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  • 21PT boat — PT 105 at high speed PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat (hull classification symbol PT , for Patrol Torpedo ), a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons… …

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  • 22List of maritime disasters — An advertisement for soap, using RMS Titanic (1912) A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action. Due to the nature of maritime travel, there is often a large loss of life. This transport… …

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  • 23USS Yorktown (CV-5) — The third USS|Yorktown|CV 5, lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers of World War II, was sunk at the Battle of Midway.Early career Yorktown was laid down on 21 May 1934 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock… …

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  • 24List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions — This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps. Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or… …

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  • 25List of U.S. Marine Corps acronyms and expressions — This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps. Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or… …

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  • 26USS 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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  • 27Glossary 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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  • 28Dreadnought — For other uses, see Dreadnought (disambiguation). The oldest remaining dreadnought, USS Texas, was launched in 1912 and is now a museum ship. The dreadnought was the predominant type of 20th century battleship. The first of the kind, the… …

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  • 29Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes — Infobox Military Person name=The Lord Keyes lived=4 October 1872 ndash; 26 December 1945 placeofbirth=Punjab, British India placeofdeath=Buckingham caption=Roger Keyes as a Commodore, 2nd Class during the Dardanelles Campaign, 1915 nickname=… …

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  • 30List of museum ships — is a comprehensive, annotated list of museum ships around the world.Ships marked (not a museum ship) do not strictly fit the definition in that article: see also List of classic vessels for non museum classic ships. The ships are arranged… …

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