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  • 1USS Vedette (SP-163) — otherships|USS VedetteUSS Vedette (SP 163) was a commercial yacht built in 1899. At the outbreak of World War I, the yacht was leased by the U.S. Navy, and was used as a patrol vessel in the North Atlantic Ocean. She served honorably during the… …

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  • 2Pan Am Flight 202 — Infobox Airliner accident|name=Pan American World Airways Flight 202 Date=April 28, 1952 Type=Mechanical failure Site=220 NM SW of Carolina, Brazil Fatalities=50 Injuries= 0 Aircraft Type=Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Operator=Pan American World… …

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  • 3Santa Fe Railroad Tugboats — The Santa Fe Railroad barged rail cars across the San Francisco Bay for much of the 20th century as there is no direct rail link to the San Francisco peninsula. In the post World War II period a fleet of three tugs moved the barges: the Paul P.… …

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  • 4Benwood (shipwreck) — Wrecking Event = The Norwegian merchant freighter Benwood (360 x51 ) was under the command of Captain Torbjorn Skjelbred on the fateful night of April 9, 1942. She was on a routine voyage from Tampa Bay, Florida to Norfolk, Virginia carrying a… …

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  • 5Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …

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  • 6USS Anderson (DD-411) — For the World War I patrol boat, see USS Margaret Anderson (SP 1203). Anderson running trials in 1939 Career (United States) …

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  • 7Mary Celeste — This article is about the ship. For the album, see Mary Celeste (album). An 1861 painting of the Amazon (later renamed Mary Celeste) by an unknown artist (perhaps Honoré Pellegrin)[1] …

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  • 8German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran — Kormoran redirects here. For other uses, see Kormoran (disambiguation). Auxiliary cruiser Kormoran meets a German U boat at sea Career (Nazi Germany) …

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  • 9International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and set out, inter alia, the rules of the road or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other… …

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  • 10USS Beale (DD-471) — USS Beale (DD/DDE 471), a . On the 22d, another kamikaze crossed her sights, but again her efforts to thwart him succeeded only partially. Though diverted from Beale , he struck LCI 105 in nearby waters.At that point, danger loomed from a… …

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