Wiktionary
n. an operational naval task force consisting of a variety of surface combatants designed to operate as an coordinated unit; subdivided into battle groups
WordNet
n. a fleet of warships prepared for battle
Wikipedia
The United States Battle Fleet or Battle Force was part of the organization of the United States Navy from 1922 to 1941.
The General Order of 6 December 1922 organized the United States Fleet, with the Battle Fleet as the Pacific presence. This fleet comprised the main body of ships in the Navy, with the smaller Scouting Fleet as the Atlantic presence. The battleships, including most of the modern ones, and new aircraft carriers were assigned to this fleet.
Usage examples of "battle fleet".
Flight training time for the fighters has been cut by nearly half, even our main battle fleet ships still in active service, our heavy cruisers, are tied off with crews on leave.
Moff Tragg Brathis is commander of the battle fleet now stationed here.
But there is one attack that has occurred south of the anticipated path of our battle fleet and one that has occurred just south of the invasion fleet.
After the Imperials have taken control of the planet, the ship, now in a standard orbit, is rechristened Pelagia's Moon and used as a space station, though the nobility of Pelagon still desire to one day fix the ship / station and make it the flagship of a Pelagian battle fleet once again.
But at the end of that time, the majority of the Twin Worlds battle fleet, ships large and small taking part in the attack, had been destroyed.
He had a battle fleet together before Sparta even knew there was a problem.
Then what we do is get in position, wait until their battle fleet goes through the Sister, and pounce.
And now he wanted a third of Battle Fleet to advance beyond withdrawal range into a star system occupied by a fleet which had already demonstrated that it would shoot a man out from under a flag of truce?
Cut loose in their rear areas and hit their battle fleet from as many directions as we can.
They held the same rank, but he was Fortress Command while she was Battle Fleet, and that gave her command authority in Centauri until Hannah Avram's return.
Assuming any of Battle Fleet's still operational-and the way this thing powered itself up is the first sign something may be-we don't know how long it'll take to assemble it.
The unstated implication was that instead of an invitation to talk, they might have sent a battle fleet.
It was the Survey specialist asking Battle Fleet for an answer, and Prescott pursed his lips and leaned back in his chair.
If Sol had more than one warp point, don't you think Battle Fleet would at least picket the second one, even if we 'knew' it didn't lead anywhere?
He didn't look like the images of Anu from the records, but he wore the midnight blue of Battle Fleet with an admiral's insignia.