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  Escort aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Escort carriers were given the US Navy hull classification symbol CVE — this was sarcastically said by their crews to stand for Combustible, Vulnerable, and Expendable.
Many of the escort carriers produced were assigned to the Royal Navy for the duration of the war under the Lend-lease act.
Just about every important class of ship or patrol boat from World War II can be found in a museum or in a port, somewhere in the United States, except for the escort carrier and the light carrier.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Escort_carrier   (1233 words)

  
 ROBOTECH: RDF Naval Vessels - ARMD Class Sublight Carrier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hermes class Armored Reflex Missile Defender (ARMD), redesignated to carrier (CV) in 2013.
As such, smaller escort ships were expected, and possibly versions of the Battlefortress, without the main gun but with a large troop-carrying capacity for use in planetary landings.
Most Zentraedi ships were far larger than the SDF-1, carried far more mecha and operated in fleets ranging from 12 to 10,000 individual ships.
www.artemisgames.com /robotech/Naval/ARMD.html   (2365 words)

  
 Cruise ship news and shipping reports at MARITIME MATTERS.COM
The new German-built ship features controversial hull murals of dolphins and the statue of liberty, as well as signatures of famous painters, a reference to the valuable art collection that she carries on board.
September 15: As reported on September 10, the $80mil cruise ship mid-section built to be lengthen the COSTA CLASSICA which was at the centre of the collapse of the Cammell Laird shipyard group took to the seas today for its maiden and final voyage to an undisclosed scrapyard in Europe.
The ship became renowned through Cousteau's popular television shows broadcast in the 1960s and 1970s, but after sinking off Singapore in 1996 and then languishing for five years in La Rochelle, France, the CALYPSO is no longer seaworthy and now will require a barge to transport her to the United States.
www.maritimematters.com /shipnews2002b.html   (20618 words)

  
 Immigrant Ship Information
She was a 2,280 gross ton ship, length 320ft x beam 36.1ft, straight stem, one funnel, three masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots.
The impact carried away the rudder, but fortunately the ship was borne over the reef by the sea and then carried forward to another reef about a mile from the shore, where she again struck to become fixed with head out of water.
She was a 2,733 gross ton ship, length 351ft x beam 35ft, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots.
www.fortunecity.com /littleitaly/amalfi/13/shipdf.htm   (19642 words)

  
 World Navies Today: US Coast Guard
All ships over 65 feet/19.8 meters in length are classed as Cutters; their names are prefixed by USCGC, except Eagle uses the prefix USCGB for U.S. Coast Guard Bark.
The ships have not been entirely satisfactory; they are crowded, slow, and their seakeeping qualities are poor.
These are large, highly capable, multirole ships, twice the size of the ships they are replacing.
www.hazegray.org /worldnav/usa/guard.htm   (2879 words)

  
 DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Escort ship’ mission is to perform ASW operations to clear corridor for amphibious ships, and maintain vigil for possible submarine / air launched cruise missiles.
HMS Sheffield, the lead and name ship of the class was the first to succumb to the daring attacks by the Argentinian Air Force, on the Fourth of May 1982.
And although the class were ordered and built in groups, all batches of the class were built to the same or very similar specifications, with some ECM upgrades in later units.
www.alamo-girl.com /03681.htm   (14573 words)

  
 Gundam Seed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Triple Ships Alliance, commonly known as the Clyne Faction, uses a mix of mobile suits from the Atlantic Federation, Orb Union and ZAFT.
Eternal class support ship - Constructed to support Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam, this ship carries the two METEOR units for the aforementioned mobile suits.
Izumo class battleship Kusanagi - A modular ship, the prototype for the Archangel class.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Gundam-Seed   (2469 words)

  
 The Great Game Discussion Thread #2 [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Ship approaches under FTL, drops to STL for final allignment, is lined up on the final course by the crew, then releases the paracite ship, which then runs for the border, and jumps to FTL again (rides a straight set course, no targeting sensors that would need the cloak dropped to use).
Stealth ships (like the Star Shadows and the somewhat more prosaic Midnight-class DDG (to be detailed very soon)) are as difficult to detect and target (with respect to sensor systems in the TGG SD-verse) as stealth airplanes like the F/A-22 Raptor or B-2 Spirit (WRT modern sensor systems).
German ships are the 700 in the 12th German as well as the ships that have turned to protect their lines.
kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-48090   (16267 words)

  
 Resolving the misconceptions over the Invincible class [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
They are fine ships, with fine air complements, and they have served the US Navy, and in the past, the Royal Navy, well for many years.
The Invincible class CVS, moreover, has a flexibility that has turned out to be of crucial importance in Operation Veritas, and is obviously something the Royal Navy should strive towards in future Carrier and Naval-aviation projects.
Firstly, the Invincible class has demonstrated time and again that the versatility of her role in a Task Force cannot be under-estimated.
kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-23909.html   (10696 words)

  
 ARCHERS DIRECT HOLIDAYS & TRAVEL - Coach Tours, Coach Holidays, Escorted Touring, Cruises, Breaks & Resorts
The disc is to be placed on the side of the screen nearest the kerb.
Parking on a metered space is limited to three hours Mon-Fri 0900-1800, Sat 0900-1300.
Meter charges differ according to the area of the city.
www.archersdirect.co.uk /countryinfo.php?countryid=dnk   (7797 words)

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