WordNet
naval campaign
n. an operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the sea
Usage examples of "naval campaign".
In the long run, we're relying on Egypt to be the bastion for our naval campaign in the Erythrean Sea.
The neo-Soviet empire had appeared to collapse in the wake of the brief, hard-fought naval campaign off Norway nine months earlier.
Meanwhile, she could relax in the comfort of the inn, savoring the knowledge that her husband John had come through the hard-fought naval campaign in the Baltic.