The phrase "a naval force" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a military organization that is primarily composed of naval ships and personnel.
Example: "The country deployed a naval force to secure its maritime borders against potential threats."
Alternatives: "a maritime force" or "a naval fleet".
He organized a naval force with 12 frigates purchased from France.
Britain opposed French attempts to get the EU to lead a naval force to enforce the arms embargo.
In Monday's episode, a naval force spotted Palestinians in diving suits and opened fire, the military said.
Japan, with 119 warships, including 20 diesel-electric submarines, boasts a naval force nearly three times larger than Britain's.
Japan is dispatching a naval force of 1,000 troops, in what officials say is that country's largest ever disaster-relief deployment.
France, Germany and other European governments could join a naval force, perhaps under NATO's aegis, to patrol the sea off Gaza.
However, after training more sailors and inventing a grappling engine known as a Corvus, a Roman naval force under C. Duillius was able to roundly defeat a Carthaginian fleet at the Battle of Mylae.
However, after training more sailors and inventing a grappling engine, a Roman naval force was able to defeat a Carthaginian fleet, and further naval victories followed.
We have a standing naval force and a maritime group is the same.
At the request of Carolina planters, the lieutenant governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, dispatched a British naval force under Lieutenant Robert Maynard, who, after a hard fight, succeeded in killing Blackbeard.
This was attempted on 3 September, when a Bristol Blenheim (flown by Flying Officer Andrew McPherson of No. 139 Squadron RAF)—on a reconnaissance flight over the North Sea spotted a large naval force in the Schillig Roads off Wilhelmshaven.
