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1Operation Sandblast — Part of Cold War (1953–1962) …
2Sea shanty — For the song Sea Shanty by Quasi, see Featuring Birds For the album Sea Shanties by English band High Tide, see High Tide (band). Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor A shanty (also spelled chantey , chanty ) is a type of work… …
3USS Triton (SSRN-586) — USS Triton (SSRN/SSN 586), a U.S. Navy nuclear powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth, accomplishing this during her shakedown cruise in early 1960. She also has the distinction… …
4USS Big Horn (AO-45) — USS Big Horn (AO 45/IX 207) was a Q ship of the United States Navy named for the Bighorn River of Wyoming and Montana. Gulf Dawn , a single screw oil tanker, was built in 1936 at Chester, Pennsylvania, by the Sun Shipbuilding Drydock Corp. and… …
5Sebald de Weert — Sebald or Sebalt de Weert (May 2 1567, Antwerp May 30 or June 1603, Batticaloa) was a Dutch captain and vice admiral of the Dutch East India Company (known in Dutch as Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie , VOC). He is most widely remembered for… …
6History of Malawi — The History of Malawi covers the area of present day Malawi. The region was once part of the Maravi Empire. In colonial times it was known as British Central Africa and Nyasaland and was at one time part of the Federation of Rhodesia and… …
7Jason Islands — The Jason Islands (Spanish/Argentine name: Islas Sebaldes ) are an archipelago in the Falkland Islands, lying north west of the main island group, and about 250 miles east of Argentina. The islands are uninhabited and are not serviced by… …
8USS Orizaba (ID-1536) — For other ships of the same name, see Brazilian ship Duque de Caxias. USS Orizaba (ID–1536) departing New York via the North River for France during World War I (1918) …
9Samuel Cromwell — (died December 1, 1842) was a sailor and petty officer aboard the brig USS Somers . Cromwell was feared by the young apprentices who made up the majority of the ship s crew, and was rumored to have served on a slaver at one time. These rumors… …
10USS Rowe (DD-564) — was a Fletcher class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant John Rowe, who served with Lt. Stephen Decatur during the First Barbary War. Rowe was laid down 7 December 1942 by the Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Wash.; …
