Pirate Ship Cannons

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There are $n$ different pirate ships, each having two canons on board. Each pirate ship is required to point each of their canons at another ship. If we increase the number of pirate ships, what is the minimum number of pirate ships, $n$ , such that no two pirate ships will point canons at each other in the same instance?

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