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aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
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battleship, battlewagon
large and heavily armoured warship
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capital ship
a warship of the first rank in size and armament
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corvette
a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer
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cruiser
a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
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destroyer, guided missile destroyer
a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
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destroyer escort
warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys
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frigate
a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser
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frigate
a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries
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guard ship
a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron
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ironclad
a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor
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man-of-war, ship of the line
a warship intended for combat
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privateer
a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
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sloop of war
a sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck
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submersible, submersible warship
a warship designed to operate under water
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surface ship
a warship that operates on the surface of the water
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three-decker
a warship carrying guns on three decks
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torpedo boat
small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters
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battle cruiser
a cruiser of maximum speed and firepower
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dreadnaught, dreadnought
battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
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guided missile cruiser
a cruiser that carries guided missiles
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guided missile frigate
a frigate that carries guided missiles
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pocket battleship
a small battleship built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament (from 1925 to 1930)
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PT boat, mosquito boat, mosquito craft, motor torpedo boat
a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat
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sailing warship
a warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns; not built after the middle of the 19th century
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U-boat, pigboat, sub, submarine
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
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tin can
informal term for a destroyer
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torpedo-boat destroyer
small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
