missile escort ship
1Missile boat — This is for the type of warship. For other uses of Missile Boat, see Missile Boat (disambiguation) An Osa I class missile boat in 1983. The Osa class are probably the most numerous class of missile boats to have been built. A Missile Boat is a… …
2Ship gun fire-control system — Mk 37 Director c1944 with Mk 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mk 22 orange peel Ship gun fire control systems (GFCS) enable remote and automatic targeting of guns against ships, aircraft, and shore targets, with or without the aid of radar or optical …
3Escort carrier — The escort aircraft carrier or escort carrier (popularly known as the jeep carrier ), was a small aircraft carrier utilized by the Royal Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States Navy in World War II. In the Atlantic the escort… …
4Destroyer escort — A destroyer escort (DE) is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti… …
5Cuban Missile Crisis — Part of the Cold War CIA reference photograph of Soviet R 12 intermedia …
6Sea Slug missile — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes is UK=yes caption=Sea Slug Mk. II missile name=Sea Slug type=surface to air missile origin=UK era=Cold War launch platform=Ship target=Aircraft manufacturer=Armstrong Whitworth design date=Mark 1; 1961 Mark 2; 1965… …
7naval ship — Introduction the chief instrument by which a nation extends its military power onto the seas. Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships… …
8Ikara (missile) — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes caption=Ikara missile on launcher name=Ikara type=Anti submarine origin=Australia era=1960s launch platform=Ship borne target=Submarines manufacturer=Australian Government Aircraft Factories/Commonwealth Aircraft… …
9Amphibious 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… …
10Convoy rescue ship — During the Second World War purpose built convoy rescue ships accompanied some Atlantic convoys to rescue survivors from ships which had been attacked. Rescue ships were typically small freighters with passenger accommodations. Conversion to… …
