oceangoing ship
11Type C1 ship — Type C1 was a designation for small cargo ships built for the U.S. Maritime Commission before and during World War II. The first C1 types were the smallest of the three original Maritime Commission designs, meant for shorter routes where high… …
12Avenger class mine countermeasures ship — Avenger class mine countermeasures ships are a class of 14 ships constructed by the United States Navy 1987–1994. The ships are designed to clear mines from vital waterways. The ships have the hull designator MCM.BackgroundIn the early 1980s, the …
13weather ship — noun an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations • Hypernyms: ↑vessel, ↑watercraft * * * noun Etymology: weather (I) : a ship that goes to sea specifically to obtain weather observations for use by meteorologists * * * a… …
14Manchester Ship Canal — a canal completed in 1894 linking Manchester with the River Mersey and the sea. It can take very large ships and allowed Manchester to increase its level of exports in the late 19th and early 20th century. * * * ▪ waterway, England, United… …
15technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
16leviathan — /li vuy euh theuhn/, n. 1. (often cap.) Bible. a sea monster. 2. any huge marine animal, as the whale. 3. anything of immense size and power, as a huge, oceangoing ship. 4. (cap., italics) a philosophical work (1651) by Thomas Hobbes dealing with …
17salty — [sôl′tē] adj. saltier, saltiest 1. of, tasting of, or containing salt 2. smelling of or suggesting the sea 3. a) sharp; piquant; witty b) coarse or earthy c) cross or caustic …
18sea·go·ing — /ˈsiːˌgowıŋ/ adj, always used before a noun : made or used for traveling on the sea a seagoing [=oceangoing] ship/craft/vessel …
19Marine steam engine — Period cut away diagram of a triple expansion steam engine installation, circa 1918 A marine steam engine is a reciprocating steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat. Steam turbines and diesel engines largely replaced reciprocating steam …
20Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy — The ships of the People s Liberation Army Navy number over a hundred combatant ships, organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet. The People s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is the naval branch of… …
