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2 unusual facts about Surface warfare


Anti-surface warfare

Historically, this was conducting primarily through level- or dive-bombing and strafing runs (and in some cases by suicide (Kamikaze) attack).

Surface warfare

For example, German naval objectives against Britain during World War II's Battle of the Atlantic were primarily focused on preventing ships from arriving intact with their cargoes.


James R. Stark

A surface warfare officer, his career included command of ships at sea, senior U.S. Navy and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) commands, staff assignments with the Chief of Naval Operations and the National Security Council, and a tour as President of the Naval War College.


see also

Carrier Strike Group Eleven 2004–09 operations

The bilateral force conducted air defense, anti-surface warfare, anti-subsurface warfare, and VBSS operations in the compressed waterspace of the South China Sea, validating current tactics, techniques and procedures and identifying areas for further development.

Lam Nguon Tanh

Rear Admiral Lam served the U.S. Defense Department (Department of Navy) for more than 20 years as a naval architect at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia.

Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle

Troy Industries has created a replica of the EBR's modular system made by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division called the Troy Modular Chassis System, which can be used by mounting any functioning M1A or M14 rifle on the MCS.

Surface Warfare insignia

Surface Warfare Medical Service Corps Insignia: A gold metal pin, with a spread oak leaf, attached to a slanting twig on two crossed swords, on a background of ocean swells.

United States Naval Aviator

P-3 Orion - anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, maritime surveillance, overwater & overland ISR

P-8 Poseidon - anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, maritime surveillance, overwater & overland ISR