designed mostly to engage enemy forces on the high seas, including various types of [[battleship]], [[battlecruiser]], [[cruiser]], [[destroyer]], [[frigate]], and [[corvette]]. *[[Submarine]]{{spaced ndash}}self-propelled sjips that go underwater. They can be combatant, auxiliary, or research and development vehicles which have at least a slight combat ability. *[[Patrol combatant]]{{spaced ndash}}combatants whose mission may extend beyond coastal duties and whose characteristics include adequate endurance and sea keeping providing a capability for operations exceeding 48 hours on the high seas without support. *[[Amphibious warfare]]{{spaced ndash}}ships having organic capability for amphibious assault and which have characteristi