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111Coastal minehunter — Coastal Minehunters are ships that are designed to find, classify, and destroy moored and bottom mines from vital waterways. Coastal minehunters are generally smaller and with lower sea keeping and endurance than ocean going minehunters. They are …
112Depot ship — A depot ship is a ship which acts as a mobile or fixed base for other ships and submarines or supports a naval base. Depot ships may be specifically designed for their purpose or be converted from another purpose. They are especially used as… …
113Coastal minesweeper — is a term used by the United States Navy to indicate a minesweeper intended for coastal use as opposed to participating in fleet operations at sea. Because of its small size usually less than 100 feet in length and construction wood as opposed to …
114Amphibious assault ship — Six of the U.S. Navy s assault ships in formation; lead ship and the ship seen to its left are Tarawa class, all others are Wasp class An amphibious assault ship (also referred to as a commando carrier or an amphibious assault carrier) is a type… …
115Dispatch boat — Dispatch boats were small boats, and sometimes large ships, tasked to carry military dispatches from ship to ship or from ship to shore or, in some cases from shore to shore. Dispatch boats were employed when other means of transmitting a message …
116Danlayer — HMS Sir Galahad, a Round Table class trawler displacing 440 long tons, was converted to a danlayer in 1944 and used to support the Normandy landings. A danlayer was a type of vessel assigned to minesweeping flotillas during and immediately after… …
117Collier (ship) — For other uses, see Collier (disambiguation). The collier USS Merrimac (1898) Collier is a historical term used to describe a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal fired warships. In the late 18th century a… …
118Deep Submergence Vehicle — A Deep Sea Submergence Vehicle (DSV) is a deep diving manned submarine that is self propelled. The term DSV is generally one used by the United States Navy, though several navies operate vehicles that can be accurately described as DSVs. DSVs are …
119Naval drifter — British drifters sailing from their base in the Adriatic to the Otranto Barrage A naval drifter is a boat built along the lines of a commercial fishing drifter but fitted out for naval purposes. The use of naval drifters is paralleled by the use… …
120Ocean boarding vessel — Ocean boarding vessels (OBVs) were merchant ships taken over by the Royal Navy for the purpose of enforcing wartime blockades by intercepting and boarding foreign vessels. Ships Ship Date launched/ completed Date requisitioned/ commissioned… …
