A Navy was a military unit composed of various vessels and was commonly known as a Starfleet or a Defense Fleet. Though several worlds and civilizations used the word "Navy" as traditionally associated with a fleet of sea vessels, the majority of the the galaxy primarily used it to define a fleet of starships.

Contents 1 Space Navies 1.1 Notable Starfleets 2 Maritime Navies 2.1 Notable types of aquatic vessels 3 Behind the scenes 4 Appearances 5 Sources 6 See also 7 Notes and references 8 External links 8.1 In other languages

Space NaviesEdit

Numerous worlds built space navies for their own defense as well as for use by galactic governments in times of peril. Prominent civilizations that were known for their contributions to the advancement of starfleets were Mon Calamari and Kuat.^[source?] Some spaceships were shaped like ancient traditional maritime vessels, such as the Fairwind,^[1] though this was rare.^[source?]

A Naval task force would normally include:

• Flagship – this ship was the formal head of a naval task force, and usually the seat of power for the senior officer in command of the fleet. This was usually the most powerful ship in the fleet it commanded (Ex: Eclipse, the reborn Palpatine's flagship).
• Capital ships – the designation of "capital ship" referred to the size of a vessel. Capital ships measured 100m or longer. There was no upper limit on capital ship size. (Ex: a Corellian Gunship measured a mere 120m and was considered a capital ship, while an Executor-class Star Dreadnought measured 19,000m and was also classified as a capital ship).
• Support Ships – These vessels were usually smaller capital ships such as frigates and light cruisers used to compensate for the tactical weaknesses of larger vessels (Ex: the Lancer-class frigate was covered in anti-starfighter weaponry to protect larger warships with little anti-fighter capabilities) and/or to augment the firepower of larger vessels (Ex: in the Imperial Navy, two Strike-class cruisers were considered the equivalent of one Victory-class Star Destroyer and were used as such). These ships also encompassed other support roles such as medical vessels (Ex: The Rebel Alliance Fleet's primary hospital ship during the Galactic Civil War was a EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate called the Redemption).
• Transports – these were used primarily as cargo or personnel carriers (Ex: The Bulk transport saw heavy use with the Rebel Alliance Fleet as a troop transport during the Galactic Civil War).
• Starfighters – Fighters were small one- or two-man (sometimes three as in the case of the ARC-170) vessels used for the protection of the fleet, reconnaissance, and anti capital ship actions.

Notable StarfleetsEdit

Bakuran Defense Fleet Chandrila Defense Fleet Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet Confederation Fleet Confederate Navy Dornean Navy Freeworlds Common Navy Galactic Alliance Core Fleet Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet Hapan Royal Navy Imperial Navy

New Republic Defense Fleet Republic Navy Alliance Fleet Rodian Home Fleet Sullustan Home Guard Tammuz-an space navy Trade Federation Defense Fleet Yuuzhan Vong fleet Zann Consortium fleet Gizor Dellso's navy Black Fleet Sith Navy

Maritime NaviesEdit

Four major categories of most aquatic vessels were generally common among the galaxy:

• The basic type of ships were used to transport people or objects between lands.
• During wars, attack ships, called Destroyers, were invented in order to attack the transports and weaken the enemy's army.
• The existence of the destroyer required the countermeasure of the Frigates that would protect transport convoys.
• The next implementation were Cruisers that attacked ground units, followed by anti-aircraft vessels that protected the navy from aerial attacks.
• Besides the four major categories listed above, other vessels such as submarines, carriers, patrol boats, and non-fighting vessels such as utility trawlers, speeder rafts, and transport vessels often saw usage.

The Gungans^[2] and the Selkath were among the most notable species to utilize a seaborne navy. Both major combatants during the Galactic Civil War, Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire, had their own aquatic navies: the Rebel Navy and the Imperial Navy.^[2] The Trade Federation also maintained a maritime force.

Notable types of aquatic vesselsEdit

Utility trawler[2] Imperial Scout Frigate[2] Imperial Light Scout Frigate[2] Imperial Advance Scout Frigate[2] Imperial Transport Ship[2] Imperial cruiser[2] Imperial Destroyer[2] Imperial Missile Destroyer[2] Imperial Heavy Missile Destroyer[2] Royal Naboo Security Forces Missile Destroyer[2] Royal Naboo Security Forces Heavy Missile Destroyer[2] Confederate Transport Ship[3] Imperial cruiser[2] Bongo Scout[2] Bongo Light Scout[2]

Bongo Advanced Scout[2] Bongo Behemoth[2] Bongo Advanced Behemoth[2] Bongo Laser[2] Bongo Fast Laser[2] Bongo Missile[2] Bongo Heavy Missile[2] Rebel Scout[2] Rebel Light Scout[2] Rebel Advanced Scout[2] Rebel Transport Ship[2] Prowler[2] Hunter[2] Heavy Hunter[2]

Javelin[2] Wookiee Transport Ship[2] Liberator[2] Heavy Liberator[2] S-LFRG, S-FRG, S-HFRG[2] S-TRN[2] S-CRS, S-HCRS[2] S-DST, S-HDST[2] S-AAD, S-HAAD[2] Royal Naboo Security Forces Scout[2] Royal Naboo Security Forces Light Scout[2] Royal Naboo Security Forces Advance Scout[2] Naboo transport[2] Naboo Cruiser[2] Speeder-raft[4] Leviathan[5] Urukaab Submarine Transport[6] Imperial Submarine[7] Trade Federation Patrol Boat[8] Manta droid subfighter[9] Ostracoda-class gunboat[10] Mini-Sub[9] Trade Federation Submarine[11] Separatist Sub-Carrier[9]

Behind the scenesEdit

The usage of the word "navy" or other naval terms (ship, frigate, corvette, cruiser, fleet, admiral, captain etc) which were inherited to space or stellar technology is not uncommon in science fiction works, such as Star Trek. Note that squadron is a term used in real life both for navy and aeronautics.

According to the Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds DataBank, space navies evolved from sea navies.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars Sourcebook
• Imperial Sourcebook
• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Embossed Metal Collector Cards (Card: ISSUE 6: Han Delivered)
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

See alsoEdit

• Sector Fleet
• Marines

Notes and referencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Navy on Wikipedia