A mock battle is a fake battle between to allies in order to test tactics. So a mock naval battle would be a fake battle fought out at sea (say between England and America) in which each side attempt to out maneuver the opposite side and win said mock battle. Please note during mock battles not a single lethal round is to be fired by either side.
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Practice. Up until the end of the Vietnam War, it was called war "manuevers." Today, it might be called "training."
Yes, there were naval battles; in fact, the first ironclad ships were invented during the Civil War.
Soldiers had practice landings on beaches in west England and mock battles on Salisbury Plain.
A naval battle is when two opposing navies fight each other on the sea - usually during a war between two or more countries.
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Although there were some US Civil War battles fought on the high seas, the CSC Alabama and the USS Kearsarge as one example; naval blockades and riverine warfare (Brown Water Navy) were the primary naval battles fought during the civil war.