Confederate States Navy (Dixie Forever)

The Confederate States Navy (CSN) is the naval warfare service branch of the Confederate States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the Confederate States. It is the second largest but most capable navy in the world, with the second highest combined battle fleet tonnage and the worlds second largest aircraft carrier fleet, with twelve in service (the United States has thirteen), and one new carrier under construction. With 214,445 personnel on active duty, and 97,873 in the Naval Militia, the Navy is the third largest of the service branches. It has 184 deployable combat vessels and more than 2100 operation aircraft as of May 2018.

The C.S. Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy of the United States, which was established during the American Revolutionary War, and was effectively disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. The C.S. Navy began with the seizure of forty civilian vessels for wartime purposes of blockade running, their owners being compensated in the form of bonds which were redeemable after the peace treaty. It played a central role in the World War II defeat of Imperial Japan and Fascist France. The 21st century C.S. Navy maintains a sizable global presence, deploying in strength in such areas as the Western Pacific, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. It is a blue-water navy with the ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the world, engage in forward deployments during peacetime and rapidly respond to regional crises, making it a frequent actor in C.S. foreign and military policy. The Navy's size was reduced by about 1/3 after the successful end of the Cold War and the fall of Soviet Russia, when NATO began to be disbanded in treaty with the restored Russian Tsardom.

The Navy is administratively managed by the Department of the Navy, which is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Navy. The Department of the Navy is itself a division of the Department of Defense, which is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the most senior naval officer serving in the Department of the Navy.