Navy

The whole shipping, taken collectively, belonging to the government of an independent nation, and appropriated for the purposes of naval warfare. It does not include ships belonging to private individuals nor (in the United States, at least) revenue vessels or transports in the service of the war department. Under the constitution, congress has power to provide and maintain a navy. This power authorizes the government to buy and build vessels of war, to establish a naval academy, and to provide for the punishment of desertion and other crimes, and to make all needful rules for the government of the navy.

See TJ.

S. v. Bevans, 3 Wheat. (U. S.) 337, 4 L. Ed. 404; Dynes v. Hoover, 20 How. (U. S.) G5, 15 L. Ed. S3S; U. S. v. Bevans, 3 Wheat. (U. S.) 370, 4 L. Ed. 404.

See Court-Martial; Navy Personnel Act; Naval Academy.