本书以海军编制与使命、海军兵种知识、海军主要装备和技术、联合演习、对外交流、院校教育等16个主题为主要内容，介绍了海军职业英语核心术语、海军兵种、各专业岗位通用术语和常用英语表达方式，旨在培养和提高使用者以英语为工具，在当代海军基本知识、海军指挥与作战、海军科学与技术、海军对外交流等领域获取、处理与交流信息的能力。
本次修订增加航空母舰、导弹工程、无人机、电磁发射、国际海上避碰规则等近年来新出现的装备、军事改革和国际海洋法规内容，力求使其能够体现当今军事领域的发展动态，满足不同海军专业岗位人员英语教学或学习的需要，以适应建设新质海军、打赢高端海战对高素质专业化新型军事人才的需求。

Unit 1 Navy
Text A China Navy, Organization and Missions
Text B United States Navy
Text C The Influence of Sea Power upon History
Unit 2 Surface Ships
Text A Chinese Destroyers
Text B USN's New Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)
Text C The Routines of a Ship
Unit 3 Submarine
Text A A Glimpse of American Strikers Beneath the Sea
Text B Choke Point: Anti-Submarine Warfare in the Indian Ocean
Text C Submariners Defy Death in the Depths
Unit 4 Naval Aviation
Text A PLAN Aviation Force
Text B A Glimpse of Aircraft Carrier
Text C Shipborne Helicopters—The Cos Extended Arm
Unit 5 Marine Corps
Text A PLAN Marine Corps
Text B The United States Marine Corps
Text C Marine Expeditionary Unit
Unit 6 Logistics
Text A PLA Logistic Supply and Support
Text B The US Naval Logistics
Text C The US Navy Programs for Improving Quality of Life
Unit 7 Navigation
Text A Navigation Basics
Text B Weather Report
Text C International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
Unit 8 Operations and Joint Exercises
Text A RIMPAC 2014, with China's Participation
Text B NATO's BALTOPS-2019 and Russia's Response
Text C Development of China's Naval Communication Network: Present and Future
Unit 9 Ship Building and Handling
Text A Stealth Zumwalt-Class Destroyers at Different Stages of Development
Text B Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Ships
Text C Damage Control
Unit 10 Power Plant
Text A Electromagnetic Aireraft Launch System (EMALS)
Text B Marine Nuclear Propulsion
Text C Ship Electric Propulsion
Unit 11 Network-centric Warfare
Text A The Electronic Warfare and Cyber War
Text B Radar
Text C A Global Network for a Modern Navy
Unit 12 Weaponry
Text A Navy Weapons Strategy for Future Maritime Operations
Text B The World's Deadliest Torpedoes
Text C Missiles
Unit 13 Coastal Defense Force
Text A The PLAN Coast Defense Force
Text B The United States Coast Guard
Text C Coast Guard College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI)
Unit 14 The Law of the Sea
Text A An Overview of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Text B US Provocation in South China Sea-Acting in Defiance of the International Law
Text C The Hague Arbitration on the China-Philippines Sea Dispute
Unit 15 Naval Academy
Text A Famous Chinese Naval Academies
Text B United States Naval Academy
Text C The Reform of Military Education: Twenty-Five Years Later
Unit 16 Port Visit and Escort Mission
Text A China Takes to the Sea
Text B Port Visit
Text C Naval Customs and Courtesies
Appendixes
附录1 中国人民解放军军制主要用语
附录2 中、美、英海军军衔中、英文表达法
附录3 海军舰艇主要武器装备列表
附录4 美国海军编制体制
附录5 常用缩略语列表