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Also Known As	man-of-war • fighting ship

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USS Carl Vinson

Phoenician ship

Battle of Salamis

Roman war galley

Battle of Actium

Medieval illustration showing a Byzantine dromon crew spraying Greek fire at an enemy ship, with Greek text above and below the scene.

Viking figurehead

Exhumed Viking ship with a tall, curved prow on display inside the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway, surrounded by stone flooring and visitors in the background.

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Nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Carl vinson plows through the Indian ocean as aircraft on its flight deck are prepared for flight operations 3/15/05.

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