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  Encyclopedia: Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Spanish Navy (in Spanish, Armada Española) is the navy of Spain.
However, a few nations that lacked a navy but were faced with an enemy that was a strong naval power, such as Rome during the Punic wars, built a powerful navy from scratch.
Navy ships normally operate with a group, which may be a small squadron of comparable vessels, or a larger naval fleet of various specialized ships.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Navy   (6849 words)

  
 Articles - Gunboat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Between 1803 and 1812, the US Navy had a policy of basing the naval forces on coastal gunboats, and experimented with a variety of designs, but they were nearly useless in the War of 1812, and went back to being special-purpose vessels.
In the later 19th century and early 20th century, "gunboat" was the common name for smaller armed vessels, often called "patrol gunboats".
In the US Navy, these boats had the hull classification symbol "PG"; they usually displaced under 2,000 tons, were about 200 ft long, drafted 10-15 feet and sometimes much less, and mounted several guns of caliber up to 5-6 inches.
www.1-ace.com /articles/Gunboat   (516 words)

  
 Brown Water Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
I was transfered to support the PBR Mobile Base 2 in Tan An for 2 months and then to Headquarters of operation Giant Slingshot in Ben Luc for a month.
There has never been anything before or after my Vietnam experience that will ever compare with the intensity of facing the enemy in frontline combat.
In September of 1966 the US Navy established it’s River Patrol Force, codenamed ‘Game Warden’, and designated it Task Force 116 which became operational on 11
www.vetshome.com /brown_water_navy.htm   (296 words)

  
 America's Civil War Links
Friends of the Hunley ~ the recovery of the Confederate submarine, the CSS H. Hunley
Navy and Marine Living History Association ~ lots of historical information
US Navy in the Civil War, Western Rivers; Brownwater Navy
home.ptd.net /~nikki/cwlinks.htm   (1514 words)

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