Mykale, a naval battle?

[Dithrambus]

I have read various accounts of the battle fought at Mykale in August, 479 bc, invariably Mykale is refered to as a 'naval battle', Herodotus (9.90 - 9.106) states quite plainly that the Persian fleet elected not to engage the Greeks in a naval encounter and disembarked their ships, which were pulled on to the beach and surrounded by a blockade wall and the Persian marines sought protection of the sizable garrison left there by Xerxes to guard against an Ionian revolt. The Greeks likewise disembarked their triremes and attacked the Persian camp, resulting in a decisive victory for the Greeks. The Persian ships were in fact destroyed, however, they were burned on the beach and not destroyed in the context of a 'naval battle'.

This battle, the last of the Greek-Persian Wars of 480-79 bc, does not enjoy the fame of Thermopylae, Artimesion, Salamis and Plataea and this seems to diminish it's importance, but if one considers that a substantial Persian ground force was defeated and many Persian ships were destroyed, the true importance of the Greek victory at Mykale is brought into better focus.

Any comments or thoughts on this subject?