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Spanish Navy
Spanish Navy (Armada Española), Spain's naval force. Royal navy founded by Philip V in the early 18th century; today the Fleet commands from Rota, runs S-80 submarines, F-110 frigates, the Juan Carlos I LHD, and NATO standing-group deployments.
Swedish Navy
Swedish Navy (Marinen), founded 1522 by Gustav Vasa, is the naval branch of Sweden's Armed Forces: submarine flotilla, surface flotillas, amphibious battalion, Naval Base; NATO member since March 2024, procuring four French FDI frigates and A26 submarines.
Syrian Navy (البحرية السورية)
Syrian Navy (البحرية السورية), the Syrian Arab Navy: small coastal-defense naval branch founded 29 August 1950, based at Tartus and Latakia, Soviet-equipped with Romeo submarines and Osa boats, distinct from Russia's Tartus naval base.
Tailhook Association
The Tailhook Association is an independent fraternal nonprofit supporting US aircraft carrier and sea-based aviation, founded in 1956 and known for its annual Las Vegas symposium and the 1991 scandal that reshaped Navy policy.
Turkish Naval Forces
Turkish Naval Forces (Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı), the navy of Türkiye, NATO member since 1952. Strongest naval power in the eastern Mediterranean; sole major NATO navy in the Black Sea since February 2022 under Montreux; 31 warships under construction in 2025.
Ukrainian Navy (Військово-Морські Сили Збройних сил України)
The Ukrainian Navy (Військово-Морські Сили Збройних сил України), also called the Naval Forces of Ukraine, is the maritime branch of Ukraine's armed forces, defending its sea borders since 1918.
United States Navy
The United States Navy, also known as the US Navy, is the naval warfare service branch of the US Armed Forces, with origins in the Continental Congress of 1775.
United States Navy Reserve
United States Navy Reserve (USNR), the Navy's reserve component of Citizen Sailors, established March 3, 1915; about 57,500 authorized Selected Reservists and TAR personnel providing strategic depth and mobilization surge capacity.
Vietnam People's Navy
Vietnam People's Navy (Hải quân nhân dân Việt Nam), naval service of Vietnam founded 7 May 1955, organized in five Naval Regions; operates six Russian Kilo-class submarines, the largest submarine fleet in Southeast Asia, plus Gepard frigates.
Volksmarine
Volksmarine, the East German People's Navy (1956–1990), naval branch of the NVA headquartered at Rostock-Warnemünde; grew from a 1950 maritime police, served in Warsaw Pact Baltic plans, disbanded at reunification.