Do navel ships have a self destruct ability?

I think they do.
At least mine do; they turn into fluff.

I do not think they have integrated systems dedicated to self destruct.

Naval, not navel.

No, they don’t build big surface ships with features to make them easily scuttled. Obviously, the opposite is usually the goal. Navy ships have armor and they are designed to take a lot of damage and remain afloat.

When they intentionally sink ships these days, it’s a rare opportunity for target practice, and to test how they hold up against guns, missiles, and torpedoes. The carrier USS America was used for experiments for four weeks before they finally let her go . decommissioning service

I read navy books, and the story of the captured German fleet interned at Scapa Flow, Scotland after World War I is really interesting. German crews lived aboard for over 6 months and you can imagine how they would be a bit resentful. They prepared the ships for sinking, placing explosives and cutting holes in the bulkheads.

On a June morning, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter gave the signal and they set off the explosives, opened up whatever valves they could, and sank their own fleet.

Ouch. Sad day for any sailor.

The answer is no.
There are certainly procedures in place to destroy intelligence gathering equipment, and even steps to scuttle the ship to avoid capture.
But if you mean a self destruct mechanism like on the Starship Enterprise, the answer is no.
Those things cost too much money to allow anybody to blow them up with the flip of a switch.

No.

The sub I was on had scuttling charges. It has been decommissioned for 30 years now, though. I’m not sure if modern day subs have the same.

Do you know what a navel destroyer is? A hula hoop with a pin in it.

I did a Web search and found this article . Check out point 5. They say it is not done.

The F117 self destructed when the pilot ejected but that was because the US were busy denying its existence and didn’t want the tech falling into enemy hands.

Thinking about it (thanks to @seawulf575’s coment) I’d imagine most naval ships wouldn’t have too much of a problem scuttling themselves but I can’t see them having a system on the bridge where the captain and the first officer can destroy the vessel like Kirk did. On a repeated basis.

@Lightlyseared the sub I was on was closer to the F117 than you might think. Lots of experimental and spy type stuff on it. Rather than be captured we wanted to option of sinking, without the hope of resurfacing. So maybe it was only the “special” ships that were decked out that way.

@seawulf575 I wasn’t meaning that they were decked out that way on purpose so much as if they really wanted to scuttle the ship they’d just head down to the magazine and get get… creative.

@seawulf575 Yes. Like @Lightlyseared said, you could gather some mattresses and start a fire in the magazine(s). Some WWI era German ships had scuttling valves. And many were thus sunk by their German crews at the British naval base at Scapa Flow, N. Scotland, June 21, 1919.