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One of the larger, more powerful fleets in the U.S. Navy is the Third Fleet based in San Diego, California. The purpose of the fleet, composed of a group of warships under a single command, is to protect U.S. interests in the Pacific Ocean. Like their sailing predecessors, power-driven naval vessels are designed for various operations involved in modern naval warfare. Contemporary naval fleets include aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, mine craft, and a variety of transport and support vessels. Naval vessels generally have a slender hull shape that gives them greater speed than their merchant counterparts, which cannot economically sacrifice cargo-carrying capacity for speed (Naval Vessels, Destroyers Ships, Ships Frigates, Mine Craft, Transport and Support Vessels). |
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