Unit 1 Navy 1
Text A Navy， Organization and Missions 1
Text B The United States Navy 8
Unit 2 Surface Warships 14
Text A Chinese Destroyers 14
Text B The USN’s New Littoral Combat Ships （LCS） 22
Unit 3 Submarines 30
Text A China’s Tactical Submarine Fleet 30
Text B American Submarines 37
Unit 4 Naval Aviation 42
Text A PLAN Aviation Force 42
Text B A Glimpse of the Aircraft Carrier 48
Unit 5 Coast Defense Force 55
Text A PLAN Coastal Defense Force 55
Text B How the US Coast Guard Works 62
Unit 6 Marine Corps 68
Text A PLA Marine Corps 68
Text B The United States Marine Corps 75
Unit 7 Logistics 82
Text A Naval Logistics 82
Text B Quality of Life 89
Unit 8 Navigation 95
Text A Marine Navigation 95
Text B Weather Report 103
Unit 9 Operations and Joint Exercises 110
Text A Ex MALABAR 2007： The Great Game in the Indian Ocean 110
Text B Chinese Naval Operations in Japanese Waters 117
Unit 10 Ship Building and Handling 121
Text A Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer 121
Text B Stealth on the Water 128
Unit 11 Power Engineering 133
Text A Diesel Power Plants 133
Text B Gas Turbine 141
Unit 12 Nuclear Power Engineering 149
Text A Nuclear Power 149
Text B Nuclear Reactors 156
Unit 13 Electric Engineering 162
Text A Electronic Engineering 162
Text B Electronic Warfare 169
Unit 14 Electrical Engineering 174
Text A Electrical Engineering 174
Text B Fundamental Units of Measurement 182
Unit 15 Weaponry 187
Text A Naval Weaponry and Equipment 187
Text B Naval Mines 193
Unit 16 Command and Control 198
Text A Information Operations： the Impacts on C4I Systems 198
Text B New Navy Solutions： Developing Simulation Based C4I Applications 206
Unit 17 The Law of the Sea 211
Text A The International Law of Sea 211
Text B Somalia Piracy Exposes a Weakness in the International Law of Sea 217
Unit 18 Major Battles 221
Text A Coral Sea and Midway： the Turning Point 221
Text B Falkland Islands War 229
Unit 19 Naval Academies 234
Text A Famous Chinese Naval Academies 234
Text B The United States Naval Academy 241
Unit 20 Port Visit and Escort Mission 246
Text A Chinese Sea Power in Action 246
Text B China Takes to the Sea 254
Appendixes 258
附录1中国人民解放军军制主要用语 258
附录2中国海军军衔英文表达法 259
附录3中国海军主要武器装备列表 260
附录4美国海军编制体制 263
附录5常用缩略语列表 265