The navel definition breaks down when you consider heavy lift ships which do carry ships. Here is the MV Blue Marlin (heavy lift ship) carrying USS Cole (a guid

The navel definition breaks down when you consider heavy lift ships which do carry ships. Here is the MV Blue Marlin (heavy lift ship) carrying USS Cole (a guided-missile destroyer after it was attacked): http://i.imgur.com/A6kjWfU.gif http://i.imgur.com/A6kjWfU.gif Here is the MV Blue Marlin carrying TWO minesweeper ships (USS Cardinal and USS Raven): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cardinal_(MHC-60)#/media/File:Cardinal_and_Raven_on_Blue_Marlin.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cardinal_(MHC-60)#/media/F... And here carrying the hull of the HMAS Canberra (the MV Blue Marlin is semi submerged): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Canberra_(L02)#/media/File:HMAS_Canberra_(LHD_02)_%2B_Blue_Martin.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Canberra_(L02)#/media/Fil...