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41To touch bottom — Bottom Bot tom (b[o^]t t[u^]m), n. [OE. botum, botme, AS. botm; akin to OS. bodom, D. bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden, Icel. botn, Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn), L. fundus (for fudnus), Gr. pyqmh n (for fyqmh n), Skr. budhna (for bhudhna), and Ir …
42Vasa (ship) — Vasa (or Wasa ) [The original name of the ship was Wasen / Wassen ( The Sheaf ), after the sheaf in the coat of arms of the House of Vasa, which was also part of the coat of arms of Sweden at the time. Vasa has since become the most widely… …
43Double bottom — Single hull, Double bottom, and Double hull ship cross sections. Green lines are watertight; black structure is not watertight A double bottom is a ship hull design and construction method where the bottom of the ship has two complete layers of… …
44Turtle ship — Infobox Korean name tablewidth=315 hangul=거북선 hanja=龜背船 rr=Geobukseon mr=KŏbuksŏnThe Turtle ship was a Korean warship of radical and innovative design, and was used from the early 15th century to the 19th century, during the Joseon Dynasty.The… …
45La Belle (ship) — La Belle was one of Robert de La Salle s four ships when he explored the Gulf of Mexico with the ill fated mission of starting a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1685. La Belle was wrecked in present day Matagorda Bay the… …
46Junk (ship) — This article is about the history of the sailing vessel in China. For modern developments and sailing techniques, see Junk rig. A junk from the 13th Century, Song Dynasty …
47Factory ship — A factory ship, also known as a fish processing vessel, is a large ocean going vessel with extensive on board facilities for processing and freezing caught fish. According to the FAO, there are about 38,400 vessels greater than 100 tons in the… …
48Container ship — Two container ships pass in San Francisco Bay Class overview Name: Container ship Subclasses: (1) Geared or gearless …
49Turret deck ship — A turret deck ship is a type of merchant ship with an unusual hull, designed and built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The hulls of turret deck vessels were rounded and stepped inward above their waterlines. This gave some advantages in …
50Major General Wallace F. Randolph (ship) — USAMP MP 7 Major General Wallace F. Randolph[1], Army M 1 Mine Planter Hull No. 480. Records (#742), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. Career ( …
