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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Yes, there were naval battles; in fact, the first ironclad ships were invented during the Civil War.
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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.
Irreplaceable loss of IJN airmen/flight deck crews which affected future naval battles.
Germany & Britain were too cautious with each; the Germans refused to fight and fled into their ports at Jutland. Britain was too cautious, ran, then couldn't find the Germans to fight them again. Their greatest naval battles with each other were at the Coronel Islands and Falkland Islands against Admiral Graf Spee. There was no cowardice shown there!